orienteers match those of runners in general and orienteers in particular.This study showed the relation between HIIT and injury severity. To prevent running-related injuries in Swiss elite orienteers, more HIIT sessions should be performed in comparison to all running training sessions. Additionally, male orienteering athletes need to reduce the monotony in their
training duration index and should include more strength exercises in their training program. To achieve that, athletes
and coaches are advised to monitor daily training using measurable variables such as duration, frequency, intensity
calculated by physiological values or time, and the distance covered. To improve the monitoring of orienteering training
and tominimize the training monotony, orienteering athletes should also more frequently report subjective values such as
the rate of perceived exertion in order to calculate session training load. Finally, these results should be confirmed
through prospective intervention studies on training and injury patterns in elite athletes.