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World Orienteering Championships
Lausanne, Switzerland
July 2012
by Alex Jospé
photo courtesy of WorldOfO.com
You know those days where it feels like your feet barely touch the ground as you run? Where the navigation comes so easily that every feature appears in front of you at exactly the right time? Those are good days. Unfortunately, it’s pretty rare that everything lines up exactly as it should, so those good days are few and far between. What can you do to affect when those days happen?
For me, the answer to reliable athletic performance lies in self-analysis and clear goals. I have always felt that having very specific, measurable, attainable goals is a key to success, and set both outcome and process goals to help get me there. Given the inevitable fluctuations in how fast a given finish place in a race ends up being, one of the more reliable measures of success is how far behind the winner’s time I end up being.
Barb Bryant sends this reminder:
NEOC members Peter and Gail Gagarin, Judy Karpinski and Jeff Saeger are competing at WMOC [World Masters Orienteering Championships], which is happening now. And we have a US team at WUOC [World University O-Champs], also happening now. Attackpoint will probably have postings from both places. Peter did real well in the sprint qualifier, making the A final by placing 3rd in his race. The final takes place this afternoon. (Morning in the USA.)
JWOC [Junior World O-Champs]: training week starting today. I am posting some things about the trip on Attackpoint.
Soon the team will start posting at the USA team blog.
As a reminder, you can read about the team members here.
Official sites:
The May 20 meet at Breakheart Reservation was a fundraiser for the U.S. Orienteering Team. The net income from this meet, $520.07, has been donated to OUSA to support the team.
The Western Mass 5 Day A-meet was a fundraiser for the U.S. Ski-O Team. Net income from this series of five events, $6586.52, has been donated to OUSA to support the Ski-O team.
At the Annual General Meeting held on June 10, 2012, the following were elected to the Board of Directors:
Thanks to all members who attended the meeting or voted by proxy. The new Board members will serve for two years.
Special thanks to departing Board members Barb Bryant, Bill Pullman, and Ian Smith.
Members also voted to amend the club's Bylaws to remove the requirement that an 18-month membership be offered to new members joining between July 1 and December 31.