Training Log Archive: ndobbs

tourist run around berlin

First time taking a slide has been compulsory on a course I've run :)

11ºC, but still wonderful.

C • Map? 2

Running errands before flying to Berlin.

to work
put on an extra layer as it claimed to be "-13, feels like -22".

Nice out. But I've forgotten what the sun looks like.

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Do the Kemps have Finnish blood? http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/finnis...

And home again, since I had no choice.

Rt foot is still just about holding it together. Rt knee was clicking loudly going up stairs. Feeling light and hungry and light-headed today, not good for maths.

booked flights for xmas!

in to work

Just found out I won't be paid for another two weeks. An excuse not to buy xmas presents.

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Sat for half an hour on the locker room bench thinking inconclusive thoughts, then ran home.

Kuusijärvi.

Got the bus out, 2 buses per hour, and they leave within 3 minutes of each other, so I arrived half an hour early, and hung out in the café drinking hot mehu.

Then a slightly truncated course, since the tough boys weren't there and 21km straight line seemed a bit long. 21.7 km gps (largely roads and trails) was plenty long anyway for me and the 17 year olds. I had energy left, but my right foot was acting up a little.

And since we were at Kuusijärvi, training was followed by an 80-100ºC sauna, interspersed with cold showers and then *ice-swimming*, new words of the days are vedet lämpötila (0º). Oh, and hevonen, saw one of those while we were out training. it was hairy.

Been a wonderful few days.

Tragic news. Heart goes out to the western CT community.

Skating in Paloheinä. Beautiful.

To work.

And home again.

Met a guy in the locker room who skis to work from Herttoniemi.

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Around the lahtis and to the tax office. Tax rate for Finland 2012: 1%.

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Playing in the Sthlm snow before hopping on the boat.

Lidingö's reflexrundan with Andrew, Anders, Niklas and Hans.

Fun, 10-40cm of snow, pretty.

A couple of errands in town. Came back with a tank. Ian would be proud.

The sea is slowly freezing over.

People should enter this: http://www.shamrock.corko.net/

There's a dobb missing on my Bolds after running in them twice. Are they the new Icebugs?

C • Dobb(s) missing 6

C • Shamrock O-ringen 1

Maastolenkki = long slow Sunday training.

20cm of snow and -8º, must be time to hit the woods. Today's clothing experiment consisted of orienteering socks inside new neoprene socks, orienteering knee-length pants outside nearly knee-length tights, grey McKinley thermal under O-top under light Craft jacket. And then as an afterthought my Trimtex sleeveless vest. On the hands, light silk gloves with multiple holes. On top, a buff.

The afterthought was an excellent idea, I had to unzip it for a while but was very grateful early and late on. The neoprene socks saved my life. Multiple times. Legs were mostly warm enough, towards the end my toes froze briefly. My hands were the weak point. Whenever the gloves got wet my hands froze, until the gloves froze properly again and the shell provided a little insulation. At two hours, we stopped to eat some snow and a little trail mix and after that my hands froze properly. I had to put them against my belly to defrost temporarily. At two hours thirty, I started to get worried about my hands (left hand was now sore) and contemplated quitting, but I removed the frozen gloves and my warmed my hands and put the gloves in my pocket, where the remained an icy blob. Running without gloves was actually fine, except when I had to hold onto things climbing cliffs, or stumbled into the snow. Everything else was quite pleasant. My exposed leg hair developed icicles which sometimes pulled, and I got a few ice cuts, but otherwise the legs were fine.

Orienteering was fine, taking turns again, and nice terrain. A couple of times the sunlight snuck between the trees to light up the hilltops, very pretty, but for the most part the sun was below the effective horizon.

Other participants in the complete madness were coach Henkka and star Eikka:


Pauliina was impressed with us, and especially our shoelaces. By the end we couldn't actually take more water into our shoes as they were blocks of ice.


My legs made enough of an impression...

... that I got invited back for sauna, which actually meant sauna followed by a wonderful dinner topped off with blueberry tart and ice-cream, at the lovely Heinaro household.

This has been a really quite fantastic day!

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