Nav Chat: Recent Episodes
Gene Beveridge
Follow Nav Chat, a monthly show hosted by Gene Beveridge and Thomas Reynolds for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community, featuring guest interviews, coaching tips, interesting discussion and recent news.
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
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Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- WC maps:
- Middle Qual
- Middle Final
- Long
- Artificial barrier
- Uncrossable symbols
- Map exchange video
- WUOC Maps:
- Middle
- Long
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- MTBWOC:
- Photo
- Map
-
WMOC
- Sprint
- Middle
-
JWOC:
-
Photo
-
Article
-
Map changes between sprint and sprint relay
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Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- Queens Birthday maps:
- Middle 1
- Long
- Middle 2
- WOC Review:
- Article
- All maps
- Analysis
- Photos
- EYOC:
- Article
- Sprint map
- Long map
- Relay map
- Two-level mapping:
- Example 1
- Example 2
- JWOC profiles
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- WUOC team
- Underpass mapping
- OK Linné win Tio Mila:
- Podcast
- Video with GPS tracking
- WOC test races:
- Article
- Sprint GPS tracking
- KO sprint GPS tracking
- World Cup:
- Sprint article
- Sprint video
- Sprint GPS tracking
- KO sprint article
- KO sprint start photo
- KO sprint map choice
- KO sprint photos
- KO sprint final GPS tracking
- Sprint relay GPS tracking
- QBD:
- Preview
- Old map
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Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
This 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.
Useful links:
- JWOC Team
- JWOC Maps
- WOC Team
- WOC Maps:
- Fredericia
- Kolding
- Geodata available for WOC
- Gene's NZ Champs Mega Post with deviation analysis
- IOF Gender Equality project update
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- GODZone
- Perfect Flow Podcast with The Secret Billionaires
- Katoa Po Relay
- NWOC Double weekend
- World Ski Orienteering Champs
- JWOC and WOC team management
- WMOC
- NZ Champs
- Matt Ogden on Fresh FM radio station
- International hosting
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
Useful links:
- Inov8 King & Queen of the Crater
- Keeping a tight ship with fool-proof stepping stones and hand rails.
- NOL with knock out sprint
- Map for JWOC trails on interesting spur-gully terrain
- Elite course lengths survey
- WUSOC live
- WUSOC Sprint
- Pursuit
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Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
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.
Useful links:
- Aiming for JWOC/Europe talk
- AOTC Waitangi Training Weekend
- SCS postponed
- Not Oceania Sprint
- Not Oceania Long
- Not Oceania Middle
- New ISSprOM
- New ISMTBOM
- Mapping guidlines for sprint
- Course of the year
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
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.
Welcome to Nav Chat. The show for the New Zealand orienteering and navigation sports community.
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.
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.