Training Log Archive: ndobbs

bosön
tomorrow's "rest" will be welcome. everything a bit strained or tired today.

Bosön-Elfvik

permanent course... maybe 10km? actually out 1.44 but spent f or 10 minutes grenouillant at one control (or more accurately, not at one control).

apart from that no major problems, but a bit sloppy

Kallhäll - gokart map!

pensioners-O
very bizarre... running around the forest twice as fast as everyone else - they were all retired swedes... part of a league run by oldies for oldies... but they quite enjoy seeing young fast (relatively) people flaking around in all directions...
all a bit surreal...

didn't orienteer wonderfully.
motivation not 100%... tired...

cold and wet waiting for the bus afterwards

Långvik
evening training. lovely area... map was 1:15 rather than the 1:10 printed on it, which i didn't cop, but explains why everything was a little strange... navigated ok for much of it... sort of...

bloody tired - nearly didn't go out... need sleep...

morning run, bosön, first 20mins with andrew

pain in left knee appears to be be due (entirely?) to thorns from the 3JduSO - would explain the sudden appearance. will need to rest next week before the IOC.

run to lidingo clubhouse and back from that map after...
evening

training on the map by the clubhouse. old course... going ok early on... then slwed down and got coldddd.....

evening. rained a little

bosön, same two maps as friday... no concentration so only 'ran' too legs... tiredness? distraction? thinking a bit about yesterday and how bad or good i am or can be... and lots of other stuff... guhh

breaking in the new Twisters was the reason for the run... a bit to go yet but they seem good, possibly a bit heavier than the old integrators, but seems like they are a betterdesign, giving alittle more protection to the sole of the foot... back to dobb spikes again (last year orientsport didn't have 'em)

map just south of uppsala, not too far from 2001 oringen

signed up for long course, last out... in shoes that were falling to pieces, but survived the race... better than me at any rate.

first control i got ok. second control i veered a little north initially, but corrected. don't know yet what happened third and fourth controls. fifth i almos got really nicely, went to within 5 metres of the control at the first attempt, map didn't make sense so i ran away... several minutes later came back to the same attackpoint, believed it this time and found the control.
9->10 was a long leg with no handrails... couldn't even simplify really... after what went before i almost cried :) crossed a couple of paths and then was on my own. and started reading the map properly!! what joy. next five controls with no major problems. then screwed up sixteen, got 17 ok (by my standards) and skipped...
.. picked up two more controls, and the map exchange, discovered there was still a fair old run to what was left of the finish... not much!! even the showers had been dismantled ;(

not quite a complete disaster - i showed i could read a map at times... and with better concentration and a few lessons (esp ATTACKPOINT, CONCENTRATION) learnt today I think I could run a similar course much much better... i hope...
... knees not in the best of shape, but will recover with a couple of nights sleep and a bit of care

ps forgot to say course was 12.6km, winner did 84ish, elites over 12.7 ran sub-72 i think. would have finished the course in 2h40 i think. grr.