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A series of articles by Paul Murgatroyd of British Orienteering

Sun 6 Dec 2020

Paul Murgatroyd, Coach and Sports Science support to British Orienteering National Talent Squad since 2007, has written a series of 14 articles on the many different aspects of training which make up a top orienteer.

Part 1- Understanding the Physiological Demands of the Sport

Part 2 - Putting the Programme Together

Part 3 - Training Cycles

Part 4 - Endurance Training

Part 5 - Strength Training

Part 6 - Secondary' Fitness Training

part 7 - Warm-Ups A Best Practice Review

Part 8 - Tapering A Best Practice Review

Part 9 - Core Training Does it Work

Part 10 -Post-exercise recovery - part 1

Part 11 - Post-exercise recovery - part 2

Part 12 - Training Intensity - Getting it Right!

Part 13 - Using Strength & Power Training to Develop Endurance

Part 14 - Integrated Strength & Core Training A Different Approach

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Beginner?

Orienteering is a sport that combines map reading and running. Competitors have to find their way between a series of checkpoints, called controls, as quickly as possible. There’s no set route between the controls, so you have to decide which way to go and then find your way there without getting lost.

You take part individually, and you don’t get to see the map with the course on it until the race starts, so you can’t plan your route or check out where the controls are in advance. The fastest person to visit all the controls in the right order is the winner.

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