Perfect Flow: Recent Episodes
Gene Beveridge
Join Gene Beveridge and his guests as they explore training, dissect races and share stories about endurance and adventure sports.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
This month we hear from top Christchurch junior, Felix Hunt about recent races and training, discuss the value of training programs, managing risk in technical areas, and avoiding routes on extremely steep slopes.
Useful links:
- Shirley Boys Orienteering Club videos
- Australian Champs:
- Middle
- Long
- World Cup in Switzerland:
- Long Women
- Long Men
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Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
This month we hear from Marquita Gelderman on the challenges of MTB orienteering, discuss how to manage fatigue from training, and share some ideas around the difficulty of cancelling orienteering races in bad weather.
Useful links:
- Map memory game
- Ultralong
- Map
- Tracking
- Australian Champs sprint grand prix:
- Race bulletin
- Map
If you liked the show, please support it by sharing this episode with one person who would benefit from it. The best place to find more content like this is at genebeveridge.nz where you can find years of training blogs, race reports, podcasts, and coaching videos. If you don’t want to miss future episodes, I recommend subscribing to my newsletter by visiting genebeveridge.nz or by following on social media; Perfect Flow on Facebook and @genebeveridge on Instagram. For Q&A, send messages to nav@perfectflow.nz.
This month we hear from Heidi Stolberger and Scott Smith about their experiences at WUOC in Switzerland, discuss the many difficulties at the World Cup in Estonia and suggest how best to use online GPS tracking to improve your orienteering.
This month we hear from Nick Hann about his approach to mapping and dive deeper into JWOC, route planning in advance, and specificity in training.
This month we hear from Tim Robertson on his WOC races and dive deeper into some of the GPS tracking. We look at a lot of maps including Queens Birthday, EYOC and 5 Days of Italy.
This month Tom and I hear from Malcolm Ingham about knock-out sprint orienteering and check out the exciting sprint racing happening in Europe. We discuss some training ideas targeting knock-out sprints and take a look at many of the maps from the recent World Cup, where Tim Robertson received 2 silver medals.
In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with Oskar Spets Storhov, one of the orienteers in the OK Linné team that recently won Tio Mila, the 10-person through-the-night relay in Sweden.
There is a video of this recording on YouTube.
is month Tom and I hear from Will Tidswell on his unexpected NZ Champs in isolation and thoughts on his final JWOC in Portugal this in July. We also flesh out the interplay between navigation and concentration, hear about some analysis Gene did on routes that deviate from the straight line, and discuss preparation for major races.
This month Tom and I hear from Penelope Salmon on her fantastic track times, how she handles sprint orienteering and her move the USA. We also flesh out admin mistakes, hear about GODZone, look at World Ski-O Champs, and take a look at recent and upcoming events.
In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with the adventure racing team The Secret Billionaires on their epic battle to 5th place in GODZone Chapter 10: Traverse. This episode is a blow by blow account of their 7 days on course packed with tips for adventure racers wanting to improve their preparation and performance for future expeditions. There is a video for this episode available on genebeveridge.nz and YouTube.
This month Tom and I hear from Dougal Sheppard on the trail running series he's organising in Christchurch. We also flesh out what makes good and bad stepping stones and handrails, discuss changes to women's race distances, and take a look at ski orienteering. And as always, we share news from around the country.
In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with adventure racer and joint-operator of NZ Adventure Retreats, Kym Skerman. Kym is on the front line helping new and developing female adventure racers find their feet in this mentally and physically challenging pursuit.
This month Tom and I hear from Ronan Lee on his transition from the junior elite to senior elite grade and his speedy track times. We also discuss some of Gene's take home points from the Not Oceania races and take a look at World of O's top courses from 2021. And as always, we share news from around the country.
This month Tom and I hear from Joe Lynch on the recent Under 23 and Wellington Junior Camps that he attended as an athlete and coach respectively. We also discuss mental models and heuristics, and how training should be structured given how we learn and think. Additionally, we geek out on some of what World of O has to offer at this time of year. And as always, we share news from around the country.
This month I hear from Lizzie Ingham on her experience of the past 2 years which have been very disruptive for sporting communities. I also discuss tips on breaking the rustiness we often feel after periods without orienteering. And as always, I share news from around the country.
In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with sports optometrist Jeremy Wong about how our eyes fail us, how to improve our vision for sports, and how to protect our vision.
This month Tom and I hear from Briana Steven on the rise of the University of Canterbury Orienteering Club (UCOC). We also discuss tips on conveniently coaching beginners, NZ's recent MTBO success and some student job offers! And as always, we share news from around the country.
In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with runner and adventurer Tim Sutton about his antics in the Tararua Ranges and other ranges near Wellington. I get the full story on what an S-K is, and what makes it so tough.