Training Log Archive: Joost

Cross country race in Grimbergen. It was around 9 years ago that I ran my last cross country race and now I know again why :). It was so tough, I started to fast and after one of the five laps I was already thinking, damn how will I keep this speed up???? But I didn't want to lose places so I just kept fighting to keep up with the guys around me and it succeeded well, I actually even won places between the first lap and the finish but I was completely at the end of my powers after the finish. I ended 22nd on 33 runners. I am satisfied as I couldn't have run better today but I think that without the illness a better result might have been possible. Cross country races = dying :).

C • Good job 5

Had a good night of sleep but throat is still hurting and I still have a nasty cough. Really want to run the cross country race so decide to run it anyway despite the illness.

Headache, sore throat and a nasty cough

Strength training in the gym

Cycling in the gym.

Running after last night's new years eve was necessary as I could use some fresh air. Was only sleeping at 7.30 am. Party hardy... Together with Sofie, Tom, Marlon and Els it was a nice end of a good beginning of 2009.

8x40sec with 50sec rest in between. Tough when the alcohol hasn't disappeared fully... Calf is feeling better.

C • Best wish to you too... 5

Easy running with Els and Sofie Herremans in Heverleebos. Yesterday I hurt my calf during the race and couldn't walk decently after the race. Today I still feel it a lot. I hope it will disappear soon as I would like to do some intervaltraining tomorrow and Sunday I am going to run the cross race in Grimbergen. Now let's party hardy ;).

C • Party hardy! 2

WRE in a very nice new mapped forest. I was physically strong today but I made too much mistakes to aim for victory. It already started towards control 1. I had seen Jeroen VDK, who started two minutes before me, go into the forest on the left side of the trail directly after the start. I picked up my map at the start and did the same. I looked at my map and suddenly I ran towards a fence. I didn't understand why there was a fence because if I was running correctly I should not pass a fence. After some time (20-30 sec) I realised where I was and that I shouldn't have gone to the left of the trail after the start but to the right. So for control one I immediately lost 55 sec. Never trust another runner! I was really pissed after this mistake but could focus again and my legs were feeling pretty good so I could push and was running well. At control 6 I caught Jeroen VDK but then at control 7 we lost around 30 sec (didn't found the control immediately between all the depressions). The following controls I was a bit slow in attacking the controls so always lost some seconds and towards control 11 I took the wrong routechoice, I went straight but should have gone along the trail at the right side (Jeroen VDK did this and could catch me again after I had run away for about 25 sec). The straight routechoice was tough so I had to recover to control 12. Afterwards I took the lead again and made another gap of around 20 sec with Jeroen but at control 16 I made another mistake of 30 sec so Jeroen was back in front of me. I caught him again and towards the end the attacking was not 100% for all controls. Still the race was ok but with those legs and certainly without the stupid mistake at control 1 it should have been a better result. Placing 8th, 2'24" behind the winner.

Warm up and down before and after the race.

Subscribed for a day-entry and made a training of it. Easy running. Still made two small mistakes of 15 sec and one in the heather of 1 min (bad visibility). Did four accelerations after the race in view of tomorrow's WRE. Hope to perform well.

Warm up and down before and after the orienteering training. Did four accelerations.