Orienteering intervals

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Orienteering Exercise: Orienteering intervals

Key information
Exercise Type: Concentration, Overspeed orienteering
Target Level: Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level
Intensity: High
Preparation time: 5-15 minutes
OCAD Required: No
Min participants: 1

Several short courses (alternatively parts of a long course) which are run at high speed, with a pause between each course. Several variants are described.

Aim: Concentrate when you are tired. Orienteer in higher speed than you would normally do (due to shorter intervals).
Variants: One variant is Downhill_intervals. Another variant is One man relay (if you decide to have a pause between each round). A third variant is to do this in a normal course, and run e.g. every second leg fast, every second leg slowly - or alternatively make a pause at every second control.
Aids: No special required, but easier to make in OCAD.
Terrain: Any terrain will do.
Preparations: Make courses.
Tips: Do not look at the map before starting at each of the intervals. Keep the speed at a level where you have control over your orienteering. To get the overspeed effect, don't have too many uphills in the courses.
Examples:
Image Orienteering intervals.jpg Several short courses (alternatively parts of a long course) which are run at high speed, with a pause between each course. Several variants are described.

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