Training Log Archive: TGIF

BBA 20:00 [1] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

Running warm up/down 35:00 [1] 7.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

Orienteering (Continental) race 29:25 [5] *** 5.7 km (5:10 / km)
26c shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

North American Orienteering Championships, middle distance at Storrs Pond.

A lot better terrain than I expected after visiting the model event and the warm-up maps. Mostly quite fast running, but a bit tricky in a couple of places. Tomorrow´s long might be the highlight of the weekend, with a great terrain.


Results

Orienteering (Nordic) 1:00:00 [1] *** 9.0 km (6:40 / km)
16c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

BBA 30:00 [1] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

Running warm up/down 40:00 [1] 7.0 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

Orienteering (Continental) 33:40 [3] *** 5.1 km (6:36 / km)
19c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

On my way to North American Orienteering Championships, I stopped at Moreau Lake (about half way between NYC and Montreal, in Adirondacks) today to run the course of US middle distance champs 2013.



Absolutely World Class terrain. Good runnability, rather low visibility, and a great map, even though the cliffs were some of the smallest I have ever seen on a map. Really enjoyed that one, and it remembered me a lot about the best parts of Le Semnoz (World Cup 2010 in France).


Moreau Lake…


…from the start.

BBA 45:00 [1] 7.0 km (6:26 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 31

Cross Training 2:00:00 [3]

Orienteering (Continental) 1:00:37 [1] *** 8.8 km (6:53 / km)
15c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

A short training at legendary Surebridge Mountain this morning. Reran a course from our 2009 camp with the US team. A lot more undergrowth in many places, but still highly enjoyable.

Cross Training 1:00:00 [1]

Orienteering (Continental) race 58:19 [5] *** 11.1 km (5:15 / km)
21c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

US Classic distance championships, day 2, at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.

A shorter course compare to yesterday, with a bit more of middle distance character and 1/10.000 scale. Still the same fun, even if today´s weather felt like entering a Swedish sauna, with a humidity which remembered me the WOC in Japan, back in 2005. And from what I heard, it was pretty cold and dry compare to some weeks ago… The highlight of the course was surely the last part of the race, in downhill and greens, where the map was really accurate. Next is Harriman Park.


Results

Running warm up/down 30:00 [3] 5.5 km (5:27 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

Orienteering (Continental) 1:05:57 [1] *** 7.98 km (8:16 / km)
26c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

Drove to Harriman State Park after the competition, and ran a training I had set for US Armed Forces at Turkey Mountain.

Not as nice as I expected/hoped, as the undergrowth was quite dense in many parts of the terrain.


Moved the first control on what I think is the correct stone.




Just enough undergrowth to make it quite slow.

Running warm up/down 40:00 [1] 8.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

Orienteering (Continental) race 1:17:40 [5] *** 14.9 km (5:13 / km)
23c shoes: VJ Irock summer 2016

US Classic distance championships, day 1, at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.

This area had not been used for orienteering for quite a long time due to access rights, but it has a rich history, going back to the very beginnings of the sport in the US.
Björn Kjellström, the inventor of the modern compass, lived in Pound Ridge from the 1950s, and founded the United States Orienteering Federation. He produced the first maps in the US, starting with the Reservation.


Results

It was a pretty nice and warm day today. Good visibility (mainly oaks) and a good map (lidar-based) meant quite high speed all the way. The southern part was more challenging and looked a lot like the trickiest part of Harriman Park (WOC93).

Really enjoyed the atmosphere in and around the event, and I am looking forward to another fun day tomorrow.


Loved the run-in.


Maze-O as well.


The American´ legend is still alive.


The highlight of my day was surely when I visited the orienteering shop at TC, and the owner of the shop - a lovely 60+ Lady, read my name on my bib number, and asked "so you are from Canada?" Yeah, almost. Refreshing! Well, I am not running for a Swedish club neither ; )