Carl Waaler Kaas

WOC`10: WORLD CHAMPION! (map w/comments)

Friday 13. 22.15pm on Friday 13th of August 2010. 17 hours 28 min to the start of my first WOC middle distance final. On home ground. I have a dream of winning a medal. I know I am good enough. I know I could not be better prepared. Still (or maybe therefore) I am as nervous as I have never been before. My stomach hurts, my throat feels sore. I am lying in my bed having a peptalk with our coach Petter Thoresen. I tell him about my “bad” conditions. There is not much to say, we both know I am ready…

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3 Kommentarer | Kategori Mesterskap | Tagger Gold, Gull, Mellomdistanse, Middle Distance, VM, WOC, World Champion

MWOC`10: Silver on long distance:) (map w/comments)

My goal for todays long distance was to run a perfect technical race. After one day of rest I felt much better both mentally and physically, so I knew a good technical race could give a good result. During the race I had a really good feeling. My orienteering was attacking and precise, I only lost some small seconds on some long legs and to the last control. Even though I was beaten by Thierry by some 40 seconds, of which 35 on the last loop, I am satisfied with my performance. See map with comments in my map archive.

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MWOC`10: Short distance (map w/comments)

Directly from WOC I travelled to Kongsberg to participate in the World Military Orienteering Championships. After an intensive, unforgettable and exciting weekend with gold medal on the middle distance and silver on the relay, I am now mentally and physically quite tired. The performance on the short distance in MWOC reflected this, with a huge mistake on the way to the first control as the main prove. For the long distance tomorrow I hope I have gained some more mental energy and more power in my legs. My goal there is to do a good technical race and by that contribute to a good norwegian result in the team competition. Map with comments from yesterdays short distance is now in my map archive.

I will soon present some extensive articles about my WOC middle distance race. The reason for the delay is I had to gather my thoughts and impressions after the unforgettable and unbelievable weekend. Hope you will find these articles interesting.

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WOC`10: Middle qual (map)

Good performance today, won my heat by a good margin. This gave me the feedback I needed for the upcoming finals in Granåsen. Also great that the norwegian team follow up yesterdays team-performance; all through to the final:) You find todays map with comments and routechoices in my map archive.

1 Kommentar | Kategori Mesterskap |

WOC`10: Model-event & WOC-outfit (map/photos)

In my WOC`10 series I will present news, comments, maps and pictures from the upcoming 8 really exciting days in Trondheim. I will also use twitter for short, instant messages during the week (see top of my homepage or follow me @carlwk). In this article the map from todays model-event (with comments) and a presentation of the new norwegian WOC-outfit will be presented.
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0 Kommentarer | Kategori Uncategorized |

Alter G – The savior in need!

After my injury two weeks ago my training plan had to be changed. In such a situation (as always) it is important to look for the opportunities and advantages, even though it feels like you can`t do the preparations and training you need. Actually, I never felt I lost any training. I felt in fact that my training was really good and that this injury could make me even stronger for the world champs!
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2 Kommentarer | Kategori Trening | Tagger Alter G, Treadmill, WOC

Skadet! – VM i fare!

Det var på langtur sist mandag i Sogndal det skjedde. Olav og jeg hadde hatt en flott 3-timers tur i fantastisk fjellterreng da vi bare skulle ta oss ned de siste 400 høydemeterene ned til Sogndal. I et uoppmerksomt øyeblikk snublet jeg i en liten rot og fikk god fart nedover lia. I det jeg skulle bremse farta tråkket jeg skeivt, hørte et lite smell og kjente en brå smerte. Prøvde å belaste foten, men den bar ikke! Jeg ble svimmel og måtte sette meg ned for å summe meg. Mange tanker gikk gjennom hodet. Kunne nok et VM ryke før det engang hadde begynt? Skulle jeg nok en gang miste muligheten til å vise hva jeg var god for?
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5 Kommentarer | Kategori Annet |

Kart Nordvestgaloppen (Fjord-O maps)

Som lovet har jeg nå lagt ut kart med veivalg fra Nordvestgaloppen. Du finner dem i mitt kartarkiv. (Kartfilene er noe store og stedvis litt uklare, måtte ty til fotokamera da scanner ikke var å oppdrive  - beklager dette).

2 Kommentarer | Kategori Treningssamlinger | Tagger Kart, Nordvestgaloppen, Veivalg

Nordvestgaloppen

Første av to intensive mengdetreningsuker er nå unnagjort. En uke i Sogndal på Nordvestgaloppen har gått fort og jeg har fått med meg akkurat det jeg ønsket (og litt til):
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2 Kommentarer | Kategori Treningssamlinger | Tagger Nordvestgaloppen, Trening, VM-test