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Saturday Jun 30, 2007 #
Running 35:00 [2] 4.12 mi (8:30 / mi)
All the various warm-ups and cool-downs of the day.
Orienteering race 44:51 [5] *** 6.1 km (7:21 / km)
spiked:12/16c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 7. AM.
Kapa 3-days Day 2. Middle distance WRE, H21E.
I had been looking forward to this middle distance world ranking event for a while now and felt quite good at the start. That feeling lasted till about the first control, where I wasn't sure where exactly I hit a vague ridge in the green and ran around for over a minute trying to figure it out. On the way to 3, I realized that I was feeling pretty tired and tried to push myself harder, not looking at the map nearly enough. In fact, this plagued me during the whole race - I was just too lazy with my map reading and orienteered more like I had the day before, when there were pretty long stretches of just running, with no fine navigation necessary. This cost me over and over today - a bunch of small mistakes on 3,4,5,6, then a good stretch between 7 and 13, and then two more boneheaded errors on 14 and 15, the last one coming in full view of the finish. Again, very disappointing. In an awful mood after the race. Ended up 51st, over 9 (!!!) minutes back of Martins Sirmais' winning time.
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/1st_2d_splits.html#257...
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Kapa 3-days Day 2. Middle distance WRE, H21E.
I had been looking forward to this middle distance world ranking event for a while now and felt quite good at the start. That feeling lasted till about the first control, where I wasn't sure where exactly I hit a vague ridge in the green and ran around for over a minute trying to figure it out. On the way to 3, I realized that I was feeling pretty tired and tried to push myself harder, not looking at the map nearly enough. In fact, this plagued me during the whole race - I was just too lazy with my map reading and orienteered more like I had the day before, when there were pretty long stretches of just running, with no fine navigation necessary. This cost me over and over today - a bunch of small mistakes on 3,4,5,6, then a good stretch between 7 and 13, and then two more boneheaded errors on 14 and 15, the last one coming in full view of the finish. Again, very disappointing. In an awful mood after the race. Ended up 51st, over 9 (!!!) minutes back of Martins Sirmais' winning time.
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/1st_2d_splits.html#257...
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Orienteering race 15:19 [5] *** 3.0 km (5:06 / km)
spiked:14/15c shoes: Saucony 2006
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 7. PM.
Kapa 3-days Sprint. H21E.
An evening sprint race in a park in Liepaja, right on the Baltic shore. This was a really fun sprint, with a mix of park orienteering and intricate sand dune running. The sand "canyons" also provided for excellent spectating, and the crowds were quite large and loud, making for a really fun atmosphere. Like most of us, I was very tired beforehand and barely managed a warm-up jog. After the start, though, I was feeling pretty good and managed to run ok. I made a 45-second mitske early on, running just by a bit on #6, but ran well on the sand dunes, not really making any mistakes, and finished 16th overall, 2:10 behind Mats' impressive winning time, but just over 1:30 from a top 3.
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/sprint_splits.html
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Kapa 3-days Sprint. H21E.
An evening sprint race in a park in Liepaja, right on the Baltic shore. This was a really fun sprint, with a mix of park orienteering and intricate sand dune running. The sand "canyons" also provided for excellent spectating, and the crowds were quite large and loud, making for a really fun atmosphere. Like most of us, I was very tired beforehand and barely managed a warm-up jog. After the start, though, I was feeling pretty good and managed to run ok. I made a 45-second mitske early on, running just by a bit on #6, but ran well on the sand dunes, not really making any mistakes, and finished 16th overall, 2:10 behind Mats' impressive winning time, but just over 1:30 from a top 3.
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/sprint_splits.html
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Note
Oddly, still got over 900 WRE points despite an awful race. What a weird system. Also, there is someone named Kristaps Tamuzs in the results, who is listed as being from USA. Anyone know who this is? I did see some peope in USA Orienteering jackets, but I think they were all women, and I think they were there for the deaf (hearing-impaired? What's the PC term these days?) orienteering races.
Friday Jun 29, 2007 #
Event: Kapa 3-days
Running 25:38 [2] 3.31 mi (7:45 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 6. AM.
Morning jog to get my legs feeling a bit looser.
Morning jog to get my legs feeling a bit looser.
Running 20:00 [2] 2.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Warm-up, cool-down.
Orienteering race 1:18:29 [4] *** 11.5 km (6:49 / km)
24c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 6.
Kapa 3-Days Day 1. H21E.
