Training Log Archive: riinaF

Waterstown parkrun

My first parkrun!
I aimed to at least get under 35mins, kinda hoping to get at least close to 30min.
First km was mostly downhill, I'm okay with that! First loop was okay as I was with people. On the second loop I started to struggle because I was all alone, no one in front of me or back. The last km going uphill was tough but not as tough as I thought!
Under 30 could be doable on a flat course maybe or if it was a bit cooler!

Quick jog after work to get the legs moving after Jukola

Jukola relay, 3rd leg

Write up to follow

Leg length was 12,6km and I ran 15,37km. Official time was 2h 36min and my watch agrees.

Result on my leg was 1468th out of 1803. I started 1608th place and brought us up 49 places, finishing at 1559th place. Overall Rastiaasit 1 was 1379th.

Venla relay, 1st leg

First time running Venla and first time in the mass start of a major relay! I was a bit nervous but the start was actually okay. Super warm weather and very dusty, could've used more than two drink stations.

You know you nailed the route choice to the first control when about 700m in you're all alone..... I think I just confused the paths in the beginning, followed them too far and that point just cut across the open area where I was, all alone. Also bit hesitation closer to the circle so not the safe start to the race I was aiming for.

Should've known this but still got surprised by the amount of people in the forest and how much I just ran with people. Earlier years I've been more alone. Probably that's why I don't remember even running some of the legs..

On the way to 4 I made the first mistake of reading a suppa as a hill. Didn't affect my route choice or running really but was funny!

I felt 5-8 were the only potentially tricky controls. 5 was easy because of an open area and also because it was a tv control so all had it. To 6 I just followed a queue. 7 I took it safe taking the trail. 8 I was going to go trail again. Then somehow I decided not to follow the path down the hill but stay high. Which wouldve been fine, except the control was down... Luckily cut across the crowd coming up from the control so fixed it fast.

9 I have no memory of my routechoice. Looks good on QR though so cant complain! Rest of the controls were pretty straightforward then, trail running. Looking back my routechoice to the spectator control wasn't optimal in either of the races.

Overall I thought the course was surprisingly easy. I was also surprised by how much people worked together in the forest and at times I actually found it annoying when people started asking for the next code and 'what's our plan?'. Won't miss running first leg next year but want to experience Jukola start in 2020 (with no night-o). Physically I felt okay, hot and dry weather was tough and could've done slightly better on a colder day but still felt okayish. I'm just not fast or strong enough physically to do great even when orienteering goes well.

Leg length was 6,1km and I ran 7,5km. Official time was 1h 11min and my watch time is 1h 13min (stopped it only a bit after changeover).

Final leg result was 988th out of 1577. Overall KeKi 1 was 561st.

HS event in Salmi, 5km course

Nice longish legs where you had to focus on route choice! All good to 1-2, then mistakes on 3 and 4. Went pretty straight until 4, then path option to 5 (don't know if there were any other choices really). 5, 6 and 7 all okay, mixed paths and going straight.

Last orienteering before Jukola and I had fun. Legs felt a bit heavy at the beginning but got better towards the end.

I think I'll do a short run on Wednesday and that's it for this week.

Jogging from finish to the download and to the car

30 Days of Yoga, day 14

Yoga with Adriene, Yoga for Flexibility

This was nothing special, just stretches. Looks like 30 Days of Yoga is Adriene's best video series!

Yoga with Adriene: Yoga for Runners

Decided to try this! Just different asanas stretching hips etc, no strength stuff. Could notice some tight spots so I think I should continue doing this at least sometimes. 30 Days of Yoga feels a bit better though since it's more variety, everything from stretching to strength and balance.

30 Days of Yoga, day 13

Today was fun, some stretches, binds and balance stuff!