#Finlandia Marathon

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Wednesday, Sights Around Helsinki

On Wednesday morning, I woke up first, even though I had a terrible night’s sleep.  As I mentioned in the last post, I didn’t get to bed until very late on Tuesday night, and then I had trouble actually falling asleep.  Then, right after I was actually solidly asleep, at like 2:30 a.m., my phone rang, and someone who had called me twice got through my “sleep mode,” because calls will ring through if someone calls you multiple times.  It was a business and not an urgent matter, so it was really irritating that my phone rang – and then I had trouble getting back to sleep again!

Anyway, Cece was the next awake, and she was chipper as can be, and then Eric was next awake, and then, Rowan.  He was sleepy! The kids are sleeping in the very odd sleeping loft, and the side of it that Rowan is in is the darkest spot, so I think he was comfy and in deep sleep over there in slumberland—and his lil’ body probably needed the Zs!

The laundry marathon began as soon as I was up.  We didn’t do laundry for five or six days, so like everything we brought on this whole trip needed to be washed once we got to the Helsinki Airbnb and its washer and dryer (yay for a dryer!!).  I made the error, however, of not noticing the water was off – so Eric heard the periodic alert sounds from the washer and turned its water on and, then, we were off to the races with the laundry!

We had a grand plan for Wednesday to start our adventures at the farthest destination from our Airbnb (still not very far and still in central Helsinki): the 1952 Olympic stadium.  Rowan visited it when he was 22 months old, our first time in Helsinki.  This time, he’ll actually remember it!  But, as we walked north in that direction, along one of the main thoroughfares, we made a few stops: Moomin Shop Helsinki and the restaurant at Finlandia Hall, a very famous (designed by Alvar Aalto) and beautiful modernist building that was under construction last year and was again this year and will be for maybe two more years in the future!  It is undergoing major restoration and renovation. So, Cece at this point was not feeling super well.  She was yawning frequently and was soooo tired.  I wasn’t sure whether she was coming down with something or whether she was just exhausted from our long day the day before and her not-enough-sleep night.   Rowan and I ate at the Finlandia Hall restaurant, availing ourselves of their incredible 12 Euro buffet lunch, and Cece laid down and slept on one of the outdoor couches (I could see her from where I was inside; I was like six feet away from her and she wanted to be outside with Eric); Eric sat with her and actually went on a very quick swim in a very seaweed-y lagoon.

OK, so Finnish and other Nordic countries know how to do a lunch buffet.  Banish any preconceptions you have about “buffets”—this is probably nothing like it. Finlandia Hall had three kinds of very grainy and wholesome-seeming bread, four different salads featuring local ingredients (also representing the preferences of the Finnish palate), coffee, multiple kinds of tea, roasted vegetables, a pureed potato and leek soup, and some other things I am forgetting!  The stars of the menu were parsnips, potatoes, multiple colors of tomatoes, and tiny mozzarella balls.  And the bread was a superstar, too.   All of plates and bowls were Marimekko, as were the napkins. The meal was so delicious and Rowan and I had a nice time sitting together and chatting, but, of course, we were sad that Cece was in a questionable state of health.  We wanted to see whether she was going to bounce back or whether Eric or I would have to go back to the apartment with her.

Wouldn’t you know it—she was much better after her little rest!  From Finlandia Hall, we continued on our way to the Olympic Stadium.  But, on the way, we encountered the Winter Garden (Talvipuutarha), a beautiful garden inside a wonderful-looking glass gazebo, clearly from an earlier era. We all went in to ogle the flowers and plants.  It reminded us of a very similar (but larger) garden in Gothenburg, Sweden, that we visited last summer.  Also, the building looked like one I saw in Forest Park in St. Louis in June!

We arrived to the Olympic Tower around 1 p.m. and bought a ticket to ride up 11 stories to the top of its iconic tower (which, unfortunately, I did not take a picture of from the distance! But, you can read about it and see it here).  So, the stadium was actually built in the 1930s and I don’t know the whole back-story on it, but, there were no Olympics for some time (1940 and 1944) because of, well, World War 2, and, then, the first one after that was in London.  Next up, Helsinki in 1952! The tower is so incredible and we were really lucky that the weather cleared a bit while we were at the very top (13 stories up; you walk up the last two) and we could see all around the city.  Nearby was a swimming complex, with all of the very high platform dives, lanes, and a water park, and then there was also an amusement park that we could see.  I mean, we could see like everything, but those were the most noticeable things in the foreground, looking North. Looking south was a very picturesque row of pastel mid-rise residential buildings that are so “iconic Helsinki.”

From Olympic stadium, we walked towards the Church in the Rock (Temppeliaukio Church), which I’d wanted to see for a while! We finally made it happen this time,  but en route we popped into a bike shop and a paper shop, you know, the kind of place that sells journals, stickers, pens, postcards—lots of cute, cute things!  I could not resist—and bought both postcards and stickers ;)  It was the kind of place that 12-year-old me lived for!

The Church in the Rock was amazing.  We walked all around its inside (it wasn’t very big) and we sat and reflected, and Cece rested some more. The roof was so interesting, made of copper tape or thin strips of copper, and the inside of the sanctuary was blasted out of solid rock.  Check out the website linked above, which will tell and show you all about it!

So, we’d been truckin’ along much of the day!  The next place we visited was a large downtown mall, because we wanted to see what was happenin’ at one of our favorite Finnish stores, Tokmanni (basically, a smaller-format Target-like store, even sharing a logo! But, not related to our Target, amazingly).  The city-center Tokmanni was not as amazing as the suburban ones, so I just got a few things (souvenirs for friends, like those ensuring that my plants at home are watered!).  We then desperately needed a bathroom and a few things for dinner!  Again, a department store was the logical place: Stockmann.  Now, Stockmann is such a favorite of mine.  Their food hall is drool-worthy.  We got just a few things to make dinner with and the kids were totally about to either fall asleep or have a hunger-induced tantrum.  Luckily, they kept it in check and we got home and had them fed by 7:30.  Cece went to bed right after!  Rowan still had some residual energy that needed an outlet, so he and I went on a walk.

Our walk took us just down our street and past, well, the Russian Embassy.  Across the street from the Russian Embassy were buildings with Ukrainian flags in their windows and there was a fence with artificial sunflowers  woven through it and messages of support for Ukraine.   The Russian embassy was a really huge complex – with lots of gates and cameras.  As you might imagine, what with their sharing of a long land border with Russia and their recent admission to NATO, Finland and the Finnish people are not fans of Russia. So, Rowan’s and my walk took us down past that expanse, and then we just made a big rectangle.  Our apartment is in the “Design District,” so there were some neat shop windows to look in.