After feeling comfortable in this sand dune terrain for a few days, I was quite optimistic about my chances for decent runs at the Kapa 3-days. And, though I felt a bit tired on the first day, I seemed to run ok, avoiding major mistakes. I was pretty content with my run when I finished, though I knew I did get tired towards the end and lost some time. However, looking at the splits later, I saw that I simply wasn't running fast enough and also choosing overly conservative route choices. Disappointing. Ended up 44th on the day, 16 minutes behind Mats' winning time. I probably would have been even more disappointed if I knew then that this would be my best result of the 3 days...
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/1st_1d_splits.html#269...
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Kapa 3-Days Day 1. H21E.
After feeling comfortable in this sand dune terrain for a few days, I was quite optimistic about my chances for decent runs at the Kapa 3-days. And, though I felt a bit tired on the first day, I seemed to run ok, avoiding major mistakes. I was pretty content with my run when I finished, though I knew I did get tired towards the end and lost some time. However, looking at the splits later, I saw that I simply wasn't running fast enough and also choosing overly conservative route choices. Disappointing. Ended up 44th on the day, 16 minutes behind Mats' winning time. I probably would have been even more disappointed if I knew then that this would be my best result of the 3 days...
Splits: http://www.kapaok.lv/kapa07/1st_1d_splits.html#269...
Mats' map: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
Thursday Jun 28, 2007 #
Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] 6.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 5. AM.
Yesterday part 1 of the camp ended, and we (by now a massive group of 45 Linne runners) moved to Bernati, just south of Liepaja, after a several-hour stop in Riga to be touristy. This included visiting the Museum of Occupation of Latvia from 1940-1991, which provided a picture of the USSR as an aggressor that I wasn't exposed to much when growing up in Moscow.
Anyway, today we (the foreigners - Kat, Suzanne, Michele, Patrick, and myself) were responsible for training, so I went out to hang a bunch of toilet paper controls in the morning. Feeling, not surprisingly, tired.
Yesterday part 1 of the camp ended, and we (by now a massive group of 45 Linne runners) moved to Bernati, just south of Liepaja, after a several-hour stop in Riga to be touristy. This included visiting the Museum of Occupation of Latvia from 1940-1991, which provided a picture of the USSR as an aggressor that I wasn't exposed to much when growing up in Moscow.
Anyway, today we (the foreigners - Kat, Suzanne, Michele, Patrick, and myself) were responsible for training, so I went out to hang a bunch of toilet paper controls in the morning. Feeling, not surprisingly, tired.
Orienteering 30:00 [1]
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 5. PM.
Hanging more controls in the afternoon with Kat. Mostly walking this time. Very, very windy on the beautiful beach. I highly recommend Suzanne's pictures for views of the beach and the camp life in general.
Hanging more controls in the afternoon with Kat. Mostly walking this time. Very, very windy on the beautiful beach. I highly recommend Suzanne's pictures for views of the beach and the camp life in general.
Wednesday Jun 27, 2007 #
Running 15:00 [2] 1.76 mi (8:30 / mi)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Warm-up, cool-down.
Orienteering 1:00:38 [2] *** 7.8 km (7:46 / km)
19c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 4. AM.
Recovery training - shadowing Kat around another course on Gauja's Griva. She orienteered well, it was fun to see!
Recovery training - shadowing Kat around another course on Gauja's Griva. She orienteered well, it was fun to see!
Tuesday Jun 26, 2007 #
Running 15:00 [2] 1.88 mi (8:00 / mi)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Running to the start.
Orienteering 36:12 [5] *** 6.3 km (5:45 / km)
spiked:17/20c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 3. AM.
Middle distance training race on a different part of Garciems, the 1:7500 map we ran on yesterday. Ran quite well most of the way, but made a 2:30 mistake on a control, where the map was very sketchy. A lot of people made a mistake in that area. Good race otherwise. Best time - Ulf Troeng, 30 min.
Middle distance training race on a different part of Garciems, the 1:7500 map we ran on yesterday. Ran quite well most of the way, but made a 2:30 mistake on a control, where the map was very sketchy. A lot of people made a mistake in that area. Good race otherwise. Best time - Ulf Troeng, 30 min.
Running 20:00 [2] 2.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Running to and from the map.
Orienteering 58:28 [5] *** 8.0 km (7:19 / km)
35c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 3. PM.
Tennis-OL with Michele and Patrick. In other words, orienteering intervals, where each interval consist of a short course, about 800-1200 m with 4-5 controls. We start about 20 seconds apart and take turns starting first, second, and last. The idea is to run at above race speed and try to maintain concentration while not being swayed by others around. The "tennis" aspect of it is that apparently you get points for finishing each interval first.
