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!!

Days 1143-1146. The end of long season-2015

The season 2015 finally is over. The last races were Russian championships final in Sochi (Olympics capital 2014), 9-12 November. Forest courses were quite tricky because of steep and slippery slopes (cold heavy rains brought a lot of difficulties).

Trainings of Galina Vinogradova one year before WOC-medals (hours, intensities, VO2max, PBs, photos, training camps, etc.)

Two days after the last WOC-race Galina made some physiological testing. Key indicators are here:

Story from 2x bronze medal winner (with analysis)

At WOC-2015 I participated in two Sprint events (Sprint Relay and individual Sprint) and I won two bronze medals. Some highlights about this you can read here.

WOC Sprint Relay Analysis (women legs) - updated!

First leg has a forking and there is difference between 1st and 4th legs of Relay (because of different start procedure).

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.

Jerker Lysell tells about future of sport statistics in Orienteering

 

Jerker Lysell is one of the top sprint runners in modern Orienteering. He got dozen of medals from IOF competitions. Jerker has a bright personality and high speed capacity. It is always interesting to observe Swedish athlete in action. He tells his opinion about sport statistics in Orienteering.

Victory in Bergen Sprint Camp 2015

One hour ago series of sprint races in Bergen ended . I was running 3 sprint races+1 O-intervals during last 40 hours. Those were interesting courses with tricky surface (snow, puddles, asphalt, grass, and ice).