And that, my friends, was our very long Wednesday!  I can tell you, I feel asleep much more easily on Wednesday night ;)

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Marathons in Finland

Selection of marathons in Finland that are held throughout the year and what interesting and exciting things they can offer to runners

Finland hosts a large number of interesting marathons throughout the year, of course, the most interesting of which takes place in the capital - Helsinki, but other cities can offer quite interesting running adventures. And here is the list of marathons:

Arctic Marathon

Tuusulanjarven Marathon

Helsinki City Running Day

Terwa Marathon

Mikkeli Marathon

Raateen Marathon

Paavo Nurmi Marathon

Helsinki Marathon

Tampere Marathon

Kuopio Marathon

RuskaMarathon

Espoon Rantamarathon

Finlandia Marathon

Vantaan Marathon

Itameri Marathon

Aland Marathon

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Weekend of Running Races

I blogged in English about this weekend, which seems to be a Weekend of Running Races. Had to sneak out for a short one today but our start is not until tomorrow. :D #running #juoksu

This weekend is packed with great running events! In Finland we have two marathons that belong to the largest marathons in the country taking place: Rantamaraton in Espoo and Finlandia Marathon in Jyväskylä. Both have several race distances to choose from. Also Berlin Marathontakes place this weekend on Sunday. Brings back great memories: just a year ago I ran 10 km at Rantamaraton and then a…

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Yuri Altin Leads Finlandia With Stunning Short

Olympic favorite starts season with a bang

Thursday, October 7, 2021

ESPOO, FINLAND – The Reigning World Champion, Yuri Altin of Russia, started off his season style at the Finlandia Trophy with a confident win in the short program. The 20-year-old skated a clean and extremely difficult short program, the most difficult being performed, to score 106.02. While the landings of his jumps were a bit shaky, it did not affect the program. It still very early in the season, but it is a very high score for being so early, and it still falls short of his personal best.

“I’m very pleased with how I skated today,” said the reigning two-time European Champion. “I can do better. I need to clean up my landings and things like that; there’s always room for improvement, of course. The season is a marathon, not a sprint, and of course, my goal is ultimately the Olympics.” Altin, who won gold as part of the team event at the 2018 Olympics, became the overwhelming favorite for the Olympic title when he destroyed the world records and won his first world title.

Six-time Korean National Champion Seung-gil Lee sits in second place. The Reigning Four Continents Champion skated a clean short program to score 99.74. “It was a good program. There is still work to be done, of course, a lot of work before the Olympics in February, but it was a good start,” the 24-year-old said to reporters. “It is right where I want to be right now.” Lee had a personal-best ranking of fifth at last year’s World Championships and has spoken that his goals this year are to qualify for his third Grand Prix Final, and to fight for a medal at the Olympics and Worlds.

Currently in third is three-time Russian National medalist Alexei Yevtushenko. He skated a clean and powerful short program to score 98.38. He scored beat Lee in the technical elements, but Lee outscored him due to the component scores. “It’s a great start. I want to prove I’ve earned a spot on that Olympic team,” the 23-year-old said to reporters. His eleventh-place finish at Worlds, along with Altin’s win, earned Russia three spots, which training mate, Sergei Ivanov, locked down at Nebelhorn a couple weeks ago. The three of them are a lock of the Russian Olympic Team, barring something strange happens.

The free skate for Men and Pairs is tomorrow. The Women’s and Ice Dance event start on Saturday.

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10 February 2020

The weather for ski break is gonna be like this --- 

(Wet. For instance, the Finlandia ski marathon has been cancelled because the ground is too soggy.)

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Saturday: Running, Walking, Crepe-ing

[There are some photos from this day, and the Hensinki Central Library, if you scroll a few posts below.]

On Saturday morning, Rowan woke up at 5:00 a.m., which was, of course, not ideal.  I tried to get  him to stay in bed for a while but after a time, I gave up and told him he could play in the living room, if he was silent. That was also the morning that Eric was intending to run the Helsinki half-marathon, if he’d had a good night’s sleep.  Well, he didn’t either, but he did get up at 7 a.m. and Rowan was still out in the living room, playing! He made some really interesting drawings and a list of the places he wanted to go that day.  In kindergarten, they practice “brave spelling,” and I tell you, some of the spellings on the list were braaaave.  He did want to go to the zoo, the aquarium, and the amusement park.   We didn’t end up going to any of those, since we do plan to go to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen and the amusement park there, maybe. Rowan did do a pretty good job of playing quietly, honestly, until maybe 8 a.m. (when Cece was still sleeping), when he was playing with some magnetic blocks on the glass coffee table. So, Eric did not end up running the half-marathon, but he did go on an 11.5-mile run – so he basically could’ve done it!  After he got back to the apartment, we did all go out and we walked down to Finlandia Hall, which is where the race ended.  As I mentioned, the weather has been very hot, so much so that the Finnish weather service had an alert for heat danger.  And you know, I thought that was kind of funny at first, but then I also started to worry about the Finns who were running that half-marathon in weather much hotter than they were used to.  They was a really great turnout for the race, but we did actually see someone being carried off by the paramedics juuuust before the finish – poor guy—for heat exhaustion. After we mixed and mingled at the end of the race “corral,” I am not sure the proper word for it, we ended up walking a little farther south to the Helsinki Central Library, which I’d really wanted to see.  I can’t believe I never visited it on our two previous trips.  It is architecturally amazing! Visit the link if you can. It is so swooping, airy, and light in there.  The top floor had the children’s books and play areas, so we spent some time up there, reading and playing. After about an hour, we went out seeking lunch and some shops I’d had on my list to visit (including one record store, which we popped in to), and the first was a lure for the kids’ too, Tingeling Toy Store.  It was super cool! I‘d read about it online.  I also had selected a few clothing shops for children that I was hoping would sell Finnish designers. We went to a few of them, and the first, like Tingeling, was in the Design District of Helsinki, and we got a little map.  If I’d had more time, I definitely would’ve liked to have gone to more stops on their little Design map. The first clothing shop had a very limited range of styles and it happened to be their grand opening party! It was a very tiny shop and they had just relocated to this located from Vantaa, which is where the airport is.  So, they were having a lovely little party—with a gorgeous cake, cupcakes, and fruit—and we got to join right in.  Talk about being in the right place at the right time! From there, we went on to another clothing store and it really had a huge range of toys, too.  It mostly had clothes from Denmark and the UK, though, and all of it was really expensive.  Yet, they had a play area, so that was a win, and Cece spent her time setting up a little tea party.  After that, we started to make our way towards home, and we ended up taking a bus, since we didn’t have it in us to walk the few miles back, not having had lunch and all starting to show the effects of that. So, once we got back to the apartment, Eric and Cece needed to nap in a serious way.  She went right down – and so did sleepy Eric, after his unplanned perhaps jetlag-induced early wake-up followed by the 11-mile run.  Rowan and I quickly pivoted to head out on our next adventure: to the Arabia-Iittala Design Center!  So, I’d planned for us to take the tram, but then I saw that the Design Center was closing at 4 p.m. and it was 3 p.m.  So, I decided I’d take the bull by the horns, or rather, the car by its manual transmission, and go for it!  I’ve driven exactly two manual transmissions in my life: Eric’s old Audi and his more recent Subaru, which we just sold.  I was never excellent at driving either and often burned the clutch or stalled on any incline slightly worth noting.  But, the draw of the Design Center was significant, so I got Rowan all strapped in and then quickly proceeded to stall the car on the first main road I was on.  I quickly regrouped, and did a much better job after that at figuring out where the “engagement point” or whatever it’s called, is.  Rowan made some comments about “what is that awful smell!!!”—about me burning the clutch—but he must’ve fallen asleep like right after that, because the next time I looked back, he was zonked out.  We made it there at 3:45, parked perhaps illegally, and then literally ran to the Design Center.  Turns out they closed at 5:00 – hooray!  So, Rowan managed not to break anything in a store full of glass, though there was one close call, and they even had a Finlayson outlet right in there too, so we saw a Moomin comforter set that we decided Santa might just pick up for Rowan on the way over Finland to New Mexico this coming Christmas.   We got no parking ticket and I did not stall once or burn the clutch once on the drive back in to central Helsinki.  After returning home, the sleeping people woke up and we walked a ton more that evening, culminating in a dinner of crepes and a swim (for the three humans in our family who are not me) at a popular-with-locals beach.  My children swam in their unders, since this was an unplanned outing.  They got to bed late, again, but it is light so late my kids are always confused about what time of day it is.  So, hoping for a really good night’s sleep, everyone turned in – to be ready to head to Moomin World the next day!

