motivated for Lausanne
Thursday, 3. April 2008, 09:22:51
Yesterday, Swiss Orienteering announced that WOC 2012, if selected to be in Switzerland (there are no other applicants) will be held in Lausanne. Click here for the News article.
This is exciting news for Marc and I. We live in Magglingen, just above Biel, only about 100km from Lausanne. The woods in our area could be typical for some of the races at WOC 2012. This is very motivating.
(picture from www.map.search.ch)
A lot of the Swiss elite runners have set their sights on this WOC. For many of us, it would be a good "last" WOC. I could see that for myself as well. Actually I started a Fab-club at the beginning of this year with the goal to be in the Top 20 by 2012. With this WOC in our neighbourhood, I hope to be able to prepare well for it and achieve my goal. But until then there are many more World Championships to look forward to.
Of course I am also motivated for this year as well. I just got home from a training camp in Riga, Latvia and Gnesta, Sweden. Marc and I went to Riga with his VeVe club mates David Schneider and Tero Föhr. Heli Jukola was also in our small training group. We were able to train well in the coastal terrain of Riga and I have a good feeling for the first World Cup races and European champs. After several days in Latvia we took the ferry to Stockholm and met my club, OK Tyr, in Gnesta to train in Swedish woods relevant for the Swedish champs this fall. None of us are planning to run in the Swedish champs this fall, but it was a great opportunity to do organized training and spend some time with my club mates. At the end of our trip we ran in the Masenstafetten relay. I ran the first leg and was very happy with my race. David and Marc ran in a relay with VeVe and placed 2nd, SNO within striking distance ahead. Results are here
My computer broke down yesterday evening, so I can not post any pictures from our trip. What a shame.
Also a shame, during my trip in Sweden I injured my back. I was certain that the pain would go away within a few days and I continued to train. Unfortunately this has not been the case and I now have to take some time off of running. I am getting physical therapy and am also certain that the problem will go away soon, but it is still frustrating to deal with an injury. It also means that I will not be running the Swiss Night-O champs this Saturday (you will be able to see results here).
Next week we have the first selection races in Switzerland. The team will be selected for the European Champs based on two sprints on Thursday (10.April), Swiss Champs for Middle Distance on Saturday (12.April), and a Long Distance on Sunday (13.April). I hope that I can run again by then and take part in these races. You will also be able to find results here
This is exciting news for Marc and I. We live in Magglingen, just above Biel, only about 100km from Lausanne. The woods in our area could be typical for some of the races at WOC 2012. This is very motivating.
(picture from www.map.search.ch)
A lot of the Swiss elite runners have set their sights on this WOC. For many of us, it would be a good "last" WOC. I could see that for myself as well. Actually I started a Fab-club at the beginning of this year with the goal to be in the Top 20 by 2012. With this WOC in our neighbourhood, I hope to be able to prepare well for it and achieve my goal. But until then there are many more World Championships to look forward to.
Of course I am also motivated for this year as well. I just got home from a training camp in Riga, Latvia and Gnesta, Sweden. Marc and I went to Riga with his VeVe club mates David Schneider and Tero Föhr. Heli Jukola was also in our small training group. We were able to train well in the coastal terrain of Riga and I have a good feeling for the first World Cup races and European champs. After several days in Latvia we took the ferry to Stockholm and met my club, OK Tyr, in Gnesta to train in Swedish woods relevant for the Swedish champs this fall. None of us are planning to run in the Swedish champs this fall, but it was a great opportunity to do organized training and spend some time with my club mates. At the end of our trip we ran in the Masenstafetten relay. I ran the first leg and was very happy with my race. David and Marc ran in a relay with VeVe and placed 2nd, SNO within striking distance ahead. Results are here
My computer broke down yesterday evening, so I can not post any pictures from our trip. What a shame.
Also a shame, during my trip in Sweden I injured my back. I was certain that the pain would go away within a few days and I continued to train. Unfortunately this has not been the case and I now have to take some time off of running. I am getting physical therapy and am also certain that the problem will go away soon, but it is still frustrating to deal with an injury. It also means that I will not be running the Swiss Night-O champs this Saturday (you will be able to see results here).
Next week we have the first selection races in Switzerland. The team will be selected for the European Champs based on two sprints on Thursday (10.April), Swiss Champs for Middle Distance on Saturday (12.April), and a Long Distance on Sunday (13.April). I hope that I can run again by then and take part in these races. You will also be able to find results here
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 9. June 2008, 08:07
COOL! That would be so awesome! How are you feeling post EM? How is your back? Looks like the Sprint was pretty good as well except for one (maybe 2) controls? Was Marc happy with his runs as well?
I have been trying to get back into training, just so I can have some fun, but PhD and work keep kicking me out of my cycle; that and some personal life frustrations, but such is life, no?
Helen said she thought the EM races were going to be quite tricky, so must feel good to be moving smoothly through some techical courses :-)
I miss seeing you, but it is fun to see what you are upto periodically via Attackpoint, etc. I am probably further out of the loop than most with you, but that doesn't mean I am not cheering you on anyway!
Best of luck with upcoming races!
CLEAN RUN HUGS
Karen