Training Log Archive: schnitzer

Another jog with Ulrika and this time her m8 as well. Real nice recovery pace - felt fantastic. Full lower body static stretch routine and smr on me hot spots afterwards.

Nackareservatet. So I was a bit ruined from the house party last night - a slight headache and a less than ideal number of hours sleep. Hydration was as good as it cudda been considering all the alcohol and the gorgeous sunny weather!

All things considered the original plan of beasting all 48 of the permanent (for this Summer) Nacka controls (Nick and I had hung 36-42 and 44 a few weeks back) was a little optimistic. Decided to do as much as poss without doing myself in at slightly less than race pace concentrating on thumbing the 1:15000 map and knowing exactly where I was at all times. Took mostly safe routes as primarily this was a physical exercise.

I didn't know for sure that all the kites had been hung, but seeing as 2-27 were all there I guess I never found the feature at 1 oops. Slight in the cirlcle misses (kites were small training cardboard jobbies strapped to trees - quite difficult to spot sometimes but happy to report on quite a few of the spikes was 100% sure of the location and just had to look around a bit) at 3, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25. 1st time relocations at 6, 21 and multiple relocations at 23 and 27 so the major mistakes were as I was getting tired. 27 was by far the worst and was in the same vague bit of wood had so much trouble with on Wed. Bit gutted cos when I eventually found the flag just couldn't see how you could navigate in confidently but people on Wed were obv doing it ok.

I reckon fresh and with the proper amount of sleep all 48 are possible in not much over 3 hours. Will deffo do that b4 my time in Stockholm is over.

Walked the few hundred metres from 27 to the club hut and jogged back to the car from there. Don't think warm water has ever tasted so good.

4*1200m/3:30r. Lovely sunny day, hydration not good (few too many drinks last night, not enuff water) but pacing much better...

1) 4:15
2) 4:11
3) 4:13
4) 4:14

C • More like it 2

Went for a jog with the very nice woman who is currently providing a roof over my head. Followed by some SMR and some static stretching on my calves, glutes and adductors.

C • Serious? 2

Nackareservatet SW. Waste of time today. Totally knackered from yesterday and only a few hours sleep last night. Driving to the event had red eyes that were only fully open intermittently. Jogging around the course couldn't even fold the map properly and was walking on the slightest gradient, stopping for rest on the bigger hills. Map print was terrible. Lost many, many minutes on 7 and a few more on 2, 6, 9, 12. This is the third Wed event I have done in Stockholm - a 1st, a 3rd and now an 18th LOL. Cracking area mind, a mix of some really big cliffs and some more undulating bits. Nice and runnable.

Ups...

1) 2:05
2) 2:30
3) 2:46
4) 2:47
5) 2:52
6) 2:50
7) 2:55
8) 2:53

Totally f'd up the pacing again just like my track session a few weeks back. Felt amazing on the first rep well impressed with myself at the top almost a minute quicker than my reps on the same slope b4 the JK. Second rep felt tired, third onwards felt completely ruined. Think shudda taken it easier on the jog downs too.

Downs...

1) 1:40
2) 1:37
3) 1:41
4) 1:42
5) 1:44
6) 1:42
7) 1:45
8) 1:44

Nackareservat E. OK Ravinen technical training with proper kites! They were all hung fairly high which meant no need to interpret circle detail in the high visibility bits. So enjoyable nice and sunny, such a beautiful bit of wood, in contrast to other recent Nacka action a bang on map, loadsa controls and spiked most of them. Started a few mins behind Nick and he a few behind the still marsh-scared Zdenek.

Had a really good flow to start and caught Nick up after the first few pinball legs. Led 4 thru to 8 where I made a little hesitation on a bonus control i.e. not ours. Nick got away and even tho I was an idiot at 10 he was more of one at 11 and together again. Then we passed Zdenek who incidently used his GPS graphic to find 15 the cheating arab that he is and 16 was rubbish - navigated in alone on a different line, knew exactly where I was but no flag, a couple of relocations still no flag - eventually found it circling around aimlessly. I was a bit too far S on 17 as well so that's all the evidence I need... but Nick reckons it was in the right place - what does he know f-ing beginner. Got my revenge got back in front led until the last control where physically fell apart - it was quite a hilly area which made up for the lack of climb in my session earlier on today... hmm not a lot.

So I have decided from now on not to bother recording distance (until my cash flow justifies a Garmin) unless it is obvious - I just haven't got the time anymore to be OCD-ing it up on mapmyrun.com. Besides with my training plan it is time and intensity that's important, although AP's presentation of time @ intensity information over a certain period isn't exactly easy to compare and I guess it will scupper my shoe stats.

Nackaresrvatet NW. Did most of the course (backwards starting at number 8, short cutting from 1 to 11) from the Winter series event (held fairly recently) with Nick & Zdenek. Fairly steady, making lots of mistakes - wasn't really concentrating mostly just talking bs with Nick. Lost Zdenek after the first few cos he was avoiding the marshy bits what with his lower leg still resembling a scene from Braveheart and all that - poor bar steward spent 8 hours in the hospital waiting to have it cleaned up after 10mila.

Spent a while on 3 (not included in time) trying to work out where the feature actually was - the map really is not right here. It's a bit of a shame that's the second time with this area we just couldn't relate the contours to the actual land shape, relocating off many a point nearby and still having to guess it - pity the control hangers when they hold events here.