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Finlandia Pairs Entry #5

Osipova/Epsein

Short

Thoughts: lots of James Bond type programs. Fun.

Broda/Martin(ESP)

Short

Thoughts: the black and gold suits Dorota. And she has a very expressive face.

Free

Thoughts: the ending was pretty but there were too many little mistakes. Those add up.

Finlandia Men entry #1

Camden Pulkinen(USA)

Short

Thoughts: I keep thinking I’ll try and be nicer to him but then he goes and falls.

Free

Thoughts: this was a marathon. That’s why I want to like him. I see how hard he works.

Konstantin Milyukov(BLR)

Short

Thoughts: his energy. I never actually noticed until The Olympics but he does have this energy about him.

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03/02/2017 | Lahti | Finlandiahiihto: history

In 1899, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote a symphonic poem which he named Finlandia. It was a sort of cryptic protest against the growing censorship imposed upon him by the Russian Empire. The piece had to be performed under all sorts of false names, so that the Russians wouldn't cotton onto the national unrest. In 1973 when a few skiing enthusiasts were looking for a name for their cross-country marathon that was to rival Vasaloppet and Marcialonga, they found their way naturally to Finlandia. The proposed route passed Järvenpää, where Sibelius and his wife Aino had lived. And of course it was the deepest Cold War. For the mascot they chose —again with the heavy symbolism!— a polar bear, awakened from hibernation. The plans was straightforward: to ski 75km from Hämeenlinna to Hyvinkää. Except that the course would go across all the frozen lakes in-between. Whether they worked out how many people the ice would hold, is not known. (I suspect not.)

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Finlandia Ski Marathon

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May I Write #1

Sudah memasuki bulan Mei di tahun 2020, tahun dimana keadaan begitu berbeda daripada tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Memasuki bulan ini aku berhasrat ingin menulis segala sesuatu yang ada pada hari-harinya, entah kejadian saat ini ataupun kejadian masa lampau. Mungkin sangat menarik jika kita menghubungkan tanggal 1 mei sebagai hari buruh internasional dengan isu bahwa tanggal 1 mei juga bertepatan dengan ulang tahun elit global yang tepatnya lahir di 1 mei 1976, siapa sih mereka? Yang dikatakan oleh pengagum teori konspirasi ini? Lalu kenapa juga 1 mei diperingati sebagai hari Buruh internasional juga? Ohiya hari ini hari kedelapan puasa, gimana puasanya?

Seperti yang ditulis di tirto.id, satu Mei adalah hari besar bagi kaum buruh yang bermula dari kejadian di AS. Jauh sebelumnya, tanggal itu dirayakan oleh berbagai peradaban di Eropa. Satu Mei merupakan hari raya besar kaum buruh dan kelas pekerja progresif yang sadar akan identitas kelas. Hari itu para pekerja menunjukkan solidaritas dengan turun ke jalan, saling menjaga, dan mengingat betapa perjuangan buruh telah membawa banyak perubahan. Hak untuk cuti, delapan jam kerja, hak berserikat, hak untuk mendapatkan pesangon, hak untuk kesehatan, hak untuk mendapatkan hari libur, hingga kesetaraan upah bagi laki-laki dan perempuan adalah hak yang diperoleh dari perjuangan kaum buruh. Satu Mei sebagai sebuah momen bagi buruh telah melewati masa yang panjang. Perayaan hari buruh internasional satu Mei berawal dari perjuangan 200.000 buruh di Amerika pada 1886 yang melakukan mogok massal menuntut delapan jam kerja. Pada 1 Mei 1886, tepat hari ini 134 tahun lalu, aksi yang mulanya damai ini berubah menjadi panas karena represi aparat. Hingga pada empat Mei para buruh tidak hanya mogok tapi juga melakukan aksi fisik yang dikenal dengan nama Haymarket Affair dan melakukan bentrok fisik dengan aparat. Pada 1 Mei tiga tahun berikutnya Konferensi Sosialis Internasional memperingati Haymarket affair sebagai hari libur bagi para buruh.

