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Sprint the Bay 2011
For the last few months I have been involved in organising the 2nd year running of Sprint the Bay. The new tour-based sprint orienteering weekend has caught the attention of a lot of orienteers, both...
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Getting back into it! :)
Sup! Things have been a bit up and down for me since WOC last year, both with training and just life in general. Now things are starting to look really positive again J. I had quite a long break after...
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Double National Champ!
Well then, from the title of this blog you can see that the NZ Champs at Easter weekend in Hawkes Bay went better than expected!As I mentioned earlier I was the mapper and planner of the NZ sprint...
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Training Training Training
NZ champs was the perfect motivation for me to start enjoying my training again. I'm not saying I wasn't having fun before, but now I'm looking forward to each session and always have a specific focus...
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Vote for Me! (Please??!!!) :D
Hey hey people, here's your big chance to help a kiwi Orienteer! I applied for an AMP scholarship to help kiwi people 'do their thing'. One of the categories is a peoples choice award, so the person...
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The Pursuit of Happiness (Megablog pt.2)
The last month has been a busy one! First up I had a huge weekend over Queen's Birthday, with 5 races - over 50km of orienteering including the ANZ challenge (NZ vs. Australia) :)The Saturday started...
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Mick Finn has been doing heaps of great work in NZ lately trying to 'up the profile' of orienteering by creating cool videos and magazines. This video is some of his finest work to date, covering the...
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France Rocks!
Quite literally too... After a week here I have 2 bad ankles, but not bad enough to stop me enjoying the awesome terrain. Before coming to France I had only heard negative things; 'It's soo green',...
View ArticleGetting ahead of myself!
WOC is about to start tomorrow (the long qual) with my first race being on Sunday (the middle qual), and although I should be focusing on what I'm doing I can't help but be distracted by this awesome...
View ArticleNew Sprint Video
Check out this cool preview for STB 2012.More and more work is going into STB each year as it grows bigger and better. In 2012 we hope for the biggest turnout yet. Entry has been open less than a week...
View ArticleGoPro head-cam training video
I managed to save up some mobility in my feet for a training camp with my club last weekend :)Here's a video I made with the GoPro camera footage from one of the trainings. (It looks better if you...
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Live Streaming Mass Start sprints this Friday (3rd Feb) from 22.30 (CET)
There will be live video, commentary and results at this year's Dirty D Sprint the Bay in New Zealand. The first Stage of the 6 sprint races over the weekend will be the first ever mass start sprint...
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Sprint the Bay Update
Current Men's Elite Leader, Tim Robertson NZLTonight at 21.30 (CET), the first start Stage 5 of Sprint the Bay 2012 will be streaming live webcam and results from New Zealand (this page). There were...
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Megablog 3! (including O-Videos :D)
Well well well, it's been a while since I wrote anything about myself on here! I'm making bit of a habit out of neglecting my blog for months and then squeezing everything into one giant post! I...
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EOC + videos :)
This was the second time I've run in the European Champs (the last time in 2008), unfortunately now I'm in the worst shape I've been in for some years, but I decided to race anyway and chance getting...
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NZ World Cups & Sprint the Bay - Enter Now!
HBOC farmland - trickier than it sounds!In January of 2013, for the first time in my elite career, New Zealand will be hosting World Cup races in conjunction with the Oceania orienteering carnival :)...
View ArticleIt's official! New Zealand is the best!!
Matt Ogden from New Zealand has just won the JWOC middle distance in Slovakia! - A prophecy has been fulfilled. This guy is the saviour of NZ orienteering! Everyone better watch out! - The new...
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Cool Sprint Video (STB Promo)
Duncan Morrison interviews JWOC middle distance gold medalist andSTB 2012 co-organiser Matt Ogden about his thoughts on the Stage 5 raceNew Zealand is now the place to be for orienteering (especially...
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Matt Ogden - NZ JWOC Gold Medallist - Race Analysis
This is basically a step by step guide on how to win JWOC. Matt has made a complete breakdown of his middle distance race so that he can share his great experience with everyone. It makes for an...
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Sprint The Bay - WRE
After recently arriving back in New Zealand for a long summer, I'm happy to announce another exciting development for my brother Duncan and myself in our roles as event organisers: Stage 1 of Dirty D...
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The Long Summer (Megablog 4)
It's been yonks since I've written anything decent on here, it seems to be becoming quite a habit! I have resolved to make more of an effort this year :)I was fortunate enough to keep my Achilles...
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Portugal Training Camp
As I mentioned in my last post, I was the lucky winner of the worldofo.com prize for picking the winning course in the 'course of the year' competition, and my reward was an all expenses paid 4 day...
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O-no! last (real) WOC
A lot of things have to come together to perform well at WOC, and after 8 years I have yet to get everything right. I think I have managed to slowly make progress with my orienteering over the years,...
View ArticleKnock-out Sprint Video
Great video of the knockout sprint final race from the Wellington Champs in New Zealand. The video was edited by up and coming junior star Devon Beckman from my local club in NZ - HBOC - great work by...
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Forget the Cold
Although Winter does have it's merits, for an orienteer being warm and not having to feel the ground slide from beneath your feet in every training is a smarter option! I've had a couple of tough...
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