Sara Hagström - Beginnings, JWOCs, Junior-Senior Gap, Threshold Training, Training-Life Balance

Sara is such a beautiful soul! :) She's been one of my favorite female runners because of her high orienteering technique and steadily growing physical shape. This year she's already shown that she has what it takes to fight for the very top spots and things are getting very exciting in women elite :) I can't wait to see the fight for the medal positions at WOC this year, but in the meantime, please enjoy my chat with Sara. It's awesome, I promise :) Thumbnail photo: IOF Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Welcome Sara! 2:02 - How did you get into orienteering? 6:09 - How do you remember your last 2 JWOCs? 11:59 - How would you label the gap in your medal results between your junior years and elite class? 18:24 - What helped you reach the level to compete for medals? 22:05 - What is Threshold training? 25:45 - What’s the most important orienteering skill for you? 28:28 - How often do you use a compass during the race? 30:38 - Orienteering analysis notes 33:20 - Last WC highlights and WOC goals 36:36 - Definition of Orienteering mentality 38:15 - How much do you train in general? 44:48 - Your feelings about changes on 10mila? 50:20 - What’s something that people don’t know about you? 52:54 - Who was your idol when growing up? 55:07 - Summary ---------------------------------------------------------- ✨✨Consider supporting us through Patreon to get access to unpublished materials and be there LIVE when we are recording the chats with people like Thierry Georgiou or Simona Aebersold. ✨✨ 👉   / intotheforestigo   ---------------------------------------------------------- "Into the Forest I go" is a channel devoted to orienteering knowledge and entertainment. My name is Tom. I've been working as a National Junior Orienteering Team coach since 2015. I've been running through countless different forests, parks and cities since 1994. I've always been passionate about this wonderful sport and I'm extremely curious about all the tiny details that make orienteering so hard and so fun at the same time if you know what I mean :) Please join me on the journey of creating a place where everyone can learn from the best. Learning is a neverending story, let's make it fun! :) You can also check out our podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wcHuX9... If you want to contact me: [email protected]   / tomekpabich     / into.the.forest_i.go   Enjoy!