Discussion: nice lamp

I have one and that's a really good head lamp!

How often do you run night-o?

never :) but i could start this fall :P

It's really fun, and you become a better orienteer by doing it. I usually run night-o every wednesday during the winter.

I've heard that Thierry Gueorgiou trains a lot of night-o.

i was thinking i could do it this fall/spring. The thing is I probably wouldnt want to go training by myself at night, and friends probably wouldnt be willing to fork out the money for a headlamp as well.

That's too bad, because it's really good training. But I'm surprised to hear that none of your friends has a lamp or is willing to buy one.

I mean, are all skiing tracks lighten? or don't you train when it's dark outside?

a lot of tracks are, or you can ski the snow covered parkways(road) where visibility is good and there are no bumps or anything. Some people do use the small faint lamps though.

Wouldnt it be easy to blind people with a lamp like the ultra?

It is, if you want to blind someone. But usually you have your lamp pointing to the ground ahead of you and not to your friends faces, so it not really a problem.

hehe ok. i'm still thinking about it. but i definetly need new o-shoes first. You use the walsh shoes for orienteering?

Yes, I use walsh elite racer or asics dirt-dog (spikes) for orienteering. They both work well for orienteering and they cost less then ordinary o-shoes.

Dirt-dog only cost 19,99 at eastbay.com :P

What type of shoe do you use when training?

I basically do all orienteering in my jalas high cuts. But they are falling apart. I dont need the ankle support but i need to find a shoe that fit my orthotics and that fit my feet well.

I do all my running in asics 2120s, nothing special. I'm thinking of buying a pair of racing shoes to use for running races or for sprints.

Ok, I know about asics 2120, I had a pair myself.

You should try Olway Tiger or Jalas Black, if you could get hold of a pair. They are both basically the same as your jalas but without the ankle support.

http://www.letro.se/ashop/bilder/2114453S.jpg
http://www.letro.se/ashop/bilder/2114797s.jpg

When it comes to racing shoes I like Asics racer, Puma roadracer and Saucony Fastswitch. Not exactly shoes to train a lot in, but they are light and works great for comps.

I'm not sure if i want to go back to jalas though, because my current o-shoes don't even fit me very well and after seeing what happend to Darius' shoes which he bought at o-ringen this year...
http://orienteering.smugmug.com/gallery/5870448_fa...
this what at the Canadian champs in late August!!!

I was thinking of the Saucany kilkenny flats, but i'm not sure about ordering shoes without having tried them on first.

Wow! How did he do that?! Then maybe you should try Vj Intergrator: http://www.letro.se/ashop/bilder/211822970s.jpg

If you order shoes I think you should try a pair of the same brand in a local shop before, so that you know the size. But, still there's no assurance that you get the right size...

But I think kilkenny flats are nice, I lot of my friends use those...

I used that exact picture as evidence.

Found out today Jalas is sending me a new pair. Apparently they were having some trouble with the glue. The sole of a shoe should not come apart in 4 weeks!!!

that's awesome Darius...

I might try Vj's, and i can go with whichever of their models fits my foot the best. Gonna try them out if they are being sold at the North American champs in 2 weeks.

Great Darius!
Go with integrator or twister, Robbie. Theyr'e Vj's two best shoes. Where's will the north american champs be held?

Syracuse, NY. Fairly close to Ottawa (3-4 hrs).

Are you going Darius??

Unfortunately I am not going to the North Americans. Spent too much money this summer. It would probably cost me $1,000 to go with airfare and everything.