We did this on Saulkrastu, a map right next to our accommodations, with a mixture of normal sand dune terrain, some short and steep hills, and flat areas with low visibility and tons of pits - this last part was certainly the hardest to orienteer in at high speed. We did the first four with Patrick and Michele, then just with Michele after Patrick's shins started hurting. I ran very hard and orienteered pretty well, though Michele was definitely stronger than me on the last interval, which we did as a mini-mass start. This was great training, and excellent terrain for this type of training.
Tennis-OL with Michele and Patrick. In other words, orienteering intervals, where each interval consist of a short course, about 800-1200 m with 4-5 controls. We start about 20 seconds apart and take turns starting first, second, and last. The idea is to run at above race speed and try to maintain concentration while not being swayed by others around. The "tennis" aspect of it is that apparently you get points for finishing each interval first.
We did this on Saulkrastu, a map right next to our accommodations, with a mixture of normal sand dune terrain, some short and steep hills, and flat areas with low visibility and tons of pits - this last part was certainly the hardest to orienteer in at high speed. We did the first four with Patrick and Michele, then just with Michele after Patrick's shins started hurting. I ran very hard and orienteered pretty well, though Michele was definitely stronger than me on the last interval, which we did as a mini-mass start. This was great training, and excellent terrain for this type of training.
Monday Jun 25, 2007 #
Orienteering 1:07:00 [3] *** 8.0 km (8:23 / km)
28c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 2. AM.
Orienteering loops on Garciems, a very detailed 1:7500 map. Lots of small depressions and hills and really fast running, but pretty soft and sandy ground, making running very tiring pretty quivkly.
My blister hurt, so I skipped out on the last loop.
Orienteering loops on Garciems, a very detailed 1:7500 map. Lots of small depressions and hills and really fast running, but pretty soft and sandy ground, making running very tiring pretty quivkly.
My blister hurt, so I skipped out on the last loop.
Orienteering 1:05:00 [3] *** 10.0 km (6:30 / km)
24c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 2. PM.
Put some of Michele's magical foot paste on the blister and felt great. Did no-compass training on a map called Gauja's Griva. Really enjoyed running and orienteering here. Beautiful forest!
Put some of Michele's magical foot paste on the blister and felt great. Did no-compass training on a map called Gauja's Griva. Really enjoyed running and orienteering here. Beautiful forest!
Sunday Jun 24, 2007 #
Running 18:00 [2] 2.12 mi (8:30 / mi)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 1.
Running to and from the map after settling into our accommodations, a bunch of simple huts in Lilaste, about 40 minutes NE of Riga.
Running to and from the map after settling into our accommodations, a bunch of simple huts in Lilaste, about 40 minutes NE of Riga.
Orienteering 1:27:00 [2] *** 8.8 km (9:53 / km)
27c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
OK Linne Latvia Training Camp. Day 1.
First training: an afternoon run with Kat on the beautiful sand dune woods of Badciems. We did a Talk-O exercises, taking turns leading and saying what features we were using for navigation and what we planned to do on each leg. Got a blister from the sand.
First training: an afternoon run with Kat on the beautiful sand dune woods of Badciems. We did a Talk-O exercises, taking turns leading and saying what features we were using for navigation and what we planned to do on each leg. Got a blister from the sand.
Friday Jun 22, 2007 #
Running 1:43:58 [2] 13.5 mi (7:42 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Long easy run in the afternoon with Patrick. Went west through Flogsta and Berthåga, then north towards Librobäck, through the little pieces of forest towards Gamla Uppsala and back through the deserted center of Uppsala. Feeling pretty tired the whole way. Will probably take tomorrow off.
Thursday Jun 21, 2007 #
Running 47:31 [2] 5.5 mi (8:38 / mi)
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
Drew a line-O on trails in Stadsskogen for Cristina and ran around it with her in the morning. Midsummer is here.
Running 24:00 [2] 2.8 mi (8:34 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Warm-up and cool-down
Running 24:00 [4] 4.1 mi (5:51 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Getting back to doing some speedwork and starting with threshold pace intervals - 2x12 min with 2 min rest. I did these on the dirt road that goes along the North side of Nåsten. Felt pretty good the whole way and maintained a pretty steady pace - went about 10 meters further on the second interval. The biggest challenge was avoiding crushing the snails that crawled out onto the road after the rain.
Note
Because of her excellent B-final race at the 1st round of the World Cup in Finland, Sandra gets to run the A-final in the 2nd round Norway tomorrow!
Start list: http://www.odagfinn.net/wc07/WOMEN_A.HTM
Go Sandra!
