Tomorrow I' ll fly back to Italy for 10 days holiday.
I' ll take part of Italian 5 days. I didn' t train so much after Jukola and I' ll check my condition during the first days: it seems there will be really long and fast percours. I hope the temperatures will not be 35° C..

I bought 2 new Active Ankle..The last ones lasted for 1 year!

During this week I had a really appreciated guest..She spoil me all the times!

I just received this e-mail from a friend, an old Lidingös runner:

We looking for one "nice" internationell aupair for my family, you saw the
maffia on the metro saturday. One orienteer from another country could be nice.
If it possible and can you write on the best O-sites in Italy? Some forum etc. It
can be good if someone answer and we can meet the person on Ita 5-days or Swedish
5-days.
See attach.

Interested to work as aupair in !

We are a family with three children 8-6-4 years as look for aupair to autumn,or next year.

If you are orienteer and will perform you in Swedish orienteering you can do it to the highest possible degree, because the house its close to lot of maps and near clubhouse etc. The father in the family also work like a professional orienteerings coach in the University Dalarna. Here its possible to training together with several good internationell orienteers.It also possibility  to read some separate courses in the university.

Locality for the house its in Leksand, in the local club we have some of yours nationell team runners. We have also people from live and work in Leksand and be in the club organisation.

Work like a aupair its someday pickup children in day nursery and school. Easy cleaning.
( Normal aupair daily chores)

Driving license require

Own housing ( small red and white house)

If your are interested send email to

Per Spik

psp@du.se

We just get home from Finland where we had a great time. As usually!
We arrived at the event center on saturday morning after 5 hours trip with the bus from Turku. After a mini model event and lunch we saw the Venla Relay. Then I missed the bus to "our" flat..so, I decided to sleep a couple of hours under a tent at the event center.
My alarm had to wake me up at 01.30 in the night, but the loudy speaker, during the 2nd leg, who was underlining the great performances of our runners (especially Petter - 2nd team), made me awake immediately! Lidingö 1 was 5th and Lidingö 2 was 7th!!!
I ate my breakfast and joined my friends at the finish.
When I came in to the change-over area for my turn I was quite relaxed and ready to keep our team in a good position. The first 2 controls went quite well and then I let my legs running fluently in the next "easy" controls. I was keeping my position, nothing more. But, when the course went again in a really tricky area, I missed a control even if my attack point was clear (paths cross). From then I lost confidence with my navigation and I was ensure all the times..In the end I lost 5 position.
We came at the finish as 49th team. Not bad for a 2nd team.

Then we started to party and have fun with our Eroes (1st team) who took the 4th place! What a beautiful sight!!

The party on the boat on the way back was not as funny as last year. Even if Lidingö guys and girls were the best on the dance floor!

In less than one hour I' ll leave Stockholm. Finland is waiting for us..
I have a new hair cut made yesterday by 3 syrian girls!
We will be back on monday with a pics-reportage about our trip back on the boat.
Bye bye

After those two selections, they decided to give me again the chance to run the second-last leg (2nd team) in Jukola. That' s cool!
4 of the 7 guys were in the first team in Tiomila!

Selection races:

- KM Long Distance started really well for me (was really easy in the begin) but when the course went into a serious and difficult swedish terrain I missed one control by to much time. I just came in that area without be sure of my right position..














- One man relay last saturday went completely different! IAfter the first 2 loops (ca 1 hour) I had 2 min gap from the first. The last one was much easier..but my legs weren' t there anymore.














Last wednesday, after the club champs, we had a great time: bath in a not-so-warm lake, grill and football match Sweden-Iceland.


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Time for Jukola..
This year 1st team will fight for the first 5 positions.
And with the 2nd team they want  to improve the 43th place of 2005.
Tomorrow (club champs long distance) and saturday (one-man-relay training) it will be selections for me and some others for places in the 2nd team.

Köra hårt!