Training Log Archive: Torino

Another "quick" run squeezed inbetween things to do with Molly and Christoph, actually today it was taking the Train to Zurich (they are flying out early on the 1st) and spending New Year's Eve with them in Zurich and the Grand fireworks after midnight (and taking the last Train back to Bern at 1 am!!).
Somehow, this run was very slow, my legs felt heavy either from lack of sleep or being way too hungry. Oh well, just felt good being outside.

Quick run before meeting Molly and Cristoph and going to Gruyère the biggest castle in Switzerland with visit to the famous cheese factory afterwards.
Fun trip and ending up having a Fondue at the Gruyère cheese place.

The run was quick and felt good. Hurried home of course to be on time.

Running from Sandra and Marc's place together with Molly and Christoph! Wonderful that they arrived yesterday morning and we all could celebrate Christmas (that is Christoph, Molly, Sandra, Marc and Matti, yipee).
Today it rained cats and Dogs, but in the mountains mostly southern and central parts it snowed 1.5 to 2 meters!! And Lago Maggiore is at flooding stage, wow.

Good to run after some good food and even better to run with the two of them even though they both have that youthful springy step that this steampowered hippo connot seem to find anymore. But lots of fun anyway to run through the woods and the vineyards of Cormondrèche.

C • Catching Up 2

I really, really had wanted to go for a run, but then in the afternoon, I realised that I was dragging and took a nap!
Did a crosstrainer workout while watching the beginning of "Driving Miss Daisy", very delightful and forgot parts of it. So re-watching it was fun.

Had Matti for 2 delightful days and we met Sandra Friday pm in town and then walked home. Sandra and Matti stayed for the night which was super.

Getting so much done today, so "forced" myself to get out before it got dark. It was another sunny day and we broke the record for sunshine hours in December!! I'll take that light and sun any day and I know the fog most often just started on the outskirts of Berne. Strange, strange, but I'm not complaining.
Good run, I was several minutes faster than last Thursday. Maybe the 2-day break was good?
Was at work yesterday which is always quite hectic as I Need to get all the caring-for-plants and decorations taken care of in around 4 hours plus some chatting. Our Chef de Service had a heart attack on Sunday, he only was 47 years old and has a 5-year-old son. Everyone was/is shocked about that. It's also hard to replace somebody like that just before the big Holiday rush.
We just Need to be thankful every day for our health and life.

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C • Wow, what a good long run. ... 2

Had another good downhill half-day: we skied for about 4 hours almost non-stop. And, after a cloudy morning (we only started after 11 am with a reduced-fee ticket) the sun came out. It ended being a beautiful sunny, though cold, afternoon.
There's Little snow left from the masses we received some 3 weeks ago and it has been sunny since. But they made machine-made snow all week (and the lifts are still closed during the week), so that snow was perfect for us to ski on.
Note: On the last Ultra-Long downhill down to the car parking which lasts over half an hour non-stop, I must have crossed the skis and fell and slid for quite a ways not being able to untangle my legs nor break the sliding. My knees did not like that at all. But when the legs were again side by side as they should be (I needed help for that), I did not feel much pain in my knees. However, at home after sitting for awhile, I am now feeling some swelling. Also my right shoulder I fell on is complaining as well.
Hopefully, with some ibu and time this will soon be forgotten.

C • Oh no! 2

Another beautiful sunny day in Berne. A quick run before we're headed up to Adelboden to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our first date! Unbelievable, it's been that Long, but then, so much has happened These past 10 years :-)), very good things!

C • molto bello 6

Kicked myself out the door to go for another easy run. I just cannot seem to run/move faster when it is that cold. But it felt good to be outside when the sun was Setting.
We're having beautiful sunny days in Bern and not far away, only driving 10 min towards the West I was engulfed in the thickest of fog yesterday when dropping off Matti. I guess, for a change, we are lucky with the cold temps that does not allow fog to form.

A quick crosstrainer session (watching the funeral Services for Mandela) before meeting Christine for lunch.
Later in the afternoon, I would go and meet Sandra half-way and take home Matti. As I haven't seen him for 2 weeks, I was kind of nervous whether he still recognized me and how it would go. He welcomed me with the biggest smile imaginable. All's fine then.

The first downhill day of this winter. Another spectacular day and we went to Adelboden for 6 hours of skiing. Nice and easy, enjoyed it tremendously.

C • Woot!! 1

My first cross-country ski of the season. Opted to go skateskiing starting from Tête de Ran and finishing in Vue-des-Alpes. The tracks were not done to go on towards Mont Racine, so did one Loop twice in different directions.
Felt surprisingly good on my skate skis even though the hills seemed steeper than I remembered.

Note: at the beginning I felt like I had a "kink" in my right ankle which would not go away turning to pain. All of a sudden it dawned on me this was the ankle I injured so much during the sprint qual at WMOC! Now it really hurt and I could pinpoint two definite Points and I am sure the one Ligament was torn entirely and the other prob. partially.
So it still needs some time to heal and I will have to tape my ankle for skate skiing.

Ah, did I say that the weather was gorgeous, Little windy, cold, but just beautiful!

Woke up with a severe headache at 5 am and could not shake it. My body felt like it had been run over by a truck. Do I get sick?
Slowly throughout the day I started moving around the apartment again, went grocery shopping and then even went on an easy run which did me lots of good.
Wonder whether I felt the big pressure difference in our parts caused by the big storm that went over Northern Germany, Dänemark, Southern Sweden into Poland? I do feel the weather quite a bit in Berne, already did when growing up here. But as soon as I moved away, only to Zurich, I never had headaches anymore except when I was sick.

Did another Fitness visit w 30min on Thema Bike andere 10 min on crosstrainer. The weather was dismal in Berlin, cold and rain, so I returned to the hotel early.
After the shower we repacked and went to the airport for home.

Used again the gym at the Hotel and did
5 k and over 15 min on the bike and
3.5 k and 25 min on the treadmill
each with warm-up and quick cool-down.
Then 15 min in bio-Sauna at 60 degrees which is just right for me.

Went to explore the gym in our Hotel in Berlin and did

15 min on some Kind of step-trainer, then 20 min on treadmill. Good workout.
Finished up with 15 min in bio-Sauna at 60 degrees.
Great relaxed Feeling to go out for dinner on the Gendarmen market which has a beautiful Christma market with outstanding decorations. Kept exploring further at the Potsdamer Square with more beautiful Christmas markets and decorations, some built out of Legos! (see my Facebook pix).

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