"was the first time I've seen 'athletes' smoking at half time"
obviously youve never been to either the world dart throwing championships, the olympic pistol shooting or the US PGA tour
Rob surely you realised that smoking is an effective warm up in the cold, it even raises your HR. Mind you I prefer to smoke my competitors on the course.
I once saw somebody having a smoke in the start box at a Czech 5-Days.
maybe he was trying to intimidate his competitors
Blair, when are we going to get beer tents at orienteering races in Australia? This is the only fool-proof way to get uni students into orienteering.