Also, Brent, Mike Smith, and Charlotte are racing the B Final for Canada. Good luck to all of them as well!
Start list: http://www.odagfinn.net/wc07/WOMEN_A.HTM
Go Sandra!
Also, Brent, Mike Smith, and Charlotte are racing the B Final for Canada. Good luck to all of them as well!
Wednesday Jun 20, 2007 #
Running 35:42 [2] 4.0 mi (8:56 / mi)
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
Easy morning jog around Stadsskogen with Sandra and Cristina. We had made more ambitious plans for this run the night before, but were all too sore/tired to carry them out.
Running 15:00 [2] 1.7 mi (8:49 / mi)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Jogging to/from the start of training with Cristina.
Orienteering 1:12:15 [1] *** 4.0 km (18:04 / km)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
An easy technique session with Cristina on Nåsten. We did a middle distance course and took turns leading and saying what features we were looking for and checking off along the way. This is good training for when one is tired - it really forces you to concentrate on the orienteering, which is something I have trouble with when tired.
I was feeling dizzy and had a headache on the way over to the map, but started feeling better while orienteering and was fine by the time I went home after drinking 2.5 liters of water. Must have been dehydrated after my 3-hour nap this afternoon... Probably still not completely recovered from Jukola and the associated sleep deprivation.
There were cows on the way to the start.
I was feeling dizzy and had a headache on the way over to the map, but started feeling better while orienteering and was fine by the time I went home after drinking 2.5 liters of water. Must have been dehydrated after my 3-hour nap this afternoon... Probably still not completely recovered from Jukola and the associated sleep deprivation.
There were cows on the way to the start.
T.rex training 32:00 [2]
Circuits with Linne after technique training. Not too many people there - by the end, foreigners outnumbered Swedes!
Quite sore from yesterday.
Quite sore from yesterday.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2007 #
Running 18:00 [2] 2.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: 2006-2 VJ Falcons
Jogging over to the start with Patrick, Sandra, and Cristina.
Orienteering 22:00 [2] 2.0 km (11:00 / km)
shoes: 2006-2 VJ Falcons
A couple of months ago, when we saw that a number of US orienteers were coming over for Jukola, Suzanne and I offered to put on a mini training camp for anyone who was interested the week after Jukola in Uppsala. Sandra and Cristina took us up on the offer, and so here we were, in Lunsen (a must for any orienteer visiting Uppsala), surrounded by flies swarming around our faces and ants very slowly eating our feet. I drew four loops, trying to give each loop a distinct character, and each of us hung streamers for one of the loops.
Orienteering 50:00 [3] ***** 6.0 km (8:20 / km)
shoes: 2006-2 VJ Falcons
After setting my loop, I went out and ran the other three, trying to run at just below race pace. I was, however, feeling pretty low on energy which led to concentration lapses and a bunch of mistakes. Nothing where I was totally lost, which can easily happen on Lunsen, but still very frustrating,
Running 40:00 [2] 4.5 mi (8:53 / mi)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Running to/from KG/swamp.
Swamp Football 45:00 [4]
This being my training week in the club, and it also being the week after Jukola, it was time to try something a little different. In the monthly schedule, I entitled this "swamp games", myself unsure of what would become of this. Ths standard plan was swamp soccer - a training exercise Kenny and I had heard about from Swedish orienteering gymnasium students years ago. One problem, however, was the lack of a soccer ball. When dispatching a very kind Patrick to go acquire one downtown, I realized that I had an American football lying around that just needed some pumping up, and so a pump was procured as well as a soccer ball. When coming to the clubhouse with Cristina, I was worried that no one would come to this bizarre training organized by a mere American, but about 15-20 people were there, even including some of our stars. We then ran over to a preselected swamp (nice, open, and soft), and I gave a bit of a speech about my dreams as a small boy to one day play real swamp football with world-famous Swedish orienteers. After this, the pigskin came out, and it was time to explain (somewhat modified for the swamp arena) NFL rules in Swedish. Needless to say, this was quite a challenge, and I am fairly certain I failed. (In fairness, I may well not have fared any better in English.)
Then we played. It only took a few downs for Swedes to decide that there is not running and fighting, and the game gradually generated into a combination of rugby and mud wrestling. This was ridiculously fun and brought out a side of the Swedes I had never really witnessed in a sober state before. All the normal reserve and shyness be damned, they were tackling, pushing, shoving, rolling in the mud, and dragging each other (and us, too) around like teenage girls fighting for a Justin Timberlake autograph. It was great! This applied to everyone - 14-year-old Mandus Ridefelt would jump on top of 2-meter tall Staffan and bring him down with a loud splash; Mats had no reservations about prying the ball out of Becka's hands while shoving her deeper into the mud; and Lars would execute a flying tackle of Cristina, get up and ask if anyone knew who she was.
