Since I started working 15 days a go my life is completely changed.
No more time to do relaxed things and to enjoy full orienteering..
I can make an example of my boring week-day:

_5.05 alarm clock ringing
_6.30 work begin
_15.30 work finish
_16.45 home again
_18.00 out for training
_20.30 dinner
_22.00 bed

That' s not an exciting timetable for a runner..Every day I feel my legs not 100% ready for a new training!
But until I will have the possibility to train in such following terrains the tiredness it will be not so painful.
Last tuesday we trained in one of the best place here in Stockholm: Kårsta. Prologue + chasing start with 10sec intervals.














On wednesday we had the last stage (the 3rd one) of Stockholm City Cup. Nice sprint with route choices and detailed orienteering. Results

In Svezia, nelle strade a due carreggiate con 2 o più corsie per senso di marcia e con limitè di velocità dei 70 Km/h o inferiore, si può guidare nella corsia che più ti aggrada..e quindi anche in quella più di sinistra che dovrebbe esser usata per il sorpasso.
Me lo hanno già detto 2 persone (in svedese) e quindi dovrei esserne certo al 100%.
Ogni mattina vado a lavorare in macchina con un mio collega. Quando ci troviamo sui tipi di strada suddetti lui guida sempre sulla corsia di sinistra e ovviamente fa 2-3 Km/h in meno del limite. Intanto lui può guidare dove vuole..
Però arrivano delle macchine sparate da dietro che ci sfanalano e fanno gestacci. Ma lui, al posto di spostarsi, fa delle frenate improvvise e alza il dito medio. E ci sorpassano a destra guardandoci e scuotendo la testa come se fossimo matti..
Ogni volta vorrei auto-espellermi dalla macchina!

Ho provato a spiegargli che funzionerebbe tutto meglio se lui stesse più a destra. Ma lui continua a fare così..

..those ones on a plane who clap their hands after the landing. 98% of them are Italians!

Last saturday we ran at Fusine Laghi (Udine) Italian Sprint Champs. We were in a fantastic place with an unforgettable landscape close to the boundary with Austria and Slovenia.
The all course was settle in the forest with only a spectator control close to the finish field. Fast forest with not so many features in..
I did a really big mistake on the way to the 4th control where I couldn' t find my exact position when I jumped on the path. That' s too much for a sprint distance! I lost seconds also at 12th and 13th controls: my concentration wasn' t so high.
Probably my legs weren' t ready for 15min at max speed due also at the day before when I flew down from Stockholm, through Frankfurt and then Verona.. an interminable day! But no excuses..
My clubmate KS won clearly again. A really good start of season for him! Grattis!
Results
On sunday we had a national event in the same place (just 200m north): terrain was completely different with a labyrinth of boulders and rocks.
I was ensure all the time and my pace was slow. I checked next every rock I saw because I didn' t find immediately main things for a good and "fast" navigation!
Since long time I was afraid to mistake!
Results

We saw lot of rabbits who are taking care of roundabouts and parks in the city. But they don' t care of our grill..

Yesterday started "Stockholm City Cup 07", a series of sprint races in parks or islands in the town. It was not so difficult orienteering with only one leg with interesting route choices.
Results

Tomorrow I' ll start working seriously as engineer at Grus&Betong AB.
I' m quite happy to start working in a new country, with new rules and  first of all new working-time..
I hope I' ll have still time to keep on training..

We just got back from Leksand (Dalarna) where we ran Elitserien yesterday and Siljanskavlen (4 men relay) this morning.
Yesterday I did a decent race with just few little mistakes but looking at the results it doesn' t seems that.. I can' t already run like a hell as the first runners! Results
Today I ran last leg on the 2nd team. It went well with just a concentration mistake in the end. We ended up as 15th team.Results
Yesterday night we slept in a nice camping close to a lake. What a beatiful place!

Yesterday joined the club another British guy: Graham Gristwood.
He will run with us Elitserien and Siljanskavlen the coming w-e. Between 16th and 20th May the club will be in Finland for a Jukola training camp.
From next spring he' ll live here in Stockholm for 1 year.
Welcome!

I'm back in Stockholm.+7° degrees!!
Just a short summary on my competing w-e at Italian Middle Champs:

_saturday qual: safe race.I took big features for navigation and to check my height on the slopes. At the end I felt my legs little bit tired. Qualified as 4th in the B semifinal.
_sunday final: I started with a not-so-high speed because I understood immediately first controls were in a green and flat area. They went OK, even if I missed the 5th control because of cameraman (bacio @ Franz). I did a really bad route choice at 14th. Just few more words about 22th where I was in the center of the circle looking for the flag, but it wasn' t there.. I finished in 6th place, 4th Italian.

A really good start for my new club, where KS won and MT came in third place.

Results

Since sunday, when I was running in Italy, I couldn' t breath properly (with 25-30°C) and I' m looking forward to have some nice and fast training here in Stockholm again..   
 

I joined my old friends here in Milano. This w-e I' ll run Italian Middle Champs somewhere in a lost valley up in the north-west..

During the last month lot of people came visiting and training here in our flat. We are (and were) really happy and we' re looking forward to see all of you again in the future.
But, as usually, someone lost something and I found this underpants..who is the owner?