Training Log Archive: OJ

Long run back from Jen's Gran's house in Darton, some of it on the trans-Pennine cycle trail and through Wharnecliffe. Pretty boring route really, all on firm trails and all pretty flat, although I added a couple of hills in towards the end. Ran quite fast and felt good in my legs, but tired in my head, not surprising after a non-stop weekend of fun.

Great Kinder Beer Barrel Race, first place and just 19 seconds down on our own WR from two years ago. This year the team was the strongest it has been with Capt'n Pete, Little Rob, Baker, Nails, Speaky, Richard and Tom. Everyone pulled their weight and it seemed like we did everything right, except for three tactical errors: 1. We lost time on the route up to the top of Kinder, 2. we fell in a thigh-deep bog and got stuck for a while, and 3. we were all hung over from Dave and Kathy's wedding the night before. But never mind, it was a great team performance and a great day out!

Jogging about warming up and faffing about at the finish.

HFW.

I was pretty hopeless tonight - too tired after travelling home all morning.

Jogging around a really boring sprint course near the centre of Trondheim. Legs pretty tired, good to loosen them up a bit. Followed by ficka and a stroll around the sprint final area.

Route choice training on a nice area out to the E of the city, where it turns out I ran the nordics many years ago. Tested out routes with GG and Rhoderi, which made it easier to find the motivation in the pouring rain.

Had pizza in the comms tower in the evening, and shared a 1.35l pitcher of beer which cost us 207kr, or a little over £20. Ouch.

Long run out to the start in the arvo, and a shorter run back.

Middle distance course on a lower-level forest with mixed vegetation and a few more paths. Ran at a decent pace and felt pretty good considering, but made a few mistakes on a less than perfect map.

Warm up and down on a forest road, felt much better after the session. Also warm up to the start in the arvo, no warm down.

Another middle-style session, this time on an upland, marshy area with some fine detail. Set off with the other lads to compare route choices, but straight away it turned into a race. I got left behind when I tried a different route around a lake, and ran the rest of it on my own, getting more and more demotivated in the heavy rain. Not a great session, but I guess I got something out of it anyway...

Great session on an upland area above Trondheim, with spectacular views of the fjords. Ran as economically as possible, but you needed to put a bit of effort in just to get around this course, which was planned in a huge circle to take away any chance for a cut-off. One of the nicest orienteering sessions for ages, reminded me of the Warrior O trial in places. The whale felt a bit heavy on some of the hills...

C • second lap after dinner? 1

Sprint training round a nice forest/park course on the fjord. Ran steady but well through the short legs at the start, but then took a poor route choice and tried to miss out the last loop at the end (a leg went straight through the start). Pretty tired!

To the start and back in the am, then jogged out to the sprint area and back with GG and Helen B. Had the dizziness by the end, good feeling.