quando arrivi la mattina in ufficio e ti dicono: " Hai sentito cosa ha detto Berlusconi su Obama?"
Che razzo gli dico ora?

Anche questa toccata e fuga in Italia è finita.
Ero consapevole del fatto che le mie condizioni fisiche attuali non son delle migliori e di non esser più abitutato a correre su questi tipi di terreni (una volta a me famigliari).
Qui al Nord "purtroppo" si impara ad usare la bussola ed il 95% delle scelte di percorso giace sotto la linea rossa. In alcune tratte della gara long di sabato scorso non ho proprio visto la possibilità di aggirare valli che mi avrebbero fatto guadagnare qualche minuto.
Comunque mi son riconfermato Campione Italiano a Staffetta con i miei compagni del Gronlait. Certo, avendo in squadra il nuovo campione italiano e il terzo del giorno prima, puoi ritenere di avere le chiappe al caldo. O forse è meglio dire: se hai in squadra due come KS e MT grossi problemi non ne hai in ogni caso.
E' stato figo rincontrare i miei cari amici orientisti. Ma allo stesso tempo preoccupante il fatto che non ci siano facce nuove nel mondo orientistico italiano.
Avrei anche voluto che il tracciatore di sabato avesse tagliato un pochetto i tratti purple nell' area della prima butterfly.
Vabbè.
La settimana prossima mi aspettano i campionati svedesi middle:  nelle qualificazioni ci saran 4 batterie da 40 persone l' una e passano i primi 8 in finale. Riuscire a raggiungere la finale sarebbe già ottimo per quest' anno.
Ci si vede a Venezia.. 

Last week I went to Norway for some holiday.

I visited first Oslo and the mythical Holmenkollens jumping hill.
Then I drove west to Lysefjorden where I ran up to the famous Kjeragbolten (below the boulder is a sheer drop of about 1000m to the fjord) and I had a nice trip with the boat..
I saw nice landscapes (like in Switzerland and Scotland) on the way to Bergen where I couldn' t sleep because every single room was booked because of Eric Clapton concert..Anyway I visited the old town and surroundings and still now I think that' s better then the capital Oslo.
Last and the worst Lillehammer where I thought they should do something better after the Olympics Games in 1994..

Siam appena tornati da Sälen in Dalarna (a metà della Svezia verso la Norvegia) dove abbiam preso parte alla mitica O-ringen!
Sarà perchè ho fatto la categoria delle pippe, sarà perchè il tempo è stato favoloso (quasi troppo caldo a volte), sarà per l' accomodation a 100m dal centro gare in un cottage da favola o forse per i terreni ogni giorno diversi o forse sarà per la conferenza di TG sulla sua carriera/metodologia di allenamento ma quest' anno è stato veramente tutto molto fico!

Poi forse abbiam scoperto un altro supereroe del Pre-O col quale ho avuto un' interessante discussione sul fattore culo in gara.


Missed:

-famiglia Baccega
-una pasta con i veneti
-italian team at the world cup

La mia camera digitale è stata quasi sempre nello zaino quindi ho fatto solo 2 foto al volo al cottage prima di venir via..

Dal 18 agosto inizierò a lavorare alla Sweco.
E' una ditta di consulenza con progetti in tutta Europa riguardanti ambiente, architettura e infrastrutture in genere.
Son stato assunto per un progetto annuale durante il quale aggiorneremo le vecchie mappe del "catasto" svedese (Jordbruksverket) utilizzando nuovissime fotografie aeree. Tutto questo utilizzando un programma GIS (Geographic Information System).
So già che son stati assunti molti altri orientisti della zona di Stoccolma e dintorni: quindi un ambiente nuovo con facce "nuove" (e giovani) in supernuovi uffici in centro città..
Avremo orari abbastanza flessibili del tipo " lavora quando vuoi basta che mi consegni il tutto il tal giorno"..Finalmente potrò smettere di iniziare a lavorare alle 06.30 di mattina!

