Pullerits: Millega spordihuvilisi konkurente üllatada?

(Be warned: the pictures here might be shocking! They come from the archives of Schibsted, a Scandinavian company.)
So, here I am in Norway, getting updated on all the new digital developments of Schibsted, a Scandinavian company which aims to be globally the number one online classifieds company and strives to build world-class digital Media Houses – and owns Postimees –; here I am and having got to know a new smart guy named Frode in company’s top management, who has graduated from Harvard University and has lived and worked in America for 16 years, having launched new companies there and now having returned to Norway and being recently hired by Schibsted to carry out digital transformation more vigorously; so, here I am and thinking why the hell, if everybody wants to be digitally extracompetent, has nobody so far launched an app which would help sportsmen like me and you. Where is an app which would guide our training process? I mean, first, you put in data: your age, hight, weight, BMI, VO2max, personal bests from recent times, the training you have done so far, and also the goals you would like to achieve, say, by fall 2013. Then the app will figure out what kind of training you should do on a daily and weekly and monthly basis to reach those goals. For example, it would say how you should train for the next week starting tomorrow. It would say that you should run 10 km in 45 minutes if weather is normal, and in 46 minutes if it’s windy and rainy. But, unfortunately, say, you have to skip tomorrow's training for whatever reason. Then the app would recalculate automatically how you should train the day after tomorrow and for the whole following week.

Wouldn’t that be nice and easy? Why has nobody launched an app like that? Or maybe has, but I just don’t happen to know about it? Probably not... Anyway, there are much more sophisticated digital products on the market, and that would be a shame if athletes didn’t have a device like that available.

Why did I write about it in English? Do you really think that just to show off that I could? No. I wrote it in English to draw international attention to that topic. (And also to set myself globally more apart from Dr Holden who probably couldn’t do that. But, of course, he is more skilled in many other things than me, like milking cash out of ordinary folks by urging them to ski or run 100 km – definitely a remarkable achievement! For Dr Holden, of course, not for those poor skiers and runners.)

Edasi sulaselges eesti keeles. Reedel ehk homme peab minu andmeil ilmuma Postimehe vahel juba kümnes vastupidavusalade erileht Maraton. Seekordne sisu on järgmine.

Eesti parim naisrattur Grete Treier jagab kogemusi, kuidas ratturina suveks heasse sõiduhoogu saada, ning selgitab, mille poolest erineb naiste võistlus meeste jõuproovist, samuti räägib, kuidas suhtuvad mehed naisrattureisse.

Doktorikraadiga (2004) Jarek Mäestu annab illustreeritud ja üksikasjalikud juhised, mis moodi rulluisutajana asfaldil tehniliselt ideaalselt veereda – nii sirgel kui kurvis.

Doktoriõpet läbiv Martin Mooses jagab nõu, mil viisil jagada pikal jookuvõistlusel energiat, et seda jätkuks distantsi lõpuni, ja kuidas valida algusest peale õige ja paslik, mitte liiga kiire tempo.

Ortopeed-traumatoloog Leho Rips annab rohkem kui kuraditosin soovitust, mida tuleb teha selleks, et hoiduda sportides vigastustest.

Kaasblogija Art Soonets esitab üksikasjaliku aruande, kui palju maksab Lõuna-Euroopas harrastaja spordilaager, ja võrdleb, kas mõistlikum on rattalaagrisse minna Itaaliasse või Hispaaniasse.

Treener Harry Lemberg tutvustab nippe, mida tuleb silmas pidada, et maastikul õigesti joosta: kuidas võtta tõuse, kuidas laskuda.

Ja lõpuks paljastavad Eesti suurte massispordivõistluste korraldajad trikid, mille abil mõned sohki teevad.
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Ja lõpuks õnnestus mul midagi võita ka. Sain Norras Schibstedi üritusel Scibstedi-teemalisel quizil (22 küsimust) koos Norra Aftenposteni mehe Periga esikoha (igas võistkonnas oli kaks liiget). Võite küll arvata, et mis see siis nii väga ära on, aga siin tuleb meeles pidada seda, et isegi Schibstedi kontserni juht, rääkimata väiksematest suurjuhtidest, jäid minust tahapoole. Hurraa!
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Kane Creek Canyon, Moab, Utah. 20. aprill 2012. Pildistanud Priit Pullerits. (Suuremalt vaatamiseks klikkida pildile.)

Fotod 1 ja 2: Hull lugu! Doping ei paista enam rattaspordivõistluste suurim probleem. Mida teha sellise tüübiga, kes jälitab mulluse Tour de France'i 17. etapil Hispaania rattureid Alejandro Valverdet (ülemisel pildil) ja Egoi Martinezit (alumisel pildil)? On ta homo? Liputaja? Lihtsalt pervert? Fotode autor: AFP/Scanpix