Author Archives: Lecky

Orienteering in the National Curriculum

We were just doing some work on planning sessions for Primary Schools and were looking for how Orienteering fitted into the National Curriculum.  The following section is from the page for PE.

Outdoor and adventurous activities

11. Pupils should be taught to:

a.

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Extract a map from Routegadget

If you would like to get copy of the blank map from a RouteGadget page, follow these instructions.

Remember that having a copy of the map does NOT give you permission to run in that area. Read more

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Midlands Orienteering Championships 2013

I’ve just spent some time looking at the map, old courses and Google maps for the upcoming Midlands Orienteering Championships with one of my athletes.  These are being held on Sunday 3rd February 2013 at Sherwood Forest.

Event details can be found here. Read more

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British Orienteering Coaching Conference

I spent the weekend at Lilleshall at the BO Coaching Conference.  This year’s theme was mainly the more Elite end, but there were a wide range of sessions.

Mike Hamilton kicked off the first day with an overview of the Whole Sport Plan.  Read more

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Scottish Orienteering Coach CPD Day

I’ve been asked to present at a Scottish Orienteering Coach CPD Day on Sat 23rd February 2013.

The session will be on coaching terrain running skills, specifically up and downhill.

Full details for the programme can be found at here.

Details are at http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/natcen/page/coach-cpd-days-for-2013 Read more

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Indoor orienteering

Indoor orienteering can sometimes seem a bit of an odd occupation.  I think it gives the opportunity to practise skills in decent conditions under extreme time pressure.

Clearly I am not the only one to think this.  Here is Tove Alexandersson, WOC 2012 Silver medallist completing an indoor course in a big sports hall. Read more

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New Interval Training and Cool Down

One of the most interesting sections of the New Interval Training website is that discussing Cool Down.

There is a suggestion that cool down should include something called “extensive repetitions”.  An example of this would be 4-6 x 200m at 10k pace with 1′ recovery (I assume this is jog or walk).  Read more

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The “New Interval Training” model

I was sent a link to this website http://newintervaltraining.com/

This is an interesting site with an introduction to a slightly different way of running interval sessions.  The gist of the difference is that the hard efforts should be at a slightly slower pace than in a traditional interval session, but that the recovery phase should include an “active roll-on recovery” section.  Read more

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IAAF Standardised Session Shorthand

There is an IAAF shorthand for writing down session plans and it can be found here.

It pretty much assumes that the training is done on a track as it works on distances and times.  A little more work would be needed to include inclines (hills). Read more

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Annabel Mason video

Bethanie Murray has put together a great compilation video of one of our very best fell runners, Annabel Mason, who has just been selected to run the European XC in Budapest.

Annabel’s cadence uphill is what always amazes me when I see her race.  Read more

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