Förstärkning i damtruppen

Nu kan vi presentera ett intressant nyförvärv på damsidan. Hennes bror Nicolas har sprungit för klubben i fem år och nu har vi den stora glädjen att få välkomna Ylvi Kastner till Pan-Kristianstad! Ylvi sprang Sprint-VM i Edinburgh i somras och med henne i truppen kommer konkurrensen hårdna om platserna till stafetterna. 

Vi ställde några frågor till Ylvi som i vinter bl.a. planerar att flytta från ett alpland till ett annat:

 

* Hello Ylvi and welcome to Pan-Kristianstad! 

- Thanks! This will be so fun! :)

* When did you start with orienteering? And why?

- I started when I was 12 years old, because my brother (Nico) has gotten into it through school and really enjoyed it so I wanted to try it as well.

* What are you doing more in life except focusing on the sport?

- I am studying sports, but only part time. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, playing board games and drinking Chai Latte.

* Like your brother and many other national team runners you are in the army? How is it in the Military for you with the training? Can you describe a training week now in Nov/Dec? 

I‘m really glad that I have the opportunity to be a part of the military orienteering team and be a professional athlete. Especially during winter we have many camps together (in Austria as well as somewhere in the south) that are a mixture of cross country skiing, orienteering and running sessions. A normal training week during winter includes at least one running session per day (2-3 days with two sessions), three out of those are fast/tempo sessions plus two strength training sessions.

* Your biggest orienteering memory so far?

- Running the first leg of the Sprint Relay at my first World Championships in Denmark and having my dad commentate it for the austrian TV.

* What are you looking forward to next season? 

- I am really looking forward to finally be joining a scandinavian club and hopefully being able to train and compete in Scandinavia more often. I am especially excited about running TioMila for the first time ever!

Name: Ylvi Kastner
Age: 24
Family: parents and two siblings :)
Club in Austria: Naturfreunde Wien
Living in: Close to Vienna, but I’m moving to Bern (Switzerland) soon