What have I been up to?

Lots of stuff..
Presented a poster at the European College of Sports Science congress in Lausanne.

Orienteering on the Grosse Scheidegg.

Hanging out with friends from the US.

Orienteering in Zermatt.

It was great!!

... and now I'm off to Denmark!

I will be running the Long (Quali 6.07, Final 2.08), Sprint (Quali and Final 1.08) and hopefully the Relay (5.08), but the team is not yet selected.

Details can be found at: www.woc2006.dk
Reports on the US team at: www.attackpoint.org

Selection for the WOC

On the 8.7 (middle distance) and the 9.7 (long distance) the Swiss national team held its selection races for the WOC. Because of exams I had to skip the sprint selection race.
The middle distance was a tough race for me, mentally and technically. It had been a while since I raced in a serious competition and on top I didn't get a chance to get accustomed to the terrain, because I had only arrived the evening before. I started quite carefully, respectful for the navigation. But to #11 I did a big mistake, and lost 1.5min… which is too much for a middle distance. Finally I ended up 9th, 3min10sec behind Daniel Hubmann, who had a smashing race. Of course I was quite disappointed about my race and result. I started to wonder if I really was in WOC shape?
Middle distance map:


The answer fell the day after in the long distance race. To the 2nd control I did a 3 minute mistake (!)... but than took control of my race… and won the race 1.5 min ahead of Daniel Hubmann. This was a clear sign, that my decision to take part at the WOC makes sense, because I am in a too good shape to stay home and just learn for my exams.

Long distance map 1:

Long distance map 2:


Here are the results from the middle and long selection races. The team selection can be found here!

Results middle Hjermind Egekrat (6.2 km / 220 m / 22 Posten)

1 Hubmann Daniel 00:32:24

2 Müller Matthias 00:33:39

3 Merz Matthias 00:33:59

4 Ott Christian 00:34:19

5 Müller Andreas 00:34:21

6 Gilgien Matthias 00:34:33

7 Rollier Baptiste 00:35:07

8 Hertner Fabian 00:35:21

9 Lauenstein Marc 00:35:31

10 Schneider David 00:35:37

11 Schuler Benno 00:35:44

12 Koch Dominik 00:35:50

13 Müller Urs 00:35:56

14 Zimmermann Beat 00:37:09

15 Rechsteiner Sandro 00:37:21

16 Friederich Hannes 00:38:34

Results long distance Vesterskov 16.9 km / 660 m / 37 Posten

1 Lauenstein Marc 01:38:23

2 Hubmann Daniel 01:39:59

3 Rollier Baptiste 01:41:39

4 Müller Matthias 01:43:01

5 Hertner Fabian 01:43:34

6 Merz Matthias 01:43:40

7 Ott Christian 01:44:13

8 Koch Dominik 01:44:25

9 Müller Andreas 01:44:51

10 Rüedlinger Andreas 01:45:51

11 Schneider David 01:46:23

Last personal test before swiss test

Marc here: Today I raced my last competition before the Swiss selection races in Denmark. No big mistakes, good legs, I think I am ready. The terrain was situated 5km from were we live... quite convenient for once!


I will have to miss the sprint races on Thursday 6.7 because I will have my last practical dental exam this day, but I will compete in the middle distance on 8.7 and in the long distance on 9.7. I am curious to see, if I am in WOC shape, like I expect.