#69 - Episode 69

About this episode

Episode 69 features a long and rambling discussion about orienteering, running experiences, and various events.

Episode 69 somehow became exactly what it was always destined to be: long, rambling, and only loosely about orienteering. Magnus is finally back online after disappearing to altitude camp in Uganda, where “easy runs” apparently mean getting dropped by half-marathon world record holders and learning life lessons over chai, chapati and Ludo. Tim is busy limping between the sofa, the treadmill and the X-ray department, while insisting everything is totally fine. Ralph mostly tries to keep the conversation on track and fails. We cover Park World Tour races in China, not the orienteering but whether Yannick Michels could beat 500 schoolchildren in a fight or a relay. We hype up the annual 3x3km Christmas Challenge, will any of the boys even start the session? There’s also European XC chat, questionable footwear choices, altitude bragging, Strava chaos and no guests.

People in this episode

Hosts: Magnus, Tim, Ralph

Topics covered

• orienteering
• running
• altitude training
• Christmas Challenge
• Park World Tour
• European XC

Keywords

• orienteering
• running
• altitude camp
• Christmas Challenge
• Park World Tour
• European XC
• Strava

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Uganda

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