3rd place at Moscow Marathon!

Today Galina and me participated in Moscow Marathon event. We choose 10 km road running (course is certificated by AIMS). Galina completed race at 3rd place with a good time 34:44.

PB in distance running of international sprint elite runners (Updated!)

3000/5000 m is a good test to measure physical capacity for Sprint events. Here are PB's at 3000 m and 5000 m of international sprint elite runners:

Doping and Anti-Doping in Orienteering: Part 1

This morning 5 am doping-control came to the Russian national team to take samples. According to the rules (World Anti-Doping Code) ''before Testing an Athlete between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., an Anti-Doping Organization should have serious and specific suspicion that the Athlete may be engaged in doping''.

Vinogradovs Sprint Camps!

Join for free! Information about sprint camps and open sprint trainings of Galina Vinogradova, analysis, maps, announcements are gonna be in Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/163114960780550/ and in VK group (for Russian speaking O-runners and coaches): https://vk.com/club120024602

Lars Lindstrøm comments on the IOF Competition review project and the inclusion of O-Ringen in the World Cup

I agree with position of Lars Lindstrøm! Here is the text:

"On July 27th 2016 the IOF and O-Ringen announced a partnership for the inclusion of O-Ringen in the World Cup. A strategic partnership, which for some can seem logic and a good move forward, but is this really the case?
Orienteering is full of tradition and many struggle to innovate. For many the general belief of a “real” orienteer is the one competing in all disciplines and if not, then at least in long distance. That might be, and for sure this idealistic approach can sound tempting. The problem is, it requires all to strive for the same, otherwise specialization will occur and specialist will gain an advantage in their discipline. This is already happening and it will only increase in the future. It cannot be prevented nor should it be, it only leads to a high level of performance.

Bad and good way to organize sprint course

On the picture you can see a bad way to organize sprint course. The example is from SM-sprint 2014. Several top-athletes (Jonas Leandersson, Emil Svensk, Pavlo Ushkvarok, Ralph Street and some others) came to the trap: artificial fence crossing the street. It is really difficult to see such un-natural obstacles.

Comments to Portuguese Orienteering Blog about victory in EOC Sprint Relay

Some comments to Portuguese Orienteering Blog about the victory in EOC Sprint Relay you can find here, including some words about the race development.

EOC Women Sprint final: Analysis

Split-times you can find here. GPS-tracks are here.

Thank God for the new medal!

That was a tough fight on the challenging (physically and technically) course! Thank God for the new medal!

Thank God for this victory!

Thank God for this victory! Analysis and story from Galina are coming soon.

Results are here. Good story from race wrote Jan Kocbach here.

P.S. That was 12th international Sprint Relay for Galina (including World Games victory and 2 WOC-bronzes). The info about some previous sprint relays are here.

Immortal regiment in Russia

Immortal regiment in Russia: Millions participants came to the march in dozens cities! Fighting against tyranny and Nazism cost a lot for us: Soviet Union lost 26,6 millions people. And we still remember! 9th May, Victory Day is the greatest Holiday in Russia.

World Cup 2016 Sprint final analysis (Women A)

Courses of the World Cup 2016 Sprint final were really good! High quality! Maps of part 1 and 2 is here and here. Analysis (Women A) is here:

Why there are no DSQ for runners who were crossing the marsh??? IOF, please, answer!!

Why there are no DSQ for runners who were crossing the marsh during World Cup Sprint Q??? IOF, please, answer!!