Thierry Gueorgiou tells about way to be effective coach for yourself

There are a lot of top-level runners who are coaches for themselves in elite orienteering. One of them is great Thierry Gueorgiou. He has incredible 12 gold medals from WOC. He got victories in every WOC-discipline (Middle, Long, Sprint, Relay), he won several times Jukola/Tiomila and many other top-international competitions. One of the most respectable athlete in the modern Orienteering tells about his approach to coaching him-self.

IOF ranking: Are there no more zero points?..

New IOF ranking system has been adopted with words - there are no more zero points at WRE in new points system. Take a look at the picture:

How to win Tiomila: Tips from coach who made it twice (Part 1)

It is 1 day left before Tiomila. Relays are the very special event in any sport and there are some regularities in Relays. My runners won twice Tiomila - in 2012 (women and men class). In this post I will keep focus mainly in women Relay.

Galina Vinogradova's stadium Sprint test: 4000 m with punching and map reading - 14:03

Yesterday Galina Vinogradova made 'Sprint physical capacity test' - she ran 4000 m at stadium with 20 times SI-punchings and Sprint map reading.

WRE Sprint statistics 2014: Who is the best one?

Is it possible to earn a lot of IOF ranking points in only WRE? Which WRE were strongest in 2014? Who did win greatest number of Sprint WRE medals? What's the best way to earn points from WRE? And what lesson can learn WRE-organizers?

Love is the best inspiration! (interview Portuguese Orienteering Blog)

Mike's interview is published at Portuguese Orienteering Blog. First part is here. Second part is here.

New results at 1000-3000 m of Galina Vinogradova and running economy testing

Winter is over and last few month Galina set up some good results in 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m.

3rd place in POM-2015

Day 0. Sprint Relay was the first event. I had quite good team - first leg - Julia Novikova, second and third leg - Georgiy Mavchun from Russia and Joao Mega Figueiredo (Portugal). My teammates gave me the 7th position and I completed relay at the 3rd place with the best leg time.