Jauh sebelum buruh memperingati satu Mei sebagai hari besar mereka, kaum pagan pada masa silam menggunakan satu Mei atau malam 30 April untuk perayaan terhadap jagat raya. Perayaan ini menjadi penanda beralihnya musim, atau peringatan terhadap peristiwa penting dalam kalender masyarakat pagan. Beberapa negara merayakan apa yang disebut Walpurgisnacht (Malam 30 April) menjelang satu Mei. Meski dirayakan dengan cara berbeda, tapi perayaan Walpurgisnacht punya tujuan yang sama, yaitu rasa syukur pada alam. Perayaan Walpurgisnacht ditemukan di negara-negara seperti Finlandia, Belanda, Jerman, dan Swedia. Di Finlandia Hari Walpurgis merupakan perayaan besar setara dengan malam Natal, malam Tahun Baru, dan perayaan musim panas. Perayaan ini dilakukan malam 30 April dan dilanjutkan hingga pagi satu Mei, para warga meminum Sima, sparkling wine, kue yang dibuat sendiri, dan merayakan karnaval serta piknik makan di taman bersama kerabat. Sementara itu bagi kaum borjuis, bisa menyewa satu tenda besar yang diisi dengan makanan mewah, musik, dan dansa-dansi. Di Jerman perayaan hari buruh tidak dijadikan hari libur sampai 1933, sebelumnya seperti juga di Finlandia, satu Mei digunakan sebagai perayaan pagan Walpurgisnacht yang melibatkan api unggun, Maibaum (tiang dansa) dan anak muda menari untuk bersosialisasi. Meski demikian ada sejarah yang lebih gelap lagi. Di Jerman perayaan menjelang satu Mei adalah perayaan Hexennacht atau malam penyihir, di mana penyihir jahat merayakan munculnya lengkung pelangi sebagai penanda musim semi di Puncak Blocksberg, di Gunung Harz Utara Jerman. Salah satu penanda perayaan menjelang satu Mei adalah api unggun raksasa yang dibakar sejak malam 30 April. Hal ini muncul Jerman, Swedia, Belanda, dan Finlandia. Ini dilakukan untuk mengusir roh jahat, kesialan, dan setan-setan. Walpurgisnacht muncul di berbagai karya sastra sebagai perayaan yang dekat dengan sihir. Misalnya dalam Faust karya Goethe, Magic Mountain karya Thomas Mann, dan drama karya Edward Albees yang berjudul Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? yang disusun pada 1962. Sebelum adanya hari buruh, di Inggris kaum tani dan borjuis menggunakan satu Mei sebagai perayaan pagan Anglo Saxon dalam tradisi Celtic yang menggunakan tiang dansa dan Morris Dancing. Di abad pertengahan masyarakat Inggris dipengaruhi tradisi orang-orang Italia di Roma. Orang-orang di pinggiran Inggris mengumpulkan berbagai bunga yang mekar dan daun segar menjadi karangan bunga. Bunga ini dikumpulkan sebagai pajangan, beberapa digunakan sebagai mahkota untuk gadis-gadis muda desa. Tradisi pagan memang sangat lekat dalam perayaan satu Mei. Ini yang menyebabkan banyak agamawan menentang perayaan ini sebagai perilaku fasik dan berdosa. Oliver Cromwell, politikus Inggris dari kelompok puritan agama, pada 1660 mengeluarkan aturan melarang perayaan berdansa saat satu Mei. Ia menganggap perayaan itu sebagai kesia-siaan. Charles II, penguasa Inggris yang hidup setelah Cromwell, mengembalikan tradisi itu di London dengan membangun tiang kayu dansa raksasa setinggi 40 meter dan bertahan nyaris selama lima puluh tahun. Di pusat desa ada tiang dansa besar (Maypole), yang diikat dengan tali atau kain warna warni, tali tersebut panjang dan digunakan untuk berdansa diiringi alat musik. Para pemuda dan pemudi terpilih diminta menari dan dua orang yang beruntung diberi gelar Raja dan Ratu Mei yang memimpin pemuda-pemudi desa untuk menari. Tradisi ini akhirnya dihentikan saat kelompok puritan Kristen menganggap hal ini sebagai ajaran kafir dan terlarang karena menyembah Tuhan pagan. Satu Mei dalam tradisi pagan Eropa digunakan sebagai hari perayaan di mana musim semi datang. Banyak para pengikut pagan menggunakan kesempatan ini untuk menemukan jodoh dan menikah. Anak-anak muda mencari pasangan saat pesta satu Mei di pusat desa. Mereka berdansa membawakan bunga, dan menari bersama para kekasih seperti yang ada di Ceko, Lituania, Latvia, Swedia, dan Estonia. Di Perancis pada satu Mei 1561 Raja Charles IX mendapatkan bunga lili (Convallaria majalis) sebagai jimat keberuntungan. Ia lantas memutuskan memberikan bunga lili untuk perempuan yang beruntung. Pesta ini diselenggarakan untuk bangsawan dan keluarga kerajaan. Di Italia perayaan satu Mei dikenal sebagai Calendimaggio, hari itu orang-orang bersyukur atas datangnya musim semi. Mereka bertukar hadiah yang berupa kebutuhan sehari-hari seperti telur, makanan, dan buah-buahan. Perayaan ini masih bisa ditemui ragamnya di kota-kota di Italia seperti Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna Tuscany, dan Umbria. Perayaan ini juga dijadikan kesempatan bagi banyak orang Italia untuk berbagi makanan, menikmati anggur, dan keluar rumah. Di Yunani, satu Mei adalah perayaan dewi Maia atau Dewi Kesuburan. Perayaan ini merupakan rasa syukur karena musim dingin berakhir, ditandai dengan pesta saat gadis-gadis muda menyanyi dengan hiasan rambut di kepala. Tradisi ini muncul sebagai penghormatan terhadap dewa hiburan, puisi, dan anggur Dionysus yang dianggap membawa kebahagiaan. Perayaan ini sangat erat dengan perayaan untuk dewa pertanian Demeter dan putrinya, Persepon, yang diselenggarakan pada Februari di Yunani kuno. Panen yang baik dipercaya akan menghasilkan anggur yang baik.

Pada satu mei 1776, sebuah organisasi rahasia konon didirikan. Hlo ini rahasia tapi kok semua orang pada tahu? lluminati adalah sebuah gerakan sekalius kelompok yang didirikan pada 1 Mei 1776 di Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Jerman. Gerakan ini dipelopori oleh seorang profesor hukum di Universitas Ingolstadt, Adam Weishaupt. Tujuan dibentuknya organisasi ini adalah memberikan ruang bagi para anggotanya untuk memberikan kritik, debat, dan kebebasan berbicara. Hal yang diperangi oleh gerakan ini adalah tindakan negara dalam hal penyalahgunaan kekuasaan dan doktrin religi. Banyak kaum intelektual dan politisi progresif yang menjadi anggotanya, bahkan kalangan sastrawan semacam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe juga bergabung dalam organisasi ini. Namun Illuminati harus berakhir dan ditutup oleh pemerintahan Bavaria.

Satu mei juga menjadi peringatan kematian salah satu legenda balap Formula 1, Ayrton Senna. Senna meninggal di tengah balapan yang berlangsung di Imola, Italia di GP San Marino pada 1994. Ia mengalami kecelakaan serius sesaat setelah menabrak pembatas lintasan dengan kecepatan yang sangat tinggi. Seusai kecelakaan tersebut bendera merah langsung dikibarkan pada GP San Marino. Pebalap kelahiran Brasil, 21 Maret 1960 tersebut dinyatakan meninggal dunia pada 1 Mei 1994 saat berusia 34 tahun. Semenjak itu, setiap 1 Mei media resmi Formula 1 selalu mengenang insiden tragis kematian sang legenda di Imola, Italia.

Lumayan banyak ya kejadian di satu mei ini? Bagaimana dengan hari-hari ke depan di bulan mei? Selain kita diharuskan untuk berjuang melawan pandemic, kita juga akan menghadapi banyak kejadian penting pada bulan mei. Dan pada tulisan ini aku tandai sebagai awal cerita marathon mengenai bulan mei, tetap jaga Kesehatan teman-teman.

  Tulisan ini disadur dari; tirto.id dan cnn Indonesia sebagai sumber informasi.