By the end, everyone was exhausted, the swamp looked like a battlefield, and we were stumbling about, throwing clumps of mud at each other. I don't know about everyone else, but for me it was not only a really, really fun afternoon, but also an experience that gave me a bit of hope that I may yet one day find myself fitting into this society and feeling at home here.
Then we played. It only took a few downs for Swedes to decide that there is not running and fighting, and the game gradually generated into a combination of rugby and mud wrestling. This was ridiculously fun and brought out a side of the Swedes I had never really witnessed in a sober state before. All the normal reserve and shyness be damned, they were tackling, pushing, shoving, rolling in the mud, and dragging each other (and us, too) around like teenage girls fighting for a Justin Timberlake autograph. It was great! This applied to everyone - 14-year-old Mandus Ridefelt would jump on top of 2-meter tall Staffan and bring him down with a loud splash; Mats had no reservations about prying the ball out of Becka's hands while shoving her deeper into the mud; and Lars would execute a flying tackle of Cristina, get up and ask if anyone knew who she was.
By the end, everyone was exhausted, the swamp looked like a battlefield, and we were stumbling about, throwing clumps of mud at each other. I don't know about everyone else, but for me it was not only a really, really fun afternoon, but also an experience that gave me a bit of hope that I may yet one day find myself fitting into this society and feeling at home here.
Monday Jun 18, 2007 #
Orienteering 1:14:35 [2] 5.7 km (13:05 / km)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
A nice, easy training on Nåsten with Sandra after slipping in and out of consciousness most of the morning and afternoon, having slept 9 hours in the previous 72. I ran ahead in the beginning, saying the features I was seeing and using for navigation. Then we switched, and Sandra ran ahead and talked. She did really well navigating and seemed quite confident in her orienteering, a big change from her visit here a year ago. Very cool.
Sunday Jun 17, 2007 #
Running 25:00 [2] 2.0 mi (12:30 / mi)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Woke up at about 3:30am. Found out that our team (Linne 3) was 45 minutes back after just two legs. Had breakfast. Spectated for a while, cheering for our first two teams. Saw Ulrik come back after an awesome run on long night. Then saw Albin come back after an awesome run on leg 4. When Oskar sent out Michele on leg 6, I started changing and warming up. Went for a reasonably long warm-up, as I was feeling very sluggish and sleep-deprived. Got excited as I checked the team's standings through radio controls and saw that Michele was running well. Came to the exchange area to see our Italian flying down the finish chute. Sweet.
Orienteering race 1:56:50 [4] *** 15.0 km (7:47 / km) +360m 6:57 / km
spiked:26/32c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Jukola, leg 7. Went out 116th, came back 117th.
The whole race I felt as if I was sleep-running. Orienteering was somehow happening, but I wasn't quite aware of it. Except that I fell a lot. Maybe a half dozen times. Felt very tired in the middle of the race, after making an idiotic 5-minute mistake on #6, a dot knoll in the green. Was worried I didn't have enough energy to finish. Slowly got better, though, and picked it up a bit on the last loop. Ended up with a total of about 10 minutes of errors, which is a lot, but could have easily been worse in this tough, technical terrain. I even managed to pass one team on the run-in, which is always cool. Still, on fresher legs and with a more consistent run I could have picked up some places rather than dropping 1. Ending up 117th for a club's 3rd team is pretty damn good, especially after being 440th after 1 leg. And it's kinda cool having 1000 teams finish behind us. Also, this was my 3rd Jukola. In my first one, in 2001, I was 594th on my leg. In my second one, in 2006, I was 282nd. This year, I was 140th. Looks like progress.
Here is Mats' map from the 7th leg: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
The terrain and course were great. Very challenging, different types of orienteering, and testing many different skills. I am very impressed with those who managed to get around their courses without mistakes.
