From orienteeringonline interview with Thierry Gueorgiou:
2. Do you do any mental training with the maps (while you're not running)?
T.G: Plenty. I try to imagine myself in forest, fighting with world best athletes in last leg of Jukola for example...even if I am in my sofa!
Mental preparation is very important for me. If You can dream it, You can do it! Brain makes hardly any difference between reality and the mental image! So, I try to run at least one WOC every week!
I am also playing quite a lot a video game called Catching features. I think It's pretty close to reality, same feeling as in forest.
For full interview, see:
http://www.orienteeringonline.net/data/id_%20World...