Orienteer Pod

This week, we’re joined by Evely Kaasiku, fresh off her incredible performances in 2024 and a true trailblazer for Estonian orienteering. 🥈 Did you know she’s the first Estonian woman to medal at the EOC? From the flat, green terrains of Türi to Helsingin Suunnistajat, we dive into her journey as a late-career peak athlete balancing elite sport with her marketing career. 🇪🇪

📉 What’s it like quitting work to go full-time as an athlete, only to return later? How does working with emotions at Feedbackly parallel the mental side of elite sport? And how should orienteers sell themselves to employers—or even to the public?

🎙️ Plus: Ralph’s dramatic hospital scare 🩸 Tim’s treadmill (yes, it needs a name—any ideas?)

Catch Episode 37 now for stories, insights, and a fresh perspective from one of Estonia’s brightest orienteers! 🌟

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Join Hanne Hilo and Brodie Nankervis, straight from Australia! While the snow falls in Finland, Hanne has swapped skis for some bush-O on a coaching scholarship down under. She’s facing off with the Aussie terrain, local language quirks, and even dodging a snake or two! Brodie, our favourite medical advisor, brings the runner-coach perspective to give insight into Hanne's experience and how others can follow her footsteps. As if that weren't enough, you'll be hearing Tomas Krivda's latest travel stories and how you may be able to help him choose his next destination.

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This episode has high nonsense content and low orienteering relevance. The boys have an optimistic status update; Ralph has injured himself on purpose, Magnus with the sniffles and Tim limping around. We discuss all the polls that have been on Instagram. There is a song review, orienteers have been doing cross country and Park World Tour went to China. The quiz makes a return leading to perfectly predictable arguments. The dilemma is cold weather related, will fashion or practicality win?

Ralph and Tim face off for the last time this year at the World Cup Final. Will the sprint specialist manage to overtake the sandbagger in the overall standings? Magnus has been watching all the action from a Portuguese fish restaurant. Afterwards Ralph infiltrated the Swedish team for their WOC training camp. Has he learnt anything useful from the World’s Best National Team? Full leg cover or not; this is the dilemma that Tim poses to the boys, will shin pads be the answer, or is this going to the jury?

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What does World Champs medalist Olli Ojanaho think of fish in rye bread? Olli survived EOC (barely) but his phone can’t handle the heat of this podcast. We grill Olli on injuries, camps, what it's like to be one of the best orienteers in the world. We also cover lions, sponge baths, stinky hotel corridors, Ralph’ new age and which one of the boys will miss WC in Finland. This week’s dilemma is a filthy one, you might wanna skip that.

Tim and Magnus battle against ‘The Great Hungarian Heatwave’ at the European Champs. Did they suffer more than Ralph is suffering in Oslo? EOC was full of excitement—we cover all the best moments, from stripping at the finish line to bold claims on social media, with some actual orienteering discussion in between. And of course, the boys get introduced to the absolute O-Pie. Ralph dosen’t even know what a wildfire expert is called and on top of that, he is having a hard time in this week’s dilemma.

What’s worse - hills or heatstroke? It is European Champs week! Even though it is an event that requires serious navigational skills, the boys have much bigger concerns after seeing the weather forecast. We get to know if Ralph is a permanent sprint specialist now, if Magnus succeeded in his quest of proving Denmark has hills and Tim addresses if he will melt in Hungary.

We have captured more planners! This time we bring you Frank Townley and Joe Hudd who were part of the planning team for the World Champs in Edinburgh. We cover how much work it takes, how the TV and tourists influence the courses, and if it has put them off planning for life.

Catch up on all the inside news from the World Champs. Ralph and Tim reflect on their own performances and also weigh in on the big talking points; challenging courses, running through offices, pushing and disqualifications. Magnus has almost completed his Danish hill week, find out how his quads are doing so far and who else is battling at the top of the Strava club leaderboard. We conclude the episode with the dilemma where orienteering fashion again battles against potential performance benefits

It’s finally time for World Champs! Have Ralph and Tim avoided further setbacks? Magnus has a challenge that could take all the media focus away from WOC. The summer internationals have started already with some exciting performances at the Junior World Champs, who might take Tim’s spot in the New Zealand team? Another dilemma is presented to the boys, are they ready to break the rules?