Training Log Archive: gg

SM long distance. 8th place, 4 minutes behind, but only 1.17 from third place. Good race, caught Martin Johansson but he got away on a route choice. Map on my website

Evening game

Swedish champs long distance qualification. Had 3rd start, 9.35. I'm usually still asleep then. Despite that, I ran pretty well, caught up first and second starters, and finished 2nd in my heat, 1.30 behind Michel Horacek. I felt great physically, but I am still scrappy in the circle - made small mistakes at 6 controls totalling 3.40 (none bigger than a minute though). The 14th control was horrible - it was a small knoll on a slope in white forest just before a green area. On the basis of all the rest of the course, the white should be beautiful and runnable with great visibility, and the green should be really obvious. However, the slope was very rocky, all a bit green, and it seemed like the control was actually in the green - very hard to understand the map, and many people were having problems there. 13 out of 30 people on my heat made a mistake on that control according to Winsplits, and I am sure it is similar on other heats. Not a good control. Was a bit scrappy on the control after that too - need to focus well tomorrow, shape is good, need to be clean into the controls.

Results here
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...

http://www.matstroeng.se/maps/show_map.php?id=78
Mats was in a different heat, but similar course - only the old map though as the race tomorrow has same finish.

Technical training in Stava on 1:15,000 map before tomorrow. Really nice north Stockholm terrain, but quite relevant for the weekend also.
Includes short jog to the start and back after

Easy run with Tom Hodel, staying with me for a week.

Run from Bosön with mum

Long session with Jonn Are. Bought some shoes :)