Training Log Archive: tnipen

Running 25:00 [2] 4.0 km (6:15 / km)
shoes: Hyperspeed 4

Running 40:00 [2] 7.0 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: Mizuno WR 2011 orange

Orienteering race 1:24:47 [3] 11.5 km (7:22 / km) +400m 6:17 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Annual 2-mila mass-start orienteering race in Asker. Did the 10k course. ~30s behind on #1, as I was the only one that took the route around. Caught the lead pack on the trails to #2. Took a short cut towards #2, through a marsh, and got ahead, but lost it when I started looking too early. Back of the pack to #3, but lead the way to #4 and got ahead. Still ahead at #5, but was unsure about running on the farmer fields, so the pack of 3 merged on to the road ahead of me.

Really tired going up the hill to 6, and had to let Pål Skogedal and another guy go. Started losing my mind and went down a parallel ridge towards 6, quickly realized, but had to sidehill a ways to get back. Hit the wall going towards 8, and tried to just finish without mistakes.

2nd place. Fast time by Louise in 1:41. Results. Nice "Oslo 3-days", but definitely out of energy today.

Trail running 5:00 [2] 1.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Orienteering 1:05:44 [2] 7.92 km (8:18 / km) +325m 6:53 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Geoform race at Skytterkollen. Not a good race by me at all. Started out fast, but quickly lost focus. Bad bearing out of 6, was really confused when I hit the trail at an odd angle.

Very strange course setting today (check out 1, 3, 8).

Running warm up/down 5:00 [2] 0.5 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Orienteering 1:05:01 [3] 7.43 km (8:45 / km) +290m 7:19 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Harry Lagert night-O final. Ran the Lokal course. Tough terrain, and cloudbase was at 300m, so most of the course was in dense fog, couldn't see hills 10m in front of me. Behind Jostein to #4, then we took different routes on the long leg. Was lost for the majority of the long leg, but managed to relocate off a river about 700m before the control.

Had a real hard time to follow the compass, every time I looked at it, I was going a completely different direction than last time.

Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 3.0 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Trail running 1:48:53 [2] 15.91 km (6:51 / km) +278m 6:18 / km
shoes: Mizuno WA 2010

Running 1:04:19 [3] 13.71 km (4:42 / km) +393m 4:06 / km
shoes: Mizuno WA 2010

Orienteering race 1:07:57 [3] 7.71 km (8:49 / km) +295m 7:24 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Geoform race from Skar in Maridalen. Ran on Mellomkollen, a terrain rarely used for orienteering. Pouring rain and a good 5-10cm of snow at the top of the hill. Before start, it appeared that today's adventured would be one of those epic courses where you start out really gung ho, knowing that each mistake wears out your hardcoredness until it's shriveled into a deflated helium balloon and you just want to go home. However, despite a massive blunder at 3, my spirits were high due to the cool forest at the top, and I had great fun the whole way around.

Trail running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Running 40:00 [2] 7.0 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: Mizuno WR 2011 orange

Orienteering race 38:01 [3] 4.84 km (7:52 / km) +162m 6:44 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Harry Lagert night-o race number 3. Nice open terrain, with vague contours. Tried to attack #1 from the saddle on the trail, but didn't climb enough and assumed I'd easily see the reflector from a long distance. No such luck. The rest was good navigationally, just a bit hesitant, and didn't push the pace that much.

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Orienteering race 51:12 [4] 6.68 km (7:40 / km) +50m 7:23 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

25-manna korten. M21E-2. Insane terrain right off the bat, a bit beyond my capabilities. Ran on a rough bearing towards #1, and immediately got lost. Found 2 other controls before mine. This was a good reminder to take it super slow the next few controls. Built up some confidence, but then lost control again going into #6. Took a bad route out of 7 and didn't take the nice valley route to 8. Lost a few more mins at 8.

The rest went a bit better, after I realized that you need full control all the way to the feature. A sobering experience. Would be fun to give this terrain another try sometime.

Overall a fun weekend. Superb terrain, and the relay was much bigger than I had imaged (300+ teams). Bus trip was fun too.

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Orienteering race 35:50 [4] 5.63 km (6:22 / km) +47m 6:07 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Running warm up/down 30:00 [2] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva

Running 30:00 [2] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)

Orienteering race 3:40:58 [3] 24.92 km (8:52 / km) +868m 7:33 / km
shoes: VJ Sarva

Kjempesprekken ("mega-bonk") race in Nordmarka. Hiked for half an hour from the parking lot to a cool club hut far into the woods. Then an 18.8km mass-start partner race, with food after 12km. Team Kip&Gebr had high hopes for a good placing in this epic race. Stayed in a nice pack of 4 teams for the first 4 controls. Went right onto the road to #5, got to #5 at exactly the same time as another team going left. Pulled away going to #6 and got a 1/2 min lead.

Fell going out of #8, and my lower quad landed on a small stump. Hurt like hell, and changed our route so I could run it off on the road. Then I wasn't paying attention on the orienteering, and we lost 10 minutes on controls 9-11. Saw three teams blow by.

We underestimated how long the second loop was, and didn't stop for long enough to refuel properly at the hut. Poor Mathias went on a kjempesprekk, which didn't help when I kept getting us lost.

Made it to the finish and destroyed Louise's team by... nearly 14 minutes, a big improvement over the last 3h race I did against her (Lynn Valley Score-O).

Nipen brothers will be back next year. Results.

Running warm up/down 36:20 [2] 4.68 km (7:46 / km)
shoes: Asics Nimbus 2011

Running 18:03 [3] 4.48 km (4:02 / km) +85m 3:41 / km
shoes: Asics Nimbus 2011

Tempo 24:47 [4] 7.14 km (3:28 / km) +115m 3:13 / km
shoes: Hyperspeed 4

Running warm up/down 37:02 [2] 4.66 km (7:57 / km)
shoes: Hyperspeed 4