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Graham Gristwood: August 2013
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On life, orienteering and everything. Fantastic Scottish 6 Days. After WOC, I spent almost 3 weeks in Scotland - I visited friends in Stirling and Speyside, did some WOC 2015 relevant training, made some new friends (mostly with my fantastic lego skills) and took part in the Scottish 6 Day. This year the 6 Day was held in Moray, with 4 coastal days and 2 inland, and it seemed like the ideal way to kick-start preparation for WOC 2015. Day 1 was held at Lossie. Second place, 2 mins down on Bergman. I had a...
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Graham Gristwood: Tiomila
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On life, orienteering and everything. Is generally the biggest target of the year for any Swedish club, and IFK Mora (the club I run for and coach) is no exception. The men were 8th last year and with a stronger team this year the dream was to be top 5. We had very good preparations, and no problems with sickness or injury so we were able to select our strongest possible team. This was the result of 15-20 guys training hard all year, and 10 good performances from those selected to be in the first team.
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Graham Gristwood: British Champs, Jukola and World Champs preparation
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On life, orienteering and everything. British Champs, Jukola and World Champs preparation. Couple of months since my last blog - I have been busy racing, moving apartment (again) and preparing for World Champs! In the middle of May I traveled the length of the country to run for Forth Valley at the Harvester Relay (UK's answer to Jukola). I ran the longest night leg, and made a big lead for the team, which it held to the end. My third victory in the competition, with 3 different clubs! In the relay, it w...
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Graham Gristwood: May 2013
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On life, orienteering and everything. Nice weekend and good competitions. It was especially nice to get a silver in the relay with my new club FVO. I then had an unscheduled trip back to the UK following an unfortunate death in the family. I spent some time with my family, but managed to do some excellent orienteering in the Lake District during my trip. Middle distance map. And long distance map. Some of the best terrain in the UK! Then is was time for one last night training. Before Tiomila. I ran ...
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Graham Gristwood: July 2012
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On life, orienteering and everything. I missed every single test race for World Champs, but luckily, enough of the selectors had faith in me to give me a chance if I felt I was fit enough, and the last 3 weeks before the champs even felt ok in training (although in retrospect I was kidding myself a little bit). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Graham Gristwood: October 2012
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On life, orienteering and everything. Hat trick in the hills. Luckily, the minute or so that we lost was inconsequential as Simon ran the fastest leg time on 4th leg to win the 2012 relays for Mercia! Andy and I still managed to win the leg, and maintain our unbeaten record as a pair. Leg 1,2 and 4 maps here. Results and splits here. Splits and maps etc. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hat trick in the hills. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Graham Gristwood: May 2014
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On life, orienteering and everything. Is a week-long festival of orienteering in Scotland this October. Perfect for people wanting to prepare for World Championships in Scotland, or just enjoy some high class orienteering. The week kicks off with races and a ceilidh in Edinburgh and Stirling, then there is free training during the week in Deeside, followed by the JOK Chasing Sprint, a classic race at Balmoral Castle, and a closing event in the sand dunes of Forvie. Full information is available here.
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Graham Gristwood: European Champs and Kolmårdskavlen
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On life, orienteering and everything. European Champs and Kolmårdskavlen. European Championships was an interesting experience this year - controls in the wrong places, poor maps in the qualification races, horrible terrain with man-eating bushes in the long qualification, course maps leaked before the long finals and so on. It was also a lot of fun! Mostly this was laughing about what could go wrong next, but I did enjoy all four races that I ran. Again 8th in my heat, 2:40 behind. And 2d rerun here.
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Graham Gristwood: November 2012
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On life, orienteering and everything. I also ran a couple of competitions in Tullinge (Kent Ohlsson's maps here. And yesterday I ran a nice training with some SNO boys (plus guests) - map up top. Athletes in the Great Britain orienteering team have launched a project aimed at preparing for WOC 2015 in Scotland and beyond. Check out the new site here, and see how you can support team GB! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Graham Gristwood: WOC selections and EOC
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On life, orienteering and everything. WOC selections and EOC. So last weekend GB had the World Orienteering Champs test races. The policy is to select the team 3 months out, which might seem strange to some people as we haven't even had the European Championships yet. However, that is the way it is, and so we had some excellent competitions in the Lake District. First up was the middle distance. Not my best performance by any means, and I finished 4th, about 1:30 behind Doug Tullie. WOC selections and EOC.