Our team:
117 954 OK Linne 3 SWE 9:37:02
1 Björn Olovsson 1:26:34 435.
2 Mattias Karlsson 1:31:20 308. 2:57:55 361.
3 Ulrik Imberg 1:34:25 73. 4:32:20 203.
4 Albin Ridefeldt 54:12 45. 5:26:33 147.
5 Oskar Wallen 1:02:17 147. 6:28:50 140.
6 Michele Caraglio 1:11:21 65. 7:40:12 116.
7 Boris Granovskiy 1:56:50 140. 9:37:02 117.
The whole race I felt as if I was sleep-running. Orienteering was somehow happening, but I wasn't quite aware of it. Except that I fell a lot. Maybe a half dozen times. Felt very tired in the middle of the race, after making an idiotic 5-minute mistake on #6, a dot knoll in the green. Was worried I didn't have enough energy to finish. Slowly got better, though, and picked it up a bit on the last loop. Ended up with a total of about 10 minutes of errors, which is a lot, but could have easily been worse in this tough, technical terrain. I even managed to pass one team on the run-in, which is always cool. Still, on fresher legs and with a more consistent run I could have picked up some places rather than dropping 1. Ending up 117th for a club's 3rd team is pretty damn good, especially after being 440th after 1 leg. And it's kinda cool having 1000 teams finish behind us. Also, this was my 3rd Jukola. In my first one, in 2001, I was 594th on my leg. In my second one, in 2006, I was 282nd. This year, I was 140th. Looks like progress.
Here is Mats' map from the 7th leg: http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/2007/show_map.php?ma...
The terrain and course were great. Very challenging, different types of orienteering, and testing many different skills. I am very impressed with those who managed to get around their courses without mistakes.
Our team:
117 954 OK Linne 3 SWE 9:37:02
1 Björn Olovsson 1:26:34 435.
2 Mattias Karlsson 1:31:20 308. 2:57:55 361.
3 Ulrik Imberg 1:34:25 73. 4:32:20 203.
4 Albin Ridefeldt 54:12 45. 5:26:33 147.
5 Oskar Wallen 1:02:17 147. 6:28:50 140.
6 Michele Caraglio 1:11:21 65. 7:40:12 116.
7 Boris Granovskiy 1:56:50 140. 9:37:02 117.
Saturday Jun 16, 2007 #
Event: Jukola 2007
Orienteering 10:00 [1]
Got to Turku at 7:30am after about three hours of sleep. Said bye to parents and brother Sasha, who are on their way to Russia now. Met up with Linne. Got to Lapua. Watched Venla. Went straight to sleep after our girls mispunched. Woke up. Went for a ten-minute walk around the model map. Ate. Watched the start of the men's relay. Back to sleep.
Friday Jun 15, 2007 #
Running 57:30 [2] 7.0 mi (8:13 / mi) +128m 7:46 / mi
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
Another lovely morning on Åland. I ran out of our cabin, ran down the road, and then ran up and back down the highest mountain on Åland - Orrdalsklint, which towers above the islands at its majestic 128 (or 129 - depending on the source) meters over sea level. It was a pretty faint trail going up, with lots of bare rock and moss where it nearly disappeared, but the woods were very pretty the entire way, and the view from the top was awesome.
Thursday Jun 14, 2007 #
Orienteering 54:57 [4] *** 7.2 km (7:38 / km)
spiked:13/18c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Tracked down a training session set by Ålands IF on a map called Svinö (Pig Island?) to the east of Mariehamn. Even for this tiny little training with just a dozen people or so, they still used EMIT, which is pretty cool. The terrain and map were nothing special, and I managed to get stuck in nettles a couple of times and get a few nasty bite marks from what must have been a spider going nuts on my arm. The one nice thing was getting in a bit of experience on Finnish-style maps before Jukola.
Wednesday Jun 13, 2007 #
Running 32:30 [2] 4.0 mi (8:08 / mi)
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
A morning swing around Stadsskogen before heading to Åland with my parents and brother.
Tuesday Jun 12, 2007 #
Running 40:00 [2] 5.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Warm-up, cool-down, picking up controls with Jörgen afterwards.
Orienteering race 17:26 [5] 3.23 km (5:24 / km)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Tempo Cup #2 - a sprint race on the Castle map. Started out too slow and chaotic at the same time, losing time and also not running fast enough. Got better later on, but still not a very good result.
Splits: http://85.89.72.58/winsplits/online/sv/default.asp...
Route gadget:
http://www.oklinne.nu/routegadget/cgi-bin/reitti.c...
Oh yeah, looks like I am running the last leg for Linne team 3 at Jukola now. Yikes.
Splits: http://85.89.72.58/winsplits/online/sv/default.asp...
Route gadget:
http://www.oklinne.nu/routegadget/cgi-bin/reitti.c...
Oh yeah, looks like I am running the last leg for Linne team 3 at Jukola now. Yikes.
C • 15K 1
Monday Jun 11, 2007 #
Note
Sandra has a nice photo of her on a podium in her log this week, so I thought I'd put one up too. :)
Running 25:59 [2] 3.5 mi (7:25 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Morning jog around the block.
