Interviews #4: Lena Eliasson
Lena Eliasson shared with us some tips about training and her view on last season and her vision of 2010. She made impressive results such as bronze madalist from WOC 2007 in sprint and silver madalist from JWOC ski-orienteering in 2001 but also a winer of Tiomila 2008. Member of Domnarvets GOIF and Swedish national team compete also in Croatia last year.
Hello Lena,
Orienteering season is over, what will be your plan for this winter? What do you want to improve the most?
- I will at first make sure that I have a stabil physical level for heavier training, after having a lot of trouble with iron and hemoglobin during summer and autumn, and then I work a lot mentally to improve my ability to focus on orienteeringtechnique all the way through the races 2010, no matter what physical status I have.
During winter, when you go outdoor, do you more prefer running in deep snow or do you use skiing as main winter activity?
- I usually do a lot of skiing, since I'm used to that after being a ski-orienteerer as a junior, but this winter I try to do a lot more running. Think I'm old enough to train a little less hours but at the same time a bit more specific to my competition season.
Your goal for the next season will be...
- This year I will change my plan a little bit, from focusing only the World Championship to several smaller goals. Hopefully there will be some international running also but we'll see.
By your opinion, which are main advateges and disadvatages of living in Sweden from aspect of serious orieteer?
- Of course it's a good thing that Sweden have a lot of good orienteerers and therefore you know that you are able to fight for medals when you are selected to represent Sweden. I do think that it's necessary to travel outside Sweden to learn how to perform best in southern of Europe and that it's good to compare with runners from other countries in their countries. The terrain in Sweden are mostly a bit too techniqual compared to where most International Championships are held.
How much hours you train per year and how much of it do you working on your orienteering technique?
- In 2008, before I got sick, I trained really hard but now I do around 550-600h/year. My goal this year is to do at least 8 sessions with map every month but earlier years I have not used the map a lot during wintertraining.
Are you satisfy with it and what do you think, how much percent of training should be orienteering?
- If I lived in a place where there was no snow during winter I would try to have 50% of my training with a map. Now I think it's ok with 20-30% during a year.
How come you decided to visit Croatia open 2009? Did you had some expectations from this event and if yes, did they happen?
- For me there was a small hope for World Championships in my mind and Croatia seemed to have familiar strikes with Hungary so that was the main reason. On the other hand it's always good to prepare for every unknown terrain that can surprise you so that was also a thought, together with learning how to cope with warm weather.
What is your comment about karst type of terrain? What pose for you the bigest challenge and why?
- For me it's a huge challenge to stay calm and take all the time I need to really read the map intensively, because it's hard to do that while running fast on stony ground. It's better to stand still for some seconds and choose the best routechoice and then run fast in parts where it's possible.
Will you visit Croatia again?
- Definately! There are several good maps and also the possibility to mix training in an amazing nature with lazy days by the sea.
Finally, what would you say to orienteers which are planing to visit Croatia open? What could they expect?
- A wellplanned and wellorganised arrangement and also a very friendly atmosphere.
Lena, Thanks for your time which you spent for answering and OK Ris hopes to see you again in Croatia!
- I hope to see you in Sweden also
Povratak
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