Training Log Archive: Danish Dynamite

Overall went poorly. In the first 2k I zoned out and took a wrong turn, it was another 8 minutes before I got back to the point. Even without that still ran the race in a similar time as I did last week. Last week I actually felt good and could have gone a lot quicker, but this week my legs just felt like they lacked energy, my stomach was cramping up in the first half, and a general feeling similar to the one of eating way too much before I run lasted the whole race. So I'll have to figure out this before the jwoc long distance

Went pretty poorly overall. A lack of focus on a few legs where I just wasn't paying enough attention going into control circles and often trying to run straight through the thick forest when perhaps not the wisest. Hans passed me on one of my mistakes and I got close to him again before making another mistake and that was it...

Warm up and running back after the course

Orienteering intervals. Lot's of thorns and undergrowth but the clear visibility makes up for it. Majority of the time longed is spent waiting around for others or jogging to keep moving. The actual course was 4.1 km. Went well overall, ran hard, and a few times took far to aggressive route choices trying to run through thick undergrowth. At times, I wasn't planning ahead enough or should had a better plan on the features I'd use.

Before and after

To the rail trail, on the rail trail, and back.

Orienteering training set by Meghan. A bit sloppy at times but more then anything it was more just the blooming vegetation and with small rocks littering the ground and knee high undergrowth it was quite hard to run. Fun terrain if you took a weed wacker to it though. The main thing I got to work on for Finland is taking far quicker (and precise) compass bearings.