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The Dry Sauna: How the Sauna Can Help You Live Longer and Make You A Better Athlete

Most people are familiar with saunas…

Sit in an oversized oven and bake yourself for a little while until you’re tired of stewing in your own sweat and are on the verge of a panic attack. Then you swiftly exit said oven and rejoice in the miracle of cooler air, vowing never to return.

Ok, maybe that’s just what most people think a sauna session is like.

I’ve been using traditional, Finnish-style saunas for nearly two decades, and I can tell you firsthand that a proper session need not feel like a near-death experience.

On the contrary, it should feel deeply relaxing and often exhilarating.   

But more than that, saunas can reduce the risk of heart conditions and memory disorders, improve endurance, and increase muscle mass.

While new scientific studies are helping us better understand the benefits, humans have a rich history of bathing themselves in heat for various reasons, dating back thousands of years and seen across many cultures from the banyas of Russia to the sweat lodges of the American Indians and, most notably, the saunas of Finland.

The stress-relieving effects of sauna, or what is more appropriately termed hyperthermic conditioning, may seem obvious to some, but I would venture to guess those other benefits induced by heat stress — neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and cytoprotective adaptations — are less well known.

And that’s where plant-based athletes can experience the biggest performance or health boost. Today, I’m going to share more about those benefits, and show you exactly how to get started.

All Saunas Are Not Created Equal

Before we jump into some of the health benefits of heat stress, it’s important to understand the differences between sauna styles so we are all on the same page. 

A traditional Finnish-style sauna is the most common type of apparatus you will encounter should you go looking for one at your local fitness center or spa, and it is the style used most often in the research literature. An electric heater is used to raise the air temperature between 158 and 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

An infrared sauna, which uses either far or near infrared wavelengths to heat your body directly, operates at lower temperatures than a traditional sauna (usually 113 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit). This style is very popular, but due to the lower temperatures employed, it may be less effective at inducing the heat stress benefits of the hotter, traditional style.

Many people think that steam rooms are similar to saunas, but they do not raise your core temperature enough to induce the same benefits. And just to fill you in on a bit of sauna snobbery, many serious sauna users have absolute contempt for steam rooms and the people that frequent them, due to their inferior heating capacity, so just be mindful not to mention steam rooms out loud while sauna bathing. No one wants to be assailed by sweaty, lobster red, sauna aficionados. 

Even still, steam can play a roll in dry saunas as well.

Many dry sauna heaters have a section on top for hot stones. It is a sauna tradition to pour water on those rocks to create steam and moisten the air in the sauna a bit.

In Finland, this practice is called “Loyly” and it is taken very seriously. If you see a little wooden bucket and ladle inside the sauna, that’s what it’s for. Please keep in mind, however, that some electric heaters are not designed for loyly, so be sure to follow any posted signs asking you NOT to add water.

Pro-Tip: I often bring a small sports bottle of water with essential oils added to squirt on the rocks. Try lavender or eucalyptus oil. It will take your sauna experience to level 10, but be sure to ask other people in the sauna if they are ok with it first. 

The Unexpected Health Benefits of Sauna

Over the last few decades, sauna bathing has become an important tool for increasing lifespan and improving overall health. This is due to compelling data published from observational, interventional, and mechanistic studies (much of it out of Finland, big surprise). 

One of the most prestigious studies in the medical literature on this topic demonstrated that men who used the sauna two times per week were 27% less likely to die of cardiovascular related causes than men who didn’t sauna. If they increased their usage to 4-7 times per week, they were 50% less likely to die from those same causes and had a 40% reduction in all-cause mortality.

This same landmark study showed that men who used the sauna 2-3 times per week were 66% less likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease compared to men who only went once a week, and were 77% less likely to develop a psychotic disorder regardless of their diet, socioeconomic status, physical activity level, or inflammatory status.

Further general benefits of sauna use are numerous and include improvements in congestive heart failure, cholesterol, high blood pressure, endothelial function, inflammation, mental focus, attention span, insulin sensitivity, and the detoxification of heavy metals and other industrial pollutants.

Which is why regular sauna use can also benefit your athletic training.

Is the Sauna an Athlete’s Secret Weapon?

Maybe sitting around in a hot room doesn’t sound all that athletic, but that headline got your attention, didn’t it? So let’s get to it.

There are three primary ways hyperthermic conditioning in a sauna may improve an athlete’s performance. 

1. Increased Endurance

Who doesn’t want an edge endurance-wise on their competitors? It’s everything we train for, at least for runners, cyclists, and the like. An interesting study published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport found that repeated sauna use, post-workout, in male distance runners increased the time it took them to run to exhaustion by 32%.

It also increased their plasma volume (the liquid part of your blood) by 7.1% and their red blood cell count (RBC) by 3.5%. More blood plasma and RBC’s means more endurance, folks!

That increased plasma volume also means more blood flow to muscles, which reduces their dependence on glycogen (the stored form of glucose). In fact, heat stress does such a good job of this that it has been shown to reduce muscle glycogen use by 40-50% and increase endurance in highly trained and untrained athletes.

Worried about bonking at your next ultra or just want to not have to eat as much when you’re mid race? Think about adding sauna to your training regimen.

2. Heat Acclimation 

Another study in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport found that having female athletes sit in a sauna suit for 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week improved their thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and perceived strain during exercise compared to a control group.

That means that heat stress triggered adaptations in their body that made them more efficient during exercise in hot conditions, which had the added psychological benefit of feeling better while doing it. If that’s not an edge for your next summer marathon, I don’t know what is. 

3. Increasing Muscle Mass 

Yes, you read that correctly. Roasting like a clay pot could make your muscles bigger. It turns out that when we undergo heat stress, our body ramps up production of growth hormone (GH) in a major way, and the hotter and longer we sauna, the more we make. Remember that GH is an essential component in muscle hypertrophy

Two 20-minute sauna sessions at 176 degrees F separated by 30 minutes of cooling doubled growth hormone levels in subjects, while two 15 minute sessions at 212 degrees F boosted GH five-fold.

Just to show you what’s possible, 17 men and women were exposed to two 1-hour sauna sessions a day at 176 degrees F for 7 days in a row (yikes!) and exhibited a 16-fold increase in GH by the third day.

Pro-Tip: Strength athletes who are up to speed on the effects of heat stress know to do their sauna session right after a workout to maximize the benefits of these hormonal changes

How to Start Your Sauna Practice

Those benefits sound pretty great, right? But then there’s the question of how to get started… And just like anything else in life, that hesitation around trying something new is often what keeps us from growing. 

So I want to remove all the obstacles and lay out exactly what you need to know.

Below is a list of best practices and answers to many frequent newbie questions.

How to Find a Sauna

Call around to different gyms, clubs, and spas in your town to see if they have a sauna. Make sure you specify that you’re looking for a traditional (dry) or infrared sauna and not a steam room. If they say they have a steam room, drown them in your contempt and insist they immediately begin construction on a dry sauna, since you are now an official sauna snob.

