Training Log Archive: BorisGr

Warm-up and cool-down.

The second day of the training camp started with a Camp Championships. The night before we drew lots for the starting order and even video-taped the process to deflect all accusations of cheating and favoritism. Jonn Are started first, then me, then Annika, then Rob. I felt dead tired from the start and decided to just focus on the orienteering and not worry about the running. It was a pretty hard area to run in, with lots of blueberry and other crap on the ground - a lot tougher then I recall Ukraine being. Was nice and careful on the first three controls and was on my way to 4th, when I was surprised to hear someone running hard and gaining behind me. Turned out to be Jonn Are, who missed the first one. I tried to take a different route choice from him coming into 6, but got stuck in a hygge, and he was gone. Orienteered ok most of the rest of the way, though was really tired towards the end and blew over a minute on 16, I think. Rob ended up with the best time, 28 something. I was reasonably happy with my run, especially navigationally. Just gotta make sure to stay healthy before Ukraine.

After a "swim" in ankle-deep lake Siljan and lazing around on the beach for an hour so, we drove down to Leksand for our last training on the map where the Elitserien was back in May. Felt really low on energy in the beginning, barely moving. Got better as it went, though, but I still decided to cut the training short so as to not overdo it.
A great week-end of training and (mostly) sunshine, plus I got to hear some breathtaking stories from the world of Australian orienteering!

Warming up and down and jogging between loops.

Mora training camp with Rob.
We drove up to Mora in the morning and met up with Annika Billstam and Jonn Are Myhren for some training. The first session was running orienteering loops at interval pace. I confirmed during the warm-up that the compass I bought at O-Ringen to replace the one I broke is a piece of crap, with the needle swinging pretty wildly even at an easy jog. I still tried using it for the first loop, but ended up running way off-line. Great. Went without a compass for the second loop, and this went a lot better. Did this on the third loop and was running well until going wildly off-course to the fourth control. Eventually figured out where I was and jogged back. Not the most satisfying training session.

To and from the start

Rob and I both felt dead after the morning training, so, after stumbling around Mora looking for a sandwich, we checked into our ghetto hostel and crashed for an hour or so. Felt pretty dead when we got out to train, but then the legs started working again, and the orienteering went well too. We ran on Bonäs, a really nice fast area with pretty high visibility most of the way. Ran a lot better on this session than in the morning, which cheered me up quite a bit.
The evening entertainment consisted of a walk around the happenin' downtown Mora with a bunch of drunk Swedes urinating all over the place, followed by a few games of pool. I am about as good as Rob!

C • Pool 3

A nice afternoon run on some trails on Nåsten with Rob, Shep, and Jo. Good run, good company. Two days of rest did me good - felt fresh, and the hamstring didn't hurt much.
Off to Mora tomorrow with Rob for a last little training camp before WOC. Can't wait!

Technique training at Börje. Really unmotivated to orienteer today and not feeling too good, either. Did about 2/3 of the course and then jogged back. Tried running straight on a compass bearing a few times, but had trouble following the needle - it seemed wobbly. Gotta make sure at least one of compasses points straight.... And also that I am not wobbly-eyed.
Thinking a day off is in order for tomorrow.

C • It seems to me that my compass... 1

Very pleasant morning run around Stadsskogen. Hamstring started out quite sore (though not as bad as it was during the last two days of O-Ringen), but got a lot better as the run went on.

Walked into the supermarket to do some food shopping today and, for the first time in my life, I felt a craving for vegetables and healthy food. It was the strangest thing - I was just drawn to the green stuff. Do normal people feel like that all the time? Luckily, the feeling passed pretty quickly, but I did walk out of the store with some cucumbers and tomatoes, ensuring that my dinner tonight will feature more colors than the standard yellow and brown.

C • illness 5

Nice warm-up with Rob and Patrick. Catching Rob up on all the gossip from last week. Felt like a little girl.

Sprint intervals with Rob and Patrick on the castle map. Rob designed the intervals such that we first ran about a minute on a road, with no orienteering, as hard as we could. After this, we did a mini sprint course, 3-4 controls. The idea is to get your brain totally stupid and oxygen deprived and to practice orienteering in these conditions. The loops were also all of different characters, one hilly, a couple going through city blocks, and a couple through a botanical garden. Excellent training!
We added one mass-start running interval at the end, 'cause Rob and I both felt like one more interval would be perfect.
Times:
2:49
3:04
3:05
2:46
3:11
1:25

C • Castle map 1

Jogging between intervals plus cool-down.