Training Log Archive: Torino

Nat A-meet in Stein a.Rhein on German border. Beautiful woods, open, fast running. It was humbling to realise how fast some of these old ladies can run!! Made mistakes on #1+2 for lack of concentration, then I could start speeding up. Must have fumbled on some legs anyway when I compare my times with some of the others. At 2nd last control completely missed seeing the last control and ran far down when i realised that the circle I was heading towards were the finish circles!! Climbing back up, losing at least 3 minutes, probably 4 :-(. Ahh, I am still struggling with lack of competition edge, and this was an easy course, so I did not concentrate enough. My plus are sprints or technically hard courses as I seem to be able to concentrate quite well and fare better than others.

Run Bleiki and faster again; cracked the 42 min up! goal is to get there under 40 min someday. 41.50 up and 22.52 down. It was good to rest from running for 2 days as my legs were tired from the Bikeride on Monday. I just need longer recovery time since I'm older ;-(. It will take awhile until I will have built up my form again after 4 years of injuries/surgeries/recoveries. BUT, i can run again :-))).

Teaching 2 yoga classes, some power; feels so good on the sore muscles!

Nordic Walking at new hour to Lombach

Eve.teaching new conditioning class, no running today :-( I changed my classes to a winter schedule, and I have to find a new rhythm to fit the running in.

Same course as last Tuesday with Jun.hotel owner (S.Zimann) and temporun for me. Feel last night's bike training! Still, I'm 2 min faster than last week :-).
13.49 first bridge Lombach; 26.28 down bridge at Lake Thun and 28.48 back to hotel.

Up Harder-road to Ruedi's Hüttli; at this time it is dark already!

C • The planet's a movin' 4

Try my new mt.bike and ride from hotel around Lake of Brienz. Beautiful fall evening first high above the lake on trails and then back on other side mostly on roads in the dark. Push hard. Also wanted to check whether I should even consider running the foot race in 2 weeks. It is such a local highlight around here (like the Garden race in CS), everybody is cheering, but still, it is 35 km long!

Teaching two Fitball Core Strength classes