Our Finnish scholar Konsta Vanhanen has announced details of training programs he is offering this weekend in Sydney.
Konsta has already seen a fair chunk of NSW since arriving in September and is about to see more - so this is a great chance for Sydneysiders to make use of his experience and expertise.
These sessions are open to everyone, and we thank Konsta for investing this time and effort.
Sat Jan 20: junior training in the morning at West Pymble's Bicentennial Park at 9am. There will be an individual sprint and after a short recovery break a sprint relay. It's mainly for the NSW Junior Squad, but he's happy for all juniors (or adults too) who are interested.
Sun Jan 21: a course-setting talk for all people interested, at the ONSW office at Olympic Park at 2pm. It will go for about 2 hours, then everyone can smoothly move to the Sprint Series at Macquarie Hospital (starts from 5-6pm). The idea is Konsta will have heaps of leg/map examples of courses and provide tips on how to make a good and challenging course.
"This would be good for everyone who plans to do some course setting in the future, or who has done it few times but would like to get maybe some ideas to improve," he says.
"Often, by moving just a few controls you can make a course much more interesting."
Mon Jan 22: Crimson Hill (end of Eton Road, Lindfield). Arrive at 5.45pm for a 6pm start. The first 45 minutes will be some o-skill sessions, then short technical o-loops and in the end again a few o-skill things. Approximately 2 hours all up.