Sunday Jun 10, 2007 #
Orienteering 1:13:12 [3] *** 7.5 km (9:46 / km)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Running some of the men's course from Wednesday's Jukola test. Felt a lot better running than I had all week, but didn't want to push my luck, so only ran about two-thirds of the course. Spent the rest of the day laying on the beach at Siggefora with my parents and brother.
Saturday Jun 9, 2007 #
Running 25:00 [2] 0.0 mi
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Warming up and cooling down with Patrick and Micro.
Orienteering race 16:48 [5] ** 3.27 km (5:08 / km)
spiked:21/22c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Uppland District Champs in sprint, in Östervåla. A lot of our stars didn't show up, probably because they don't think sprint is real orienteering, so I figured there was a chance for a good result on this really hot Swedish day. The course turned out to be fairly simple for a sprint, with a few slightly more technical areas of bushes and greeen patches, as well as a couple of nice route choice legs. Running felt hard, probably because I've been sick all week and because it was hot. I managed to avoid making any significant mistakes and was quite pleased to catch Patrick (wildcolonialboy on AP), who started two minutes before me. Ended up 3rd overall, 2nd in the district, about 1:00 behind Millinger. Nice to get my first DM medal.
It was also really cool to watch my dad go out and run an open course. Been a while since we've been to an O-meet together!
Results: http://www.svenskidrott.se/Downloads/31279/docs/Re...
It was also really cool to watch my dad go out and run an open course. Been a while since we've been to an O-meet together!
Results: http://www.svenskidrott.se/Downloads/31279/docs/Re...
Thursday Jun 7, 2007 #
Note
(rest day)
My parents are in town!
Came down to Stockholm to surprise them yesterday, and ended up staying on the floor of their hotel room. Spent the whole day today wandering around Stockholm and sightseeing, very nice. No training, which is just as well - maybe I'll finally kick this cold.
Came down to Stockholm to surprise them yesterday, and ended up staying on the floor of their hotel room. Spent the whole day today wandering around Stockholm and sightseeing, very nice. No training, which is just as well - maybe I'll finally kick this cold.
Wednesday Jun 6, 2007 #
Running 5:00 [2] 0.0 mi
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Warming up for the Jukola test. Clear right from the beginning that I wasn't 100% healthy yet, so for once in my life, I made a mature decision and decide to switch down to the women's course and take it fairly easy. (I thought about trying the men's course and taking it easy, but knowing myself, I would have forced myself to run hard anyway.)
Orienteering 59:45 [3] **** 7.0 km (8:32 / km)
spiked:9/12c shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Jukola test race, women's course. We ran at Siggefora, a tough area with a lot of blueberry and other random undergrowth, making running quite hard. It's also a very technical area, so it made for a challenging course on this really warm Swedish National Day. I ran at "cruising" speed - speed at which you don't need to slow down to read the map. Made a couple of mistakes along the way and really didn't feel good, and was glad to have the shorter course. Ended up 2nd, 3 minutes behind Sophie. Hoping to be healthy in another day or so.
Tuesday Jun 5, 2007 #
Orienteering 21:41 [5] *** 3.62 km (5:59 / km)
spiked:4/5c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
With the Jukola test race looming tomorrow, I figured it was worth trying to see how it would feel running hard through the woods, keeping an eye on my cold and on my shoulder. Tonight's training was an all-club relay training. Everyone who turned up was split up into teams, with each team consisting of 1 H21, 1 D21/H35/H17, 1 D17/H14/HD50, and 1 D14/H12/HD60. The H21's run the first leg. When they come back, they tag the next runner (the D21/H35/H17) and run the whole course along with them. Then these two tag the next runner and follow along with him/her, and the same for the final leg. The whole team needs to cross the finish line in order for the result to count. Obviously, this was more of a get-to-know-your-clubmates type of training than a serious thing, but it was still fun.
