Ottawa 20K Adventure Run

Cherie and Doug Mahoney will be hosting the 2nd Annual Ottawa 20K Adventure Run on May 7th. Details here.

The HJ Factor!

Earlier this winter GHO had the awesome opportunity to host a National Training Camp with Holger and Sandy Hott Johansen. Holger is a World Champion and Sandy placed 9th at last year's World Champs. They both gave great presentations and challenged the camp participants to increase their training volume. Take a look at many Attack Point training logs before and after the early january camp and you will see that many people have certainly taken up that challenge. I call that the HJ Factor (or Hott Johansen Factor!). But having some of the World's best participate in events or a camp in your home town has a bigger impact than just training for our top athletes. The Hott Johansens are also role models as well. Here is an example. Earlier this evening Emma "AdventureGirl!" Waddington (8) joined the GHO TNT group for a fun work-out. She was wearing the Kristiansand OK orienteering jersey given to her by Sandy Hott Johansen (see photo above). Asked if she was tired after the workout Emma responded with "A little, but this is Sandy's shirt and it is fast".

HKF (now GHO) hosted the first World Cup outside of Europe in 1986. After the race was over the Norwegian National team conducted a training camp for HKF and Canada's National Team. Many of those Norwegian elite athletes (Oivind Thon, Morten Berglia, and others) became heros and role models for many younger orienteers in the Golden Horseshoe at that time. 20 years after the World Cup we were fortunate to have this other training camp. We will see the results and impact of the HJ Factor for some time to come....

GHO4GOLD Deadline

The deadline for the GHO4GOLD program is March 15th. Details can be found here.

If you have any questions, send an e-mail to Hans.

GHO Wins THOMASS Series!

Photos courtesy of (PHOTO/aperture.braveacts.com) and the Caledon Navigators. 

The 12th annual THOMASS series finished off yesterday with strong GHO
results all around.

Marianna Weber (GHO) won the overall title (and women's title),
Eugene Mylynczyk (UKR) won the men's, Serhei Logvin (GHO) was top
junior and GHO top club.

Final standings:
1) Marianna Weber (GHO) 242 points
2) Eugene Mylynczyk (UKR) 241
3) Mike Waddington (GHO) 239
4) Barb Campbell (GHO) 238
5) Nick Duca (Gators) 224

Special thanks to all the race officials for this year's series!

Official results coming soon

Weekend Training Extravaganza

Hamilton seems to be the place to train these days! GHO plays host to several out-of-towners and National Team hopefuls this weekend. We have a packed weekend for your training pleasure!

Friday: 5PM - Rockcliffe Trails - contours only

Saturday: 8AM - Borer's Falls long run - meet at the trail head for the Hamilton-Brantford rail trail
Saturday: 5PM - Sassafrass Woods - downhill sprint training

Sunday: 9AM - Warmup at Heart Lake
Sunday 10AM - THOMASS Race
Sunday 11AM - Heart Lake Sprint training

Don't forget to register for the THOMASS Race www.orienteering.on.ca/events/CNOC/Thomass-Loops2006.html

Directions coming soon...

TNT Intervals

GHO Canada GHO Tuesday Nite Training (March 7, 2006): Well, this is how we look. We can't do much about that but we are definitely trying to become faster and stronger!!! Tonight's training was the now famous "Emma Intervals". A warm and generally snow free winter has made for excellent running and orienteering training. Join us at 6PM every Tuesday and Thursday night for training at the Chedoke Golf Club.

Pig Reminder

An e-mail has been sent out to those who have, at some point, shown an interest in the Pig. If you haven't received any e-mail with the subject The Pig, but are interested, e-mail Hans. Four races are offered over three days; middle, sprint, relay and long. Last day for normal fee is March 13th.

This time: Waddington

Mike Waddington, who has led the THOMASS overall standings for a few weeks, finally took his first win of the THOMASS season 2006. That also means he is the 6th GHOer to win a THOMASS this year. Results are here.

GHO 4 GOLD!

The Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club is proud to announce launching of the GHO 4 GOLD athlete financial support program.

Quite possibly the first program of its kind in Canada, the GHO 4 GOLD program will assist elite club members with training and race costs. Athlete support is available in three areas:

1) Training support
2) Race performance premiums
3) WOC/JWOC travel assistance.

Full details of the program are here.

Application deadline for 2006 support is March 15th, 2006.

No Ron Lowry. Nancy Green Instead.

The plan was to go up the Ron Lowry hill a few times at tomorrow's practice (March 2) but the trail is to icey. However, going straight up the Nancy Green hill was not a problem so we will use that bump instead. Time and location is 6pm at the Chedoke golf course parking lot as usual.