Training Log Archive: TGIF

BBA 35:00 [1] 3.5 km (10:00 / km)
slept:8.0 weight:73.9kg shoes: HOKA Speedgoat

Running 8:00 [1] 1.4 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Orienteering (Nordic) 1:21:23 [2] *** 10.42 km (7:49 / km)
23c shoes: VJ Bold 7

Training in Prestebakke (World Cup 2015 terrain).

Nice to start again the specific preparation for WOC 2016. Far from optimal today, but it always takes time to remember it is not 2,5 contours intervals here, and therefore all route-choices need a little more caution. Rusty at the beginning, and a little bit too excited to meet up with Frenchies, ended in miss-punching the 4th control too…



The steeper slopes with cliffs will definitively be one of the main challenge at WOC. Either going up or down can be tough. It is really hard to make a good drawing from those specific areas and give a clear idea about the different passages between the cliffs. But, at least, the new coming ISOM where the impassable features will not be allowed to pass (like in ISSOM) will probably make it a bit more fair.


Always nice to speak some french (also rusty), and even nicer to have a birthday pie waiting at the finish! #tack

Cross Training 1:30:00 [1]
slept:6.0 weight:74.1kg

BBA 35:00 [1] 3.5 km (10:00 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:74.1kg shoes: HOKA Speedgoat

Cross Training 1:10:00 [1]

BBA 35:00 [1] 3.5 km (10:00 / km)
slept:9.5 weight:74kg shoes: HOKA Speedgoat

Running 1:06:07 [3] 10.8 km (6:07 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

E-bike 55:00 [1]

Orienteering (Nordic) 13:57 [4] *** 2.8 km (4:59 / km)
53c shoes: VJ Irock 2016

With such a nice weather, I couldn´t resist to end a nice Easter week-end with two micro-sprints in Kung Björns Hög and högbergsparken.




Area around the start triangle.

Running warm up/down 10:00 [1] 2.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock 2016

Orienteering (Nordic) 1:22:10 [1] *** 11.5 km (7:09 / km)
32c slept:9.5 weight:74.5kg shoes: VJ Bold 7

Training day in Stockholm.

A quick trip to south Stockholm to enjoy some of the best terrains there. Started the day at Getaren (10mila 2011). Lovely.

Running warm up/down 28:00 [1] 4.9 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Orienteering (Nordic) 55:53 [2] *** 7.6 km (7:21 / km)
13c shoes: VJ Bold 7

A quick visit at Paradiset too. Not much to add, as everything is already said with the name of this nature reserve.



Tried to speed-up a bit in the middle part with the "normal" map, but somehow the gulaschsoppa and blåbärspaj (highly recommended though) from lida friluftsgård wasn´t helping much.

Running warm up/down 9:08 [1] 1.5 km (6:05 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Orienteering (Nordic) 34:15 [5] *** 6.93 km (4:57 / km)
22c slept:9.0 weight:74.5kg shoes: VJ Bold 7

Diamond in Järlåsa.



Well, I was pretty alone there this morning, as it was a training I set for OK Linné couple of weeks ago and couldn´t join because of my shin inflammation. This area has been remapped lately, and even though it is small, it is really enjoyable. Especially when it is now totally snow free, which wasn´t the case two weeks ago.


Pretty decent weather this morning. Spring is in the air…

Running warm up/down 40:00 [1] 7.5 km (5:20 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Road bike 1:30:00 [1]

Running 1:07:38 [2] 11.99 km (5:38 / km)
slept:9.5 weight:74.3kg shoes: VJ Irock 2016

Orienteering (Nordic) 1:30:48 [1] ** 12.8 km (7:06 / km)
28c shoes: VJ Bold 7

Running 1:28:30 [1] 16.7 km (5:18 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:73.8kg shoes: VJ Irock 2016

Running warm up/down 53:00 [1] 8.7 km (6:06 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Orienteering (Nordic) 32:31 [5] *** 6.1 km (5:20 / km)
19c slept:9.5 weight:74.5kg shoes: VJ Bold 7

Middle distance in Stenhagen.



A small forest, west of Uppsala, which gets smaller and smaller while the town is expanding. Still, it is one of my favourite place, with slightly different forms than the ones you find in Nåsten or Lunsen.

A rather good technical performance, except for the last control where I did a parallel mistake. Annoying. The game is not over until it is.

Cross Training 1:30:00 [1]

Cross Training 1:15:00 [1]

Orienteering (Nordic) 1:09:16 [5] *** 11.6 km (5:58 / km)
33c slept:9.0 weight:74.3kg shoes: VJ Bold 7

O-intervals in Siggefora.