Once you’ve located an appropriate sauna, consider a membership to that facility to gain regular access to it, especially if they have other services you are interested in. 

If you can’t locate a sauna in your area and you are very motivated, you can build a cheap sauna in your home or backyard or buy a pre-fabricated one to assemble. There are many YouTube videos that will walk you through the building process, and reputable companies to explore include Finlandia, Sunlighten, Harvia, and LuxSauna. 

What to Bring With You

For your first session, hop in the shower first to rinse off and wet your skin and hair (this makes the heat more tolerable).

Wear a bathing suit and sandals (clothing is often optional but erring on the side of modesty can shield you from some potentially creepy encounters with strangers… trust me). The sandals should be self-evident. 

Bring a plastic (metal containers get too hot to pick up), Nalgene style bottle of water with you, and make sure you are well-hydrated before your session. Drink regularly throughout the session. You are going to sweat a lot.

Bring an old watch to keep time. Time can feel eternally slow in the sauna, so it’s helpful to know how long you’ve actually been in there.

Once You’re In the Sauna

You want to aim for a temperature range of 176 to 194 degrees F ideally. Some saunas allow you to control the temperature, but most are set to somewhere within the above range. If It’s too low, ask the staff if they can increase the temperature.

An ideal duration is 20 to 30 minutes at a time, although you can certainly go longer as long as you are comfortable. If at any point you feel faint or just extremely uncomfortable, get out. If you want to go back in after cooling off to complete your time, feel free to do so, but just remember that sauna is not supposed to be an exercise in pain tolerance so be reasonable about it. Work up to the 20-30 minute mark over time as your body acclimates. 

When you are done, rinse off again in the shower to remove heavy metals and other industrial pollutants from your skin. Those compounds will reabsorb into your bloodstream unless you wash them off. There is no need to take an ice cold shower to cool off unless you want to.

Try to do this at least twice a week, ideally 4 to 7 times per week as tolerated. 

Important Precautions and Considerations

Safe sauna use requires some critical thinking. Here are some important precautions and considerations to facilitate a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone:

1. Sauna use during pregnancy may carry some health risks to a developing fetus. The data on sauna use and pregnancy is mixed, but you should always err on the side of caution with this. If you are pregnant and want to sauna, please consult your healthcare provider first.

2. Children do not regulate their internal temperature as well as adults do, making them less than ideal candidates for very hot, dry saunas. If you insist on bringing them in, they must be supervised and the duration should be very short.  

3. Anyone with a diagnosed chronic or acute illness and anyone on prescription medications should consult their healthcare provider before using the sauna. This is especially true for anyone with a diagnosed heart condition. 

4. Do not consume alcohol prior to or during a sauna session. 

5. Make sure to consume mineral rich foods after each sauna session, especially if you are on a fasting routine or are exercising regularly in addition to sauna. Whole foods rich in sodium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, and potassium are important for restoring the electrolytes lost while sweating. 

6. It is normal for your heart rate to increase while in the sauna, so don’t be alarmed if it does. However, if you feel faint or extremely uncomfortable, get out immediately and call it a day. The next session will be easier.

Saunas Aren’t an Oven, They’re a Tool for Better Mental and Physical Health

Look, I get it. Anything that resembles an oven is something I typically try to stay away from as well. 

But as I learn more and more about the real scientific benefits of regular sauna sessions — and as I see those benefits in real life — it has become an indispensable component of my overall health and fitness routine. These same benefits are why I regularly see professional athletes, like ultrarunner Timothy Olson, sitting in the sauna next to me.

Not only have I seen and experienced those benefits physically, but regular sauna practice has also become a surprisingly effective tool for improving my mental health.

My hope is that this guide will help clear misconceptions and concerns you have toward sauna use and that you’ll see the benefits are incredible so you’ll feel empowered to back your first trip to the sauna soon

About the Author: Aaron Stuber is a Registered Nurse, Health Coach, Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, athlete and father of two. He runs a private, Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching practice in Boulder Colorado. Learn more about him at aaronstuber.com. 

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Sejarah Lengkap Pramuka Di Dunia, Untuk Menambah Pengetahuan!

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Sejarah Lengkap Pramuka Di Dunia, Untuk Menambah Pengetahuan!

Topnes.net – Mari kita mengenal sejarah Pramuka di Dunia, memang sejak kita menginjak pendidikan disekolah dasar tentu saja nama kegiatan Pramuka sudah tidak asing lagi ditelinga kita. Ya, Pramuka atau yang dikenal dengan nama Pandu sendiri diadakan untuk pelatihan kemandirian yang mulai ditanamkan sejak dini khususnya disekolah untuk saat ini.

Kepanjangan Pramuka sendiri adalah Praja Muda Karana yang berarti sekelompok rakyat muda. Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia sendiri kini menjadi pelajaran tambahan yang sifatnya nonformal.

Pada sejarahnya Pramuka diadakan untuk pelatihan kemandirian, pembentukan watak, serta budi pakerti yang luhur.

Kegiatan Pramuka mengusung metode pelajaran yang cukup menyenangkan dengan lebih mengajarkan bagaimana para Praja Muda untuk bisa mengenal alam sekitar. Semisla sering mengadakannya agenda kepanduan.

Sejarah Pramuka di Dunia yang tentunya perlu diketahui oleh kita para generasi bangsa:

Pramuka atau pandu awalnya didirikan oleh Baden Powell. Sejarah tersebut bermula ketika Pria yang bernama lengkap Lord Robert Baden Powell Gilwell atau yang sering disebut sebagai Bapak Pandu ini melaksanakan perkemahan pertamanya bersama dengan 22 anak laki-laki pada tanggal 25 Juli 1907 di Pulau Brownsea, Inggris.

Proses awal melatih mengenal lingkungan ini berlangsung selama 8 hari itu menjadi tonggak sejarah penting dari lahirnya gerakan Pramuka Dunia. Ciri khas militer yang melekat kuat pada dirinya, membuat Baden Powell dikenal sebagai sosok yang tegas, disiplin, dan terampil. Sifat-sifat yang memang menjadi ciri khas dari gerakan Pramuka.

Mengenal sejarah Pramuka tentu saja kita akan sedikit mengulas tentang bagaimana sejarah dari Bapa Baden Powell atau Bapak Pandu. Berikut sejarahnya.

Pendiri Pramuka, Baden Powell

Tak hanya sebagai pendiri gerakan kepramukaan sedunia, pengalaman Lord Baden Powellah yang mendasari pembinaan remaja di Inggris yang kemudian berkembang dan diadaptasi sebagai sistem pendidikan kepramukaan di seluruh dunia.

Lantas tahukan anda tentang Bapak Baden Powell? Bapak Pandu atau Chief Scout of the World yang sering dipanggil Baden Powell dilahirkan di London, Inggris pada 22 Februari 1857, ketika lahir diberi nama Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell. Ayahnya bernama Domine Baden Powell, seorang profesor geometri di Universitas Oxford, yang meninggal ketika Baden Powell masih kecil.

