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A guide to planning and enjoying a camping trip, with tips on reading maps, preparing for adverse weather conditions, building a fire, and including an introduction to competitive orienteering, a hiking sport. ... Read more

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There is no question that the most popular fitness programs involve walking, jogging, or running. If you are a beginner looking for a fitness program or an experienced athlete Fitness on Foot for Women will help you get the most out of your fitness regimen, whether it be walking, running, jogging, or orienteering, one of the fastest-growing sports for those who like to challenge their brains while conditioning their bodies.

The beginner who is ready to undertake a fitness routine needs to understand not only why beginning a lifelong program will be beneficial, but also how to do it effectively. The serious exerciser will find the advanced information included in the book useful in training and competition.

Among the subjects covered in Fitness on Foot for Women are:- Running biomechanics - Sprinting - Conditioning for competition - Overtraining - Developing strength - Proper nutrition- Safety - Injury prevention - Warm-up techniques

Fitness on Foot for Women is the perfect vehicle for anyone looking for a better idea on how to structure an exercise program, make it an effective body conditioner, and develop a lifelong exercise pattern. ... Read more

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A diverse guide for women interested in better health
Collaboratively developed and written by Bob O'Connor, Eystein Enoksen, Christine Wells, and Eldin Onsgard, Female Fitness On Foot: Walking, Jogging, Running, Orienteering is a diverse guide for women interested in better health and enjoying the outdoors. Individual chapters address such pertinent issues as effective warm-up routines, training oneself for walking, running, or even marathon regimens, how to avoid injuries or overtraining, keeping one's diet in balance, and much more. Female Fitness On Foot is a great book for women who want to use a daily walk or jog to look and feel their best. ... Read more

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This book, the first in a series on orienteering skills and fitness training, outlines a basic coach-yourself approach for everyone from the recreational athlete to the seasoned competitor.World class orienteers Ron Lowry and Ken Sidney take you step-by-step through skills and strategy, including maps and compass reading, terrain simplification, route selection and race tactics, with additional tips for running in different weather and terrain. ... Read more

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This highly illustrated manual looks at what constitutes successful orienteering and suggests ways for people of all ages and abilities to improve their performance. 192 pp 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 200 b/w photos & diagrams ... Read more

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Chapters: Compass, Amateur Radio Direction Finding, Adventure Racing, List of Orienteers, Fell Running, Orienteering Map, International Orienteering Federation, Salients, Re-Entrants and Pockets, Control Point, Silva Compass, Waypoint, Course, Hand Compass, History of Orienteering, Rogaining, Resection, Foot Orienteering, Mountain Bike Orienteering, Canoe Orienteering, Ski-Orienteering, Headlamp, Mounted Orienteering, Trail Orienteering, Route Choice, List of Orienteering Events, Fox Oring, Mountain Marathon, Radio Orienteering in a Compact Area, Thumb Compass, List of Orienteering Clubs, Car Orienteering, Ultrasprint Orienteering, Clue Sheet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 208. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles. It consists of a magnetized pointer (usually marked on the North end) free to align itself with Earth's magnetic field. The compass greatly improved the safety and efficiency of travel, especially ocean travel. A compass can be used to calculate heading, used with a sextant to calculate latitude, and with a marine chronometer to calculate longitude. It thus provides a much improved navigational capability that has only been recently supplanted by modern devices such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). A compass is any magnetically sensitive device capable of indicating the direction of the magnetic north of a planet's magnetosphere. The face of the compass generally highlights the cardinal points of north, south, east and west. Often, compasses are built as a stand alone sealed instrument with a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot, or moving in a fluid, thus able to point in a northerly and southerly direction. The compass was invented in ancient Chi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=39316 ... Read more

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Mountainbike-Orienteering Rennen sind derzeit fürZuschauer leider nicht sehr attraktiv. Das Problembesteht darin, dass die Teilnehmer im Wald nichtbeobachtet werden können. Zwischenzeiten werden erstam Ende des Rennens ausgewertet. Spannung für dieZuschauer kann bisher nur dadurch erzeugt werden,dass Streckenposten einzelne Zwischenzeiten an denSprecher übermitteln. Um solche Rennen für Zuschauer attraktiver zugestalten, wird im Rahmen dieser Magisterarbeit einSystem entwickelt, das die Routen in Echtzeitvisualisiert, sodass das Rennen zum Beispiel aufeiner Videowall live verfolgt werden kann. Ebenso bringt dieses System Erleichterung für denOrganisator, da verbotene Abkürzungen genau verfolgtwerden können und so jedes regelwidrige Verhaltengeahndet werden kann. ... Read more

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Chapters: Australian Orienteers, Johanna Allston, Orienteering Australia, Troy de Haas, Grant Bluett, Adrian Jackson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Johanna (Hanny) Allston (born 12 February 1986) is an Australian orienteer. Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, won the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships for the long distance event. She won by an almost unprecedented margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds. She is the first Australian woman orienteer ever to win a gold medal at a World Championship level. She lived in Tasmania, Australia now she lives in Melbourne and teaches at MGGS (Morris Hall) and when she won her gold medal it was her last year of eligibility to run in the Junior World Championships. At the 2006 World Orienteering Championships she claimed gold in the Sprint event. This is the best result by an Australian in the history of the event and she became the first person to win both Senior and Junior World Orienteering Championship titles in the same year. Johanna Allston no longer teachers at Morris Hall as she quit mid way through 2009 to pursue her career in Orienteering. She taught year 6 for 6 months. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5997766 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 1967 saw the first Jan Kjellström International Orienteering Festival or "JK", held in memory of Jan Kjellström. The annual JK moved to Easter in 1969, and now regularly attracts a field of four thousand or more. The 1974 JK was the first British event to attract more than one thousand entrants. The JK Trophy is awarded to the winning team in the Men's Premier relay class. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19789095 ... Read more