A snowy morning here in Uppsala, but when you haven´t been orienteering for a long time, you need more than this to kill your enthusiasm.


6 times about 1,5 km, with 2min rest in-between.

Even if there is a clear lack of rhythm, at least it feels easy to focus on the technical task at the moment. Hungry for orienteering.


One of those mornings where the weather doesn´t matter much, and you are just happy to breathe fresh air and be healthy. #StandWithBrussels

Running 25:00 [1] 5.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Cross Training 1:35:00 [1]

Cross Training 2:20:00 [1]
slept:7.0 weight:74.5kg

Orienteering (Nordic) 46:15 [1] *** 6.7 km (6:54 / km)
12c slept:8.5 weight:74.3kg shoes: VJ Bold 7

Choosing Tjäderleksbergen for a restart with technical work was not a bad choice. It was pretty wet and cold this morning, but my enjoyment level was sky-high.



At the beginning, I felt like an elephant in a porcelain store, but already by the end of the training I was more comfortable in the terrain. I will probably need couple of trainings in forest though, to get back the mobility and ankles strength to normal. But, damn, I love this game! : )

Running warm up/down 15:00 [1] 2.6 km (5:46 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold 7

Cross Training 1:20:00 [1]

Cross Training 1:00:00 [1]

Running 1:05:00 [2] 13.7 km (4:45 / km)
slept:8.0 weight:74.4kg shoes: VJ Irock 2016

Finally back with some running, after 2-3 weeks of alternative trainings.

I have been struggling with an inflammation in the lower part of my shin. The reasons are still little bit unclear, except of quite much running on hard surfaces due to the period where we had snow here in Uppsala.

Went to get an MRI quickly, as the pain was rather the same as back in 2012, when I got a stress-fracture in tibia. This time, nothing could be seen in the bone, but I still had to stop running for a while. The main difference with 2012 might have been that, this time, I stopped early enough and just had to deal with some kind of shin splints. Anyway, a good warning and, even if nothing is for sure, I will try to stay on the safe side now.

The first runs has not been really powerful yet, but I am not starting from zero neither. I tried to become better at different things (flexibility, core-strength, cooking : ), and those days have been anyway filled with alternative trainings, like biking, open stride, alter-G, swimming and aqua-running. Plenty of fun toys, but no one which really match the feeling of being outside running in a snow storm… #feelingalive


Thanks to Telge Rehab in Södertälje, and the great support of Tommy Tedelund there, I got again the chance to get the feeling to run on the moon, with only 20% of my weight.

Cross Training 1:20:00 [2]

Cross Training 1:00:00 [1]

Running 46:00 [1] 9.8 km (4:42 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:74.6kg shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

Cross Training 2:20:00 [1]

Cross Training 1:10:00 [1]

Running 26:00 [1] 4.8 km (5:25 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:74.4kg shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

Road bike 2:05:00 [3]

Cross Training 2:15:00 [1]
slept:9.0 weight:75.2kg

Road bike 1:35:00 [1]

BBA 40:00 [1]
slept:9.0 weight:74.8kg

Cross Training 2:30:00 [2]

Cross Training 1:30:00 [2]
slept:8.0 weight:74.4kg

Cross Training 1:15:00 [1]

Cross Training 2:00:00 [1]
slept:8.5 weight:75kg

Road bike 1:45:00 [3]

Cross Training 2:20:00 [1]
slept:8.5 weight:75.2kg

Cross Training 1:30:00 [2]

BBA 40:00 [1]
slept:8.0 weight:75kg

Cross Training 1:45:00 [1]

Cross Training 50:00 [1]

BBA 30:00 [1]
slept:8.5 weight:76kg

CrossFit 30:00 [5]

Cross Training 1:45:00 [1]

Cross Training 1:15:00 [1]

Cross Training 2:00:00 [2]
slept:8.5

Cross Training 30:00 [1]

BBA 30:00 [1]
slept:8.0 weight:75.6kg

Cross Training 1:30:00 [3]

Cross Training 1:00:00 [1]

CrossFit 30:00 [5]
slept:8.5 weight:76kg

Cross Training 1:25:00 [1]

Cross Training 50:00 [1]

CrossFit 45:00 [3]

Stationary bike 1:00:00 [2]

Cross Training 1:30:00 [1]

Cross Training 1:00:00 [1]

Stationary bike 1:00:00 [1]
slept:9.0 weight:75.9kg

Running 1:00:00 [3] 13.0 km (4:37 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Cross Training 1:50:00 [1]