Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

I don't usually time my warm up, but I think this was jogging to and from the arena and the start line. Beautiful weather and a joyous mood. Trevligt!

Middle Distance race at Kolmårdensdubbeln. The woods were amazing to run in, especially compared to yesterday. Fast, clean, and in control on the first 3, then up the wrong hill on 4. Got back into the flow until running right past control 11, looked up but didn't see the flag in the reentrant and lost a lot of time. Flustered on the way to 12, plus having a tough time reading the contours meant that I hemorrhaged a lot of time on that one too. Bobbled 14 too, all in all, that section of the map was much harder than the rest of the course. Finished strong, and still pleased with things for the most part. Back of the pack of Elite-2 but at least something positive to build on.

Splits

A tough long distance race in Finspång. The weather was cold, snowy, and miserable. The forest was thick, with a dense layer of logging slash everywhere. I did not race well.

I started well, cruising nicely to the first and most of the way to the second, but then did something inexplicable and got super turned around and ended up on the wrong hill. I lost a bunch of time, but my race was overall poor enough that Winsplits doesn't show it as an error. Struggled to keep a compass bearing the whole time, and had lots of trouble in the circle (including not recognizing the radio control and running past it).

I was pleased with my routes to things, just really devastated by how badly I executed those routes especially within the circle. Mood was dark, which did not help performance either.

Not my day, probably best not to dwell on it.

Splits

Miserable weather - snowy, cold - for a training course set near our accommodation in Finspång, on the Hagstuna V map. The map and training was considered to be Tiomila relevant because the map was drawn by a group of club members as opposed to by a professional mapper.

I had a hard time with how subtle the form-line contour features were, and thus missed several controls because of missing the hills I was unable to see in the terrain. I was not having much success on the course, and Lina had given me an hour time-limit before I had to get back to the car. Struggling to find control 14 and wandering through poorly mapped dense green full of unmapped boulders cemented my feelings for this map and this training in general :)

Nice to head back home and hang out for the rest of the day.

Svartnatta relay. Two night legs, about 8k each. I ran on the Linné 8th team with Ulrik.

I ran pretty well, especially considering how much trouble I sometimes have at night, and am very pleased with my performance.

Lost a minute on the 3rd when I misread the vegetation boundary and cut in too early and then lost some more time on 11 and 13, getting lost in the bland open terrain leading up to the controls.

Still, running hard and in control, so a good night. Ended up 80th spot.

Splits

Wednesday night orienteering has now become Wednesday day orienteering again :) Hurray! Sam set the courses tonight and the theme was Tiomila training, which just meant a forked course with some long legs.

I ran pretty well and enjoyed the woods, some troubles near the beginning, but then a lot smoother and more controlled after missing on the third. Saw a lot of Johan in the forest, but I think I was running a bit wider on the lines than him, trying to keep on the more solid ground when I could.

Interval workout. Accidentally left my garmin at home for this one so no track to show. Warm up from the clubhouse to the start, and then a loop of the course. The course was right in our backyard really, but I had never run on these trails before, so it was a fun exploration for me. Intervals of 5 x 30", 2 x 4', 5 x 30", 2 x 4', 5 x 30". The track was quite narrow, so passing other runners was more difficult, and we just ended up running mostly in single file, chasing down Henrik. I was running mostly with Olle and Johan, but on the last interval the whole group turned into crazy sprinters and there was a mad dash down the hill :) Then Rasa convinced me to join on a short cool down loop with her, Henrik and Ivana.

A little too cold tonight, waiting for summer!

Rock gympa with a much smaller crowd tonight. Someone had to stand in the middle to model the exercises, so that was me tonight. Feeling strong, the Swiss camp has left me pretty energized.

Innebandy tonight was a tough match up of Olle and me versus Boris, Jakob, and Sam. Having Olle on my team was not enough to balance the power of 3 on 2 and so I did an awful lot of running tonight :) fun fun!