Pre-WOC training in Trondheim

NORWAY

The five of us (Andrew, Darren, myself, Kieren and Neil) arrived last Thursday/Friday and have begun preparations for next years world champs in Trondheim, Norway. Training has being tough; we've been to hell and back already.

But still we've managed to keep a smile on our face.



















It's the marshes that will require some serious amount of strength and speed, and the hills also demanding hill strength.

We've attended the "how to Orienteer in Trondheim" lecture along with all the other big national teams and we have some posed questions to begin exploring, to hopefully provide the answers to next year in August.




















The road will be long and tough going if we're to be able to run and navigate respectably in Trondheim next Summer. From time to time you should hear more about our preparations and training camps for the Trondheim WOC. I (David) have just completed my second training camp here, and I leave tomorrow morning along with Darren to leave Neil, Andrew and Kieren to continue training. Hopefully they'll post something to this blog with more map samples along the way.


























We hope some Irish people might think about running the WOC spectator race called the "WOC tour". It's basically a mutiday festival that is run alongside the WOC leaving enough time to to spectate the races. Trondheim is certainly an Orienteering experience you will never forget!