Downhill orienteering
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Orienteering Exercise: Downhill orienteering
Key information
| Exercise Type: | Flow, Overspeed orienteering |
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| Target Level: | Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level |
| Intensity: | High |
| Preparation time: | 5-15 minutes |
| OCAD Required: | No |
| Min participants: | 1 |
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Run a downhill orienteering course in overspeed, i.e.faster than you normally would do in a competition.
| Aim: | Run faster than you normally would do in a competition. The downhill element makes it possible to train your orienteering abilities in higher speed than would normally be possible. |
|---|---|
| Variants: | One variant is Downhill intervals. Another variant is to make a downhill orienteering competition. |
| Aids: | None required. |
| Terrain: | Hilly terrain required. |
| Preparations: | |
| Tips: | If your hill is not very big, use Downhill intervals. |
| Examples: |
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