Training Log Archive: BorisGr

After spectating the long qual, I jogged to the start of the spectator races with Alli and then back to the finish and did a lot of stretching. Feeling pretty sluggish all day.

Arrived in Vuokatti with Alli. We were met at the Kajaani train station by Ross and Cristina. Yay!
Along the way, we met Cesare, an Italian orienteer who is the man behind dog orienteering: http://www.ficss.it/page/dog-orienteering/2489

and http://www.ficss.it/sites/ficss.it/files/Rules%20d...

We went training on the middle model event terrain. It felt comfortable - there were no surprises in the terrain or mapping, other perhaps than the small size of some of the mapped cliffs. Ran around at a comfortable pace and felt like the orienteering flowed well.

Last session at home before heading over to Finland tomorrow. I ran orienteering intervals on Nåsten with Ross. The intervals were designed by Johan, and the controls were marked with either permanent Naturpasset controls or blue-yellow streamers. We did 6 intervals of 2-4 minutes and 2-4 controls each, and took turns giving each other 15-second head starts. Each third interval was a mass start. There were some pluses and minuses here. I seemed to orienteer well and confidently when I was in front, but definitely was too stressed and rushed when I was chasing. Also, legs did not feel super-fresh, so it's time to rest. A really good final session: nice to get going fast in the woods!

C • Nåsten 1

I got bitten by a sheep yesterday.

C • What the?! A sheep? 9

An orienteering course in Stadsskogen, shadowing Alli around.

Warmup and cooldown

OK Ravinen's 3-Kvällars race on Nacka reserve in Stockholm

It took forever to get here, so I am only running one of the three days. I felt like i needed to race at least once more before WOC to get back into my race routine and remember how it is all done.

This went ok - I was rusty at first, not really planning ahead or flowing through the controls, but this got better as the race went on. No real technical problems, but a few too many hesitations, especially in the first half of the course. Had pretty tired legs from the last couple of days' training, so probably could have run a minute or two faster just purely physically. Ended up about 7 minutes behind Millinger, who won. Ok result. Getting excited for Finland! I fly on Friday.

Splits: http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...

C • Good luck 1

Warmup

Intervals in Stadsskogen with Ross. We did 1 minute intervals with 1 minute rest, just like on Saturday.