Karena sejak kecil Baden Powell ditinggal mati oleh ayahnya, beliau memperoleh pendidikan karakter dan berbagai macam keterampilan dari ibu dan saudara-saudaranya. Peran ibu yang sangat penting bagi perkembangannya diakui sendiri oleh Baden Powell. Beliau pernah mengungkapkannya dengan kalimaat “Rahasia keberhasilan saya adalah ibu saya.”

Baden Powell kecil terkenal sebagai anak yang cerdas, gembira, dan lucu. Sifat ini membuat Baden Powell sangat disukai oleh teman-temannya. Selain itu, Baden Powell juga dikenal terampil dalam memainkan alat musik piano dan biola, berenang, teater, berkemah, berlayar, menggambar, dan mengarang.

Beranjak dewasa, Baden Powell kemudian bergabung dengan militer Inggris. Banyak hal yang pernah dialami Baden Powell selama menjadi tentara. Pengalaman-pengalaman tersebut beliau tulis dan dibukukan dengan judul Aids to Scouting pada tahun 1899. Buku ini berisi penjelasan panduan bagi tentara muda Inggris dalam melaksanakan tugas dilapangan. Tak disangka, bukunya tersebut terjual laris di Inggris. Bahkan, buku ini juga banyak dibaca oleh para guru dan organisasi kepemudaan.

Melihatnya besarnya antusias pembaca buku Aids to Scouting, William Alexander Smith, seorang pendiri organisasi Pemuda di Inggris menyarankan kepadanya untuk menulis ulang buku tersebut. Baden Powell pun menyetujuinya. Buku itupun ditulis ulang Baden Powell, namun dengan berbagai revisi agar cocok dibaca oleh remaja-remaja yang bukan berasal dari ketentaraan.

Untuk menguji semua ide yang tertuang dalam buku barunya tersebut, pada tanggal Baden Powell melaksanakan sebuah acara perkemahan di Brownsea Island Inggris, bersama dengan 22 remaja lelaki yang memiliki latar belakang berbeda. Perkemahan itu sendiri berlangsung selama 8 hari, yakni dimulai dari 25 Juli s/d 2 Agustus 1907. Sejak perkemahan inilah, Baden Powell semakin serius untuk mengembangkan gerakan kepanduan. Bahkan, pada tahun 2010 beliau memutuskan untuk mengakhiri karirnya di dunia militer dengan pangkat terakhir Letnan Jendral agar bisa fokus pada pengembangan pendidikan kepramukaan. Sebuah totalitas yang luarbiasa dipersembahkan Baden Powell demi majunya dunia Pramuka.

Tahun 1939, Baden Powell dan istrinya memutuskan pindah dan tinggal di Nyeri, Kenya. Bersamaan dengan itu, kondisi kesehatan Baden Powell mulai menurun. Beliau mulai sakit-sakitan. Hingga pada tanggal 8 Januari 1941, pendiri Pramuka itu meninggalkan dunia untuk selama-lamanya. Baden Powell tutup usia, beliau dimakamkan di pemakaman St. Peter, Nyeri Kenya.

Pramuka Merambah Seluruh Dunia

Sejak Bapak Baden Powell telah mencurahkan tulisan tentang pengalamannya dalam buku Scouting for Boys pada tahun 1908, hal ini dianggap sebagai sumber awal akan lahirnya gerakan Pramuka. Buku itu sengaja dibuat oleh Baden Powell sebagai panduan dalam acara perkemahan yang dirintisnya. Tidak hanya di Inggris, buku ini juga laris manis di negara-negara lain. Organisasi-organisasi Pramuka pun bermunculan yang pada mulanya hanya diperuntukkan untuk anak laki-laki saja dengan nama “Boys Scout“. Barulah pada tahun 1912, dibantu oleh adik perempuannya, Agnes, Baden Powell mendirikan organisasi Pramuka untuk perempuan dengan nama “Girl Guides“.

Tak perlu waktu lama, semenjak buku Scouting For Boys diterbitkan, Pramuka semakin dikenal di seluruh Inggris dan Irlandia. Pada tahun 1910, negara Finlandia, Denmark, Argentina, Perancis, Jerman, Yunani, Meksiko, India, Belanda, Russia, Norwegia, Singapura, Amerika Serikat, dan Swedia tercatat telah memiliki organisasi Pramuka. Organisasi Pramuka rintisan Baden Powell terus berkembang. Pada tahun 1916, berdiri organisasi Pramuka untuk usia siaga yang bernama CUB (anak serigala). Kelompok ini juga dilengkapi dengan buku panduan kegiatan dengan mengadopsi karya Rudyard Kipling yang berjudul The Jungle Book. Buku tersebut bercerita atentang Mowgli si anak rimba yang dipelihara oleh induk serigala di dalam hutan.

Baden Powell terus bergerak, pada tahun 1918 beliau mendirikan “Rover Scout”, sebuah kelompok yang diperuntukkan bagi remaja-remaja berusia 17 tahun. Tahun 1922, Baden Powell kembali menerbitkan buku yang berjudul Rovering to Success (Mengembara Menuju Bahagia). Buku tersebut menceritakan tentang seorang pemuda yang harus mengayuh perahu sampannya menuju pantai bahagia.

Untuk pertama kalinya, Jambore Dunia dilaksanakan pada 30 Juli sampai 8 Agustus 1920 di Olympia Hall, London. Sebanyak 8000 orang anggota Pramuka dari 34 negara turut serta dalam acara Jambore itu. Pada kesempatan itu pula, Baden Powell dinobatkan sebagai Bapak Pandu Sedunia (Chief Scout of The World).

Di tahun yang sama, dibentuklah Dewan Internasional organisasi Pramuka yang beranggotakan 9 orang. Kota London ditetapkan sebagai kantor kesektariatan Pramuka sedunia. Meskipun kemudian tahun 1958 kantor ini dipindahkan ke Ottawa, Kanada. Terakhir tahun 1968, sekretariat Pramuka sedunia berpindah lagi ke Geneva, Swiss.

