Training Log Archive: redrider

Some painful walking. Weird that my muscles are quite alright but my knee, ankle, and toes hurt a lot.

Karhunkierros 53K. My first ultra. Still amazed that I managed to run the whole thing and finish second after Maija Oravanmäki. First 15K very easy with Jarno, Joonas, Ville and Maija. And a few others. Then I fall quite badly, hurt my knee, and dropped back in the line whereas Maija took the lead. After a kilometre or so I noticed that there was a gap and Maija was running away from us with her friend and Ville. Tried to accelerate and catch them but they sped up too and after a while I realised I couldn't catch them anymore. Continued on my own the challenging part from 18-23K along the river bench before I got caught up by a group behind. We ran together to the first drink station at 32K. From there onwards I continued with one of them (Janne) whereas the other two dropped back. 40K went quite ok in 4h but at that point my toes were smashed, my ankle hurt, and my knee hurt. I started to doubt whether I would make it to the finish. Just before the second feed station my quads started to cramp and it was the beginning of the end. I couldn't descend anymore and running got really painful. I still don't understand how I managed to run the last hour from 49K to the finish. Seeing Reetta in Valtavaara helped a bit and gave me a good mental boost but physically I was hurting a lot. My legs were in really bad shape and I got to use all my willpower to make it to the finish. Can't describe the feeling of crossing the finish line. Euphoric. What a great event and absolutely beautiful course!

Some very easy jogging

Hilly evening run in Ruka checking the last bit of the route. Very hilly.

Easy trail run

Inov-8 Trail Cup #4 Lamminpää. Felt generally tired and legs were lazy but still a decent run. It was very runnable and good trail this time which suited me better. No chance against Hanna-Mari but could at least keep the others behind me this time. Results: https://events.navigeist.com/fi/events/8/legs/30/r...

Warm down with Hanna-Mari and Terhi

massage 60min