Before the excitement of Jukola and Venla Jess took the opportunity to do some final preparation work in Estonia. Jess heading into the Estonian Forest (Credit: Brigitte Huseby) In 2 weeks’ time, I want to be standing on that start line, knowing what to expect from the forest and ready to race hard. I will know the places to be careful, where to push on, which are the good routes to take and above all that I have the belief in myself for this terrain. For any orienteering race, it is always good to have spent time in relevant terrain. The GB test races were in Estonia in May, so the whole team is already in a good place having raced there. I had heard all the stories about how summer in Estonia is quite a different challenge to the rest of the year, so I wanted to experience this for myself before the WOC week. Last week, I spent 5 days out in Estonia before travelling across the Gulf of Finland to Jukola. A long enough time before WOC to do some hard training
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