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Jambore Pramuka Sedunia Sejak saat itu, acara Jambore Dunia terus diselenggarakan hingga kini. Jambore selanjutnya, yakni Jambore XXIV akan dilaksanakan di West Virginia, Amerika Serikat. Berikut ini daftar lengkapnya:

Jambore Dunia yang pernah diselenggarakan:

Jambore I Dunia 1920: Olympia, Kensington, London, Inggris (8.000 orang) Jambore II Dunia 1924: Ermelunden, Denmark (4.549 orang) Jambore III Dunia 1929: Birkenhead, Inggris (30.000 orang) Jambore IV Dunia 1933: Godollo, Hungaria (25.792 orang) Jambore V Dunia 1937: Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, Belanda (28.750 orang) Jambore VI Dunia 1947: Moisson, Prancis (24.152 orang) Jambore VII Dunia 1951: Bad Ischl, Austria (12.884 orang) Jambore VIII Dunia 1955: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Kanada (11.139 orang) Jambore IX Dunia 1957: Sutton Park, Inggris (30.000 orang) Jambore X Dunia 1959: Los Banos, Laguna, Filipina (12.203 orang) Jambore XI Dunia 1963: Marathon, Greece (14.000 orang) Jambore XII Dunia 1967: Farragut State Park, Amerika Serikat (12.011 orang) Jambore XIII Dunia 1971: Fujinomiya, Jepang (23.758 orang) Jambore XIV Dunia 1975: Lillehammer, Norwegia (17.259 orang) Jambore XV Dunia 1979: Neyshabur, Iran (dibatalkan) Jambore XV Dunia 1983: Calgary, Kanada (14.752 orang) Jambore XVI Dunia 1987-1988: Sydney, Australia (14.434 orang) Jambore XVII Dunia 1991: Gunung Seorak, Korea Selatan (20.000 orang) Jambore XVIII Dunia 1995: Flevoland, Belanda (28.960 orang) Jambore XIX Dunia 1998-1999: Picarquín, Chili (31.000 orang) Jambore XX Dunia 2002-2003: Sattahip, Thailand (24.000 orang) Jambore XXI Dunia 2007: Hylands Park, Inggris (38.074 orang) Jambore XXII Dunia 2011: Rinkaby, Swedia (40.061 orang) Jambore XXIII Dunia 2015: Kirarahama, Jepang

Itulah sejarah Pramuka di Dunia, untuk perkembangan dan Sejarah Pramuka di Indonesia akan dijelaskan di artikel berikutnya. Semoga bisa menambah pengetahuan kita semua.

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SPORTOURISM - Banyak jalan menuju Roma. Kira -kira peribahasa itu tepat untuk mewakili strategi Kementerian Pariwisata untuk mendatangkan wisatawan, namun dengan cara berbeda.

Bersama Tribun Batam, Kemenpar menghelat event sport tourism lari marathon Batam Balerang Bridge, Minggu, (10/12).

Memiliki konstruksi seperti jembatan Golden Gate di San Fransisco, Amerika Serikat, bangunan ini menjadi simbol Kota Batam.

Jembatan Barelang terdiri dari enam jembatan di mana bangunan baju bertulang ini menghubungkan tiga pulau besar dan beberapa pulau kecil termasuk dalam provinsi Kepulauan Riau. Nama Barelang akronim  dari tiga kepulaun besar di Batam; Batam-Rempang-Galang.

Obyek vital ini praktis menjadi urat nadi perekonomiam di Batam. Bukan cuma mendongkrak sektor ekonomi, resmi beroperasi pada 1997, Jembatan Balerang menjadi salah satu destinasi wisata di Kepulauan Riau (Kepri).

Event lari marathon Batam Bridge ini langsung diserbu pelari-pelari internasional. Mereka penasaran berkompetisi di atas jembatan sambil menikamti dengan panorama indah tiga pulau besar di Batam. 

Sampai Senin, atau H-6, sudah ratusan peserta dari 11 negara sudah mendaftar untuk berpartisipasi dalam lari marathon ini. Para peserta itu berasal dari Singapura, Malaysia, Cina, India, Turki, Kenya, Jepang, Perancis, Mongolia dan Finlandia serta, tuan rumah Indonesia.

Deputi Pengembangan Pemasaran Pariwisata Nusantara Kemenpar Esthy Reko Astuti berani menjamin, para peserta bakal mendapat pengalaman seru mengikuti event ini. 

“Bukan cuma berlari, peserta nanti bisa sambil menikmati keindahan alam Jembatan Balerang, ikon Kepri. Penasaran? silahkan datang ke Batam dan ikuti event ini,” papar Esty berpromosi.

Dia merasa, jumlah peserta masih bisa membengkak, karena daftar peserta di meja panitia belum termasuk masyarakat dari Kepri dan daerah-daerah lain di Indonesia. “Besar kemungkinan, peserta bakal bertambah,” ucap wanita berkacamata ini.

Media Tribun Batam sebagai pencetus event ini optimistis, Batam Bridge Marathon bisa mengumpulkan massa dalam jumlah besar, mengingat arena berlari ini termasuk dalam daftar destinasi wisata papan atas di Kepri.

Senada dengan Esthy, Danang Purwoko selaku pemimpin perusahaan Tribun Medan berani sesumbar, peserta mendapat kenangan manis, karena panorama dari jambatan ini salah satu spot terbaik untuk mengabadikan gambar, apalagi jembatan ini mirip-mirip dengan Golden State di San Fransisco, Amerika Serikat.

“Pasti, pelari tidak mau meninggalkan kesempatan untuk berfoto-foto. Untuk jembatan pertama ini menghubungkan Pulau Batam dengan Pulau Tonton dan memiliki lebar tinggi 642 x 350 x 38 meter," ujar Danang.

Peserta kemudian melintasi Jembatan II alias Jembatan Narasinga sepanjang 420 meter menghubungkan Pulau Tonton dan Pulau Nipah. Jembatan III alias Jembatan Raja Ali Haji sepanjang 270 meter menghubungkan Pulau Nipah dan Pulau Setokok. Struktur dari Jembatan II dan Jembatan III lurus dan memiliki panjang lebar tinggi 420 x 160 x 15 meter.

Jembatan IV alias jembatan Sultan Zainal Abidin sepanjang  145 meter menghubungkan Pulau Setokok dan Pulau Rempang. Bentuk dari Jembatan IV persis seperti Jembatan II dan III hanya lurus tanpa lengkungan tetapi tetap mampu menghadirkam pemandangan alam dan kepulauan nomor satu.

"Kontur jalur sangat variatif, berupa tanjakan dan turunan panjang, terpaan angin laut, dan alam khas kepulauan. Lari marathon ini jelas, menjadi tantangan tidak terlupakan,” kata Danang.

Terdapat beberapa kategori lomba lari, 42 kilometer, 21 kilometer dan 10 kilometer. Selain itu, panitia juga membuka kategori 10 kilometer untuk personel TNI-Polri dan pelajar-mahasiswa. Hadiah untuk para peserta tidak main-main, dengan total hadiah uang tunai mencapai Rp Rp 250 juta!.

Menpar Arief Yahya menilai, perlu inovasi untuk menghelat atraksi wisata seperti event sport tourism, seperti lari marathon di atas jembatan ikon Kota Batam, agar peserta merasa tertantang. Terpenting, peserta bisa membuang rasa bosan sehingga mereka dapat berkunjung lagi ke jembatan ini dalam kesempatan berbeda.

“Apresiasi untuk kerja keras panitia. Kami siap memberikan dukungan. Kami berharap ajang ini sebagai program tahunan kalender even pariwisata Kota batam," kata Arief Yahya.

via SPORTOURISM.ID

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