tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295272011412774632.post4980778865850361798..comments2023-08-29T19:56:03.938+12:00Comments on OSQUAD: Looking forwardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295272011412774632.post-25921101049677054212013-09-04T12:44:18.250+12:002013-09-04T12:44:18.250+12:00I think what Jamie is trying to say is you cannot ...I think what Jamie is trying to say is you cannot look at a JWOC and WOC in isolation, that you have to plan well in advance. With the number of camps that other countries go on in relevant terrain to these championships, we cannot expect to compete with them going over only a couple of weeks before hand.<br /><br />Like for those wanting to run WOC in Italy next year, if they cannot go over earlier next year, they should have been training in Italy following this years WOC.<br /><br />Ill take my JWOC as an example, the year before I went to Slovenia and Croatia after the JWOC in Poland as the terrain was relevant. I also had 3 weeks prior to the championships in 2012 training in relevant terrain. The results...<br />Similarly Nick Hann spent a year in Norway and he had amazing results.<br /><br />What was really disappointing for me running the World Cups in NZ was the lack of support and preparation that was made available. There was not one training camp in the relevant terrain and it was in our home ground. To be quite honest our performances at the World Cup (less Lizzie) were quite poor given the amount of preparation we could have done.<br /><br />Let this be a learning point for future years, especially World Cup 2015. Aim to have training camps over there (perhaps following the Australian Champs in 2014).<br /><br />The initiatives in place now, Super Series, Camps e.t.c are a remarkable improvement from the past 2 years.mogd001https://www.blogger.com/profile/08908658441668389644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295272011412774632.post-14419636753240146782013-09-04T08:36:36.740+12:002013-09-04T08:36:36.740+12:00otherwise you may as well just move over there com...otherwise you may as well just move over there completely!Tanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454898620500719548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295272011412774632.post-76267986295427632022013-09-04T08:35:34.817+12:002013-09-04T08:35:34.817+12:00Interesting point which has been made by several p...Interesting point which has been made by several people over the years with regards to going over to Europe to run at WOC and JWOC. I dont disagree with it at all just to make my position clear, but: <br /><br />For myself and many others I think it would be near impossible to take time off work or University with out the reason/excuse to go to a World Champs. Can you imagine your boss granting you leave to go on holiday in Europe year after year to go to events they have never heard of? At least with the World Champs and representing NZ you have some sort of higher purpose for getting the time off to go. Tanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454898620500719548noreply@blogger.com