 I took pictures from yesterdays JWOC men relay start.
As you can see there are lot of runners who cannot stay behind their maps because there' s not enough room for everyone..not so good from the swedish organizers! Look at the british guy..
Hopefully next year in Primiero-Italy it will be much better!

Great performance of ANDREA SEPPI at JWOC in Gothenburg: he finished in 5th place at Sprint distance!

Already at EYOC 2005s Sprint distance he swohed his class reaching the 3rd position, 15 seconds behind the leader Štěpán Kodeda from Czech Republic.

Yesterday the winner was again Kodeda and the gap was only 14 seconds..

Well done ANDREA!!

I' m not still recovered after 2 all-nights-standing but I have still forces to write down some lines about this week-end somewhere outside Tampere in Finland.
I want to thank all my mates and my coaches because now probably I understood something more about the meaning of the word TEAM.

I couldn' t train as I would in the last weeks because of a over stretch in the back of my thigh. Thus I was little bit unsure about my capacity to keep the right flow in the forest.
As a typical stupid guy I didn' t care about that and I decided to push quite hard because I knew you had to be aggressive in that tough terrain.

The plan was quite simple:
-no mistakes at the first control
-stay in the pack and check his direction always

I never understood my position during the race because of packs of runners cames everywhere. Of course, when you are running with Halden, Kalevan Rasti and Vaajakosken Terä you can be sure that you are not so bad..Just after let Petter run his perfect race someone told me I changed over around 30th position in a big pack..

I' ll remember for a long time:

-the last 30 seconds before the "take off": incredible silence around you..
-on the way to the first control when I saw that was really dark (especially in the green areas) and I knew my capacities in night-orienteering
- "Dai Giacomo, forza!" Giancarlo Simion was just behind me at 2/3 of the race. Well done Gian!
- After shower and sauna when I saw Pinnen (our 3rd runner) changing in 10th position..at that moment I decided to stay awake all the night

We finished as 31st team:a really good result for a 2nd team!

On saturday night I' ll run the first leg (2nd team) at Jukola in Kaanaa-Tampere.
It has to be really cool, expecially when you have other 1453 runners around you..luckily I have number 49: it means I' m in a good position nearly in front of the pack.

We had 2 Jukola-test last week-end in some relevant terrains around Stockholm. I ran good in both and, as our coaches Fredrik L and Oskar M said, it was really difficult to make the teams..that' s good! IFK Lidingö has 2 strong teams (as usual) on the starting line!

Everyone in the club is looking forward to a nice week-end in Finland..probably something like last year?

14 May - Humlegården














The course was too easy. You could see the controls already 100 meters before. It was like a cross country race. Anyway I could miss the route choice to the 7th control..
Results

21 May - Gröna Lund














We knew before the start that the legs 4th-5th and 12th-13th didn' t count for the final result.
Because of that the meaning of Sprint orienteering went away: the crucial legs were exactly after 13th control!
After 17th control we ran into Tivoli Park with lot of people walk around: some runners had problems with that chaos..not those ones who are used to run in Venice!
Results

28 May - Vinterviken













It was chasing start for the first best 10 runners in the earlier stages.
I started as 4th runner, 3 seconds behind Peter Hemmyr.
Already on the way to the 2nd control I was in a pack with Hemmyr and Skarholt. We have been togheter all the way to the 12th control where I missed the control: I couldn' t read the butterfly area and I was standing just 50m from it..I missed also the first control of the first loop.
I finished in 6th position. Not so bad for this kind of Spriddle!
Results

Last week end we were in Tampere-Finland to check and familiarize with Jukola terrains.
We had a really good time with our club friends from MS Parma.
Good runnability on the top of the hills and green areas and marshes down in the slopes. Visibility is quite good almost everywhere: that' s what we took home from this training camp.
Guys from Parma were faster in the forest but we won football match at least!
See you on 2 weeks..

Tonight the 2nd Stockholm City Cup will be held at the Tivoli Park.
And tomorrow we' re going to Tampere (Finland) for a training camp on Jukola terrains..
Nice!