Training Log Archive: Elvis

Even being quite tired, opened cycling season - it was not difficult to drive easily. Home - VP - old town - Antakalnis - Tapeliai - Zirmunai - home. Also opened swimming season - took short dip in Tapeliai lake - water a little bit cold still. Feel quite exhausted after cycling trip.

AVG 15,79 km/h, MAX 42,70 km/h.

Don't remember when last time have had luxury opportunity to run on Saturday morning. Before training felt myself not very strong, and the feeling was right - from beginning barely could run as there wasn't any power in my legs, so was moving very slowly and my shape was like I didn't took any physical activity for whole month, while made only 6 days' break. Somehow succeeded to complete one usual loop in VP, taking a lot of mental power for it.

Didn't find time for O-Thursday, but at the end of the work day some strange pain in the chest caught me (the same as some months ago), so decided avoid the risk and take the rest day once again.

No time for O-Tuesday - business supper in the evening. Maybe next time.

Kaunas championships in Ezerelis, middle distance. Was quite unlucky with start protocols, as started almost at the end, after me only two persons started (Cambas only took his map). After 3th CP started to wait for Mindaugas Stulgys to catch me up (4' behind). 4th CP - 45'' mistake. 6th CP - somehow couldn't get decent direction and went far left - 1'15'' mistake. Thought that Stulgys overtook me here. 10th CP - 15''. 13th CP - a game "find a lonely pit somewhere in white forest". Was unlucky, as ran nearby and didn't see it (it was to the right), so have had to come back and relocate from other pits - 2' mistake. Leaving the pit was surprised to see Stulgys coming, but showed him the CP. To 14th CP - after him, but barely could keep his pace. To 15th thought that lost him, but he went slightly to the right and I caught him on the track. 16th CP - Mindaugas was making mistake again and I almost caught him once again. Then he climbed up the hill and after I climbed up - didn't see him anymore, and finished the course alone, but without any other mistakes.
Overall: 4'15'' of mistakes, but at least 2'15'' were compensated by running after Mindaugas, so quite not bad race :) Was suprised to see that overtook Rimvydas A :)
It was second race in a row (including Thursday), when there were no cramp or pre-cramp issues in my legs.

O-Thursday in Medziakalnis, first during this season for me. Somehow was without power today, somehow tired, to started easily, trying to run without mistakes, but it didn't happen. 2nd CP - 15'', 3rd - after 2nd CP took wrong path - 1', in CP place didn't understand outdated map - another 1'. 4th - 30'', 8th - 45'' while trying to find a way to pass water channel, another 45'' - was caught on parallel features. 10th - another 1' for passing channel, 11th - the swamp was unpassable, it took 45'' to check, then ran around. 12th - just another road through meadow was not seen - 30'', then mistake near CP - 1'30''. To 13th didn't understand the map - 30''. 14th - 1'. At the end was fed up with that long course and started almost walking. Total mistakes: 9'30'', quite much. But also don't know what course planner was thinking making such long course in Medziakalnis... And the map needs to be updated ASAP, glad was to hear that author of the map thinks the same.

C • Viskas ten passable :) 2

O-Tuesday in Dvarcionys, almost "home map". Came before traffic jam (unusually lucky day) and started early, with GJ. After second CP somehow lost all running power and GJ overtook me. Until 5th CP, when our courses split, still saw his back some meters ahead. 6th CP - 15'' - was near pit but couldn't understand why don't see CP. Saw it only when other runner from hill ran down - the prism was on the other side of the tree up the hill. After that rest somehow found some power in myself and started to run faster again. 13th - 20'', 15th CP - didn't understand the map, was trying to find the pit on the slope, but the pit was a way on the top - 2'30''. Total: 3' of mistakes, quite much for this map. Exactly the same amount lost to wudu. Whatever.

Event: Vilnius 2009
 

Vilnius 2009 multiday event, first day, short distance, DISQ.
Made two mistakes, one of them - fatal. Started keeping Rybakovaite's pace, on 3rd control made 45'' mistake (and saw how Jauniskis is doing the same mistake). To the 7th CP was finally caught by him, to 10th CP we were caught by Rapolas and Songinas. Before 12th CP could not keep train's pace and was left alone, so slowed down. To 15th CP was caught by Simonas Krepsta and his train (Mindaugas Stulgys and Edgaras Voveris). Took a ride with them almost until 16th CP, then they disappeared. Running to 19th CP was already tired and was almost walking. As was very tired, made fatal mistake - even seeing, that there is no direct red line between 19th and 21th, neverless ran to 21th. Later one leg was almost caught by cramp, even after eating magnesium whole week. Only after finish saw there was 20th CP...
This "short" distance was definitely too long for me today.

C • U?uojauta 2

(work day)
Work work work - "work, buy, consume - die". No time even for O-Tuesday. Maybe on June.

Supporting clubmates in Vilnius championships relay. Even climbed up the winner's rostrum and took medals for the second elite men place, as all elite winners were already gone.

On loop in VP. Legs tired, maybe because didn't see asphalt for some time. After 19' - pain in the chest which couldn't suffer, so took 2' walking. Later - pain again and took 5' walking. Then somehow succeeded to run again and finish.

Home - O-Tuesdays event center in Karolinishkes.

O-Tuesday in Karolinishkes. 6th CP - didn't see the right route choice - 45'', 7th CP - got confused by Evaldas and Rasa - 1'30'', 8th CP - didn't see the right route choice and made small mistake in CP area - 2'. After 11th CP cramp caught left leg, after another 100 meters - also right leg, but as was still so fucking angry, it didn't stop me, just lost 30% of the speed (in flat terrain - even more). Finished almost walking, with cramp in both legs.
Total - about 4'30'' of mistakes, not very bad.

Tiredness after yesterday's competition. Even long sleep didn't help to recover. Happy that didn't register to Vilnius championships.

C • Vilnius2009 3

Kaunas championships, long distance, V21B course. Started very well, but to the second CP made 3'30'' mistake and was caught by Arturas Aranskis, who started 2' after me. Later - all the course with him, with additional 3 very large mistakes - 8' to 6th CP (walka and Rybakovaite overtook us here), 3'30'' to 12th CP, 3' to 13th CP. Total: 18' of mistakes, quite a lot...
Nevertheless visited winner's rostrum because won Medeina's competition "guess movie name" and received the best prize of all - a bottle of cognac :D