Right from the start I knew that I wasn't 100% healthy yet, as breathing was hard and running did not feel good. We more-or-less stayed in a pack, though somehow I found myself at the front with Albin and Michele after Lars, Tomas, and Ulf missed various controls. Of course, it was our turn next. I misread the control description (as did Albin, it turns out), and we both circled around looking for a flag on a hill, when it was really on the cliff below. Oh well. Ended up about 1 minute behind Ulf, who snuck by us, in the end. Then the pace slowed down, as I got to jog along while my teammates, all the way down to 10-year-old Sixten Jonsson, took turns navigating. It was actually fun to watch a 10-year-old navigate and remember the kinds of mistakes I used to make (much more recently than when I was ten!) In the end, Sixten took an excellent route choice to the last control, getting us ahead of two other teams, whose ten-year-olds were running off in the wrong direction, so it was a nice finish. :)
Right from the start I knew that I wasn't 100% healthy yet, as breathing was hard and running did not feel good. We more-or-less stayed in a pack, though somehow I found myself at the front with Albin and Michele after Lars, Tomas, and Ulf missed various controls. Of course, it was our turn next. I misread the control description (as did Albin, it turns out), and we both circled around looking for a flag on a hill, when it was really on the cliff below. Oh well. Ended up about 1 minute behind Ulf, who snuck by us, in the end. Then the pace slowed down, as I got to jog along while my teammates, all the way down to 10-year-old Sixten Jonsson, took turns navigating. It was actually fun to watch a 10-year-old navigate and remember the kinds of mistakes I used to make (much more recently than when I was ten!) In the end, Sixten took an excellent route choice to the last control, getting us ahead of two other teams, whose ten-year-olds were running off in the wrong direction, so it was a nice finish. :)
Orienteering 56:20 [2] 5.5 km (10:15 / km)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
The rest of the relay - jogging behind the rest of the team.
Monday Jun 4, 2007 #
Note
(sick)
Still sick. Tried to fool my body into being healthy, but it caught on pretty quickly. Grrrrr.
Running 30:43 [2] 4.0 mi (7:41 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
It was way too nice a day to not get myself outside, even if I have been feeling so-so all day. Nice, easy run around Stadsskogen.
T.rex training 10:00 [1]
Crunches and so on after the run.
Note
So it was seven years ago this week that I started logging my training on Attackpoint after Kenny Walker told me to try it out. It's been interesting to watch the site change and morph over these few years. In the beginning, it was just North American orienteers, and it probably took a couple of years until people whom I didn't know personally started logging. Then there was the scary phase when it seemed like adventure racers were about to take over and start dominating, but that somehow passed, though a lot of them stuck around on AP, some of them turning into orienteers in the process. Then, through robw, attackpoint suddenly had its Australian explosion. Out of nowhere, all these people from Down Under appeared, and it again seemed like they'd take over, but they seem to have integrated themselves into the AP world just fine. At that point, I could browse the training logs and claim that I knew about 50% of those logging personally. Then, in the last year, AP has gone truly international. Not counting a certain Masai Warrior, we seem to have 32 countries (and all continents but South America and Antactica) represented. Pretty cool. It's gotten to the point where I have met in real life a number of people whom I had only met on AP previously. It's been really cool to see AP grow like this and yet remain primarily orienteering-focused. Well done, Kenny, and keep it up!! Oh, and by the way, as of today, I know just about only 25% of those logging on AP personally.
C • Yeah 11
Sunday Jun 3, 2007 #
Running 1:01:32 [2] 7.0 mi (8:47 / mi)
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
Running over to the start of backbana, jogging around on top, and running back home.
Running 29:55 [4] 5.0 km (5:59 / km) +300m 4:36 / km
shoes: Montrail Trail Shoes
Ran a lap of backbana with Jörgen Ohlin. Felt just fine during the first lap, but as soon as we started the planned second lap, I had nothing left. I don't think my cold from a couple of days ago is completely gone yet... So i jogged around on top waiting for Jörgen to finish the second lap before running back home.
Saturday Jun 2, 2007 #
Event: Shamrock O-Ringen
Orienteering 1:55:34 [2] *** 17.25 km (6:42 / km)
shoes: 2007 model Falcons
Biked out to Nåsten on this warm, sunny afternoon and ran one of this winter's Tuesday night line-O's (course Z.) Orienteering in late spring/summer almost reminds me of night-O, since the visibility is so much lower than usual. It's still easier than night-O, of course, but some of the same elements are there, such as having to rely on your compass and trust that the cliff/knoll/rock you are looking for will appear as soon as you emerge from this dense patch of pines, as long as you keep your bearing.
Felt pretty tired the whole way, most body parts hurt.
Felt pretty tired the whole way, most body parts hurt.
Friday Jun 1, 2007 #
Running 1:00:30 [2] 7.5 mi (8:04 / mi)
shoes: Saucony 2006
Slept over eleven hours (despite waking up in the middle night with a vicious calf cramp) and woke up feeling better - still a sore throat and a bit of headache, but much better than the last two days.
The sun was out for the first time all week, so I took a break from working on the sprint series standings to go for a trail run around the neighborhood.
The sun was out for the first time all week, so I took a break from working on the sprint series standings to go for a trail run around the neighborhood.
T.rex training 10:00 [2]
A bit of core stuff after the run.