Training Log Archive: PVA

Football 1:15:00 [3]

Orienteering race 1:10:00

4th competition in 4 days, on 2'200m, some 4°C (or less) and heavy rain all the time. Freezing cold even with a thermo shirt....
Just went out for some fun, but it got too cold after one hour, so I stopped the race next to the competition center (which was dry and, let's say, warmer...)

Running warm up/down 35:00 [2]

Orienteering race 51:18 [4] 5.2 km (9:52 / km) +150m 8:37 / km

5th National competitions...rough and though terrain, many mistakes...

Running warm up/down 10:00 [1]

Orienteering race 42:35 3.6 km (11:49 / km) +101m 10:22 / km

Prologue of the "3 days weekend" in Flims.



Very good performance 'till 11th control (5th best there so far), but then I missed #12 by 4-5 meters and totally lost concentration. Six and a half minutes of mistakes from 11 to the finish.

Trying to perform better today in this cool terrain...

Orienteering race 1:13:35 12.72 km (5:47 / km) +118m 5:32 / km

Quite satisfying evening race, went not full speed as there are three more competitions following the next three days (including a though long distance on Sunday...)

#5 was hidden in the green, almost one minute mistake there (according to GPS)
#11 was as well hidden well behind the dot knoll, just passing by without thinking (15-20 secs)
#16 (leaving...) a bit confused coming out of the green and just started running along the wrong path - even the kids on the shortest/easiest course did better (30 secs)

Good compass and "control description reading" training!

Hiking 2:00:00 [1]

Birthday hike in the "Toggenburger" Alps



Then some surprising party at home (garden full of friends, Laura did a great job) :D And finally the Swiss football team won and got to the 1/8-finals (not as exactly 4 years ago, as they didn't made it to the final 16 at my birthday...)

Cycling 30:00 [2] 14.3 km (28.6 kph) +50m

Orienteering 2:35:22 10.61 km (14:39 / km) +642m 11:15 / km

Final check and marking of the controls....steep but beautiful terrain.

Cycling 31:49 [2] 14.23 km (26.8 kph) +48m

Orienteering race 52:51 6.59 km (8:01 / km) +322m 6:27 / km
ahr:156 max:186

Even a great six-pack of beer for the 3rd one, but should have won this race:
Twice a 2+min mistake. Control #3 was placed in the wrong "dotted brown line" (anyone a suggestion for the real name?) and too much east of the control circle. Anyway, my mistake. And #8 was hidden very well in the same kind of place, we've been searching for it in a group of 5 runners.

Orienteering 21:00 [3]

Orienteering 46:05 [3] 5.23 km (8:48 / km) +186m 7:29 / km

Multi technical training....Not very focused as I had to organize the whole day, but got some controls right. As well some helping others, so some way arounds are not mistakes :D


As the level of the lake was more than 2m higher than usually, #14 was placed in middle of the lake. As we were learned to touch every control, I was going there for sure...

Orienteering 34:00 [2]

Orienteering 38:00 [3] 2.92 km (13:02 / km) +49m 12:01 / km

Much chatting and helping in one of the most difficult forest in middle Europe.
And even some extra training after:

Hitting Person X in the forest, already on my way to collect the flags.

X: I can collect the flags...
Me: (Knowing that this isn't a good idea), no, just go, I'll wait some minutes.
X: Nono, just GO, I can do this.
Me: OK, but remember, it isn't easy...

Continuing, one control is placed wrong, so I was heading back soon to report and especially get to know where the wrong placed control might be.
Knowing this place, I'm heading back up the forest, still on the path X appears.

X: My compass is broken, I can't find anything.
Me: ("+)(/&*"çUZD)(/"+çUZBSD) OK, no problem, I'll collect them.

So back to the forest (without compass as well) but it was quite easy the second time.

What we learned: Don't give hard tasks to people not even you trust in...

Orienteering 22:00 [3]

Orienteering 36:40 [3] 4.49 km (8:10 / km) +108m 7:17 / km

Very lovely terrain. Might be on the way of Hirrpa's and All-In's road trip. In this case drop a line here and you got printed maps the next week in your mail box!! :)

Running 1:03:07 9.2 km (6:52 / km) +224m 6:07 / km
ahr:123 max:150

Cycling 1:59:15 42.87 km (21.6 kph) +438m
ahr:120 max:156

Orienteering 30:00 [2]

Running 20:00 [2]

Orienteering race 1:12:00 [4] 12.93 km (5:34 / km) +260m 5:04 / km

Jukola

Orienteering 15:51 [4] 3.13 km (5:04 / km) +22m 4:54 / km

Running 20:00 [2]

Orienteering 52:56 [3] 6.4 km (8:16 / km) +144m 7:26 / km

Running 45:00 [2]

Orienteering race 2:30:28 19.58 km (7:41 / km) +339m 7:04 / km

Orienteering race 1:18:23 8.21 km (9:33 / km) +127m 8:52 / km
ahr:150 max:190

Orienteering 1:04:50 [2] 7.03 km (9:13 / km) +49m 8:54 / km

Orienteering 49:08 6.57 km (7:28 / km) +176m 6:35 / km
ahr:152 max:172

Same kind of training as yesterday, just change of map scale. Still not good, but little better. Control flags might have helped. Again some mistake in the area around #4 (as yesterday). Quite many paths there an hard to spot the things....

Next training in the paradise tomorrow!!

Running 20:00 [2]

Orienteering 1:08:54 7.97 km (8:38 / km) +132m 7:59 / km
ahr:138 max:169

Kivirasti training:
No paths, no green, no controls (the last made it sometimes a bit unsure).
Short summary:
Back on track at #6
Not really sure which stone at #16, at least I was there
Did not realize I was passing #20

Probably a bit too hard start, but always good if its getting easier the next time ;)