This site is about my experiences running, trail running, rogaining, orienteering, hiking, and exploring in Finland
Photo: Samuli Tiainen My race this year went better than ever. I finished in 4th place and made my fastest time/personal best on the course 22:29:53. This was my 6/6 completion of this event. For a review of the first five, see this post. Official results from 2023 at this link. GPS tracking from 2023... Continue Reading →
At the finish line. Photo: Louna-Roga 2022 I am not even posting OK, I will post this report on my social media because even though the event was three weeks ago. Therefore, this is mostly a journal entry for historical reasons. I will post some photos and a link to a video (below) in which... Continue Reading →
Photo: Jarmo Koskela Rather than a race report, this is more of a journal entry for historical reasons and/or future reference. Once again I ran for Finland's team in the international Big's Backyard Ultra Satellite race during which 37 countries held individual and team competitions. All teams started at the same time around the world... Continue Reading →
Screen shot. Video link below My friend, Jaakko Lehto and I, Jeremy Palmer, recently participated in the Finnish Championships for 24 hour Rogaining in Sulkava, Finland on July 30-31, 2022. This was my 4th such event and Jaakko's 1st time. In this video we discuss our experience and lessons learned. We discuss the gear we... Continue Reading →
This page contains a link to my video race report, Manu's video of the event (filmed during the event), several images, and a few final thoughts at the end. Here is a link to the actual GPS tracking during the competition. Here are the results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2C7wvmxa1k My video race report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhjzNRmIs4 Manu's race report with... Continue Reading →
Photo: Jen Ray . That's me with Jouni N. and Esa L. Rogaining is a team sport (2-5 people) involving running and navigation that was invented by some guys in Australia and has now become popular in a few parts of the world. It should be much more popular because it is so fun (and... Continue Reading →
Screen shot (video below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpVfw_rgFg&t=1s Video at YouTube After reading John Vonhof's book Fixing Your Feet (6th edition), I began to implement his advice and collect products to help my feet stay as happy as possible during and after long running events. I live in Finland and my sister, in the USA, asked to see... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGGDkwXoPI&t= March 1, 2020 - Introducing my new website and YouTube channel. More content coming soon... I’m launching this website/blog to promote all forms of exploring Finland on foot: Running, Trail Running, Rogaining, and Orienteering. I’m also using this to chronicle and share my own adventures here. During my four years in Finland I have spent... Continue Reading →
With Lari Koivu After the run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jswBDm1RsSk&t=
Jeremy in Finland 