Training Log Archive: ndobbs

Brunn/Ingarö
IFKL träningdag, morning only.
Made a balls of the first few controls. It's a nice map, but whether because of the snow or because it's a tricky area, I had trouble reading myself back in any time I ost contact. After the first of the three loops I made an effort to keep contact and things went better. Later on I was succeeding in looking up, matching far off features and simplifying the navigation. Progress in a day.

Skipped the evning langnatt session, no headlamp and visitors staying...

hard to call what I was doing orienteering.

In the evening, AndreaB and I cooked pasta. Before that we went running on Grönsta, before that we went shopping.

I had the thierry map, so part of it was contour-only, part of it was missing. I didn't have a compass with me, but that wasn't really the problem. There wasa lot (6in) of snow on the ground and I wasn't taking enough care reading the map. Got lost a few times, once badly. Didn't enjoy it.

fartlek in tanto

there was maybe six inches of snow on the ground (not much or just slush on the paths) so I put on the oshoes and went for a padded run in the park. Foot still aches a little, but seems to be on the way to recovery.

exercise bike, kth hallen
with Positive measure sets of ergodic rational maps

plus some stretching and wobbling

to Kat: I try to keep track of my running hours... logging biking this way (minutes as seconds, hours as minutes) lets me keep track of what I do without it distorting the record of what I principally focus on.

C • There's a better way. 1

decided today was a good day to bring the car to the mechanic. Surprise, surprise, after a few weeks alone, it wasn't very happy about starting... is there water leaking into the fuel tanks o the engine?
hope they will fix whatever is causing that pb, also the heating, and the leaking radiator... and that it'll cost less than the car :)

some costs of replacement of stolen shit:
- internetbanking security code generator thing: 400sek (cost to make - 20 sek?)
- mobile broadband modem: 895 sek (cost to make, 50-100sek?)
- library book: 300sek

it is snowing today too. red cars are the most colourful things around. That and some blue eyes... to think in Portugal there were orange oranges and blue skies...

reimersholme

luckily it was above freezing (groan) so I didn't need my headband, among the gear remaining in Portugal...

just a wee jog before stretching while the laundry was being done. Clean clothes...

kth hallen
started late in the evening, only did 45 minutes. knees are grinding a little so lowered the intensity

followed by a bit of wobble board

C • why? 1

Up early for the flight back to Sthlm.

Slept for part of the 4hr flight, which was welcome. I was awake for the descent. As we broke through the cloud layer we emerged into a world of black and white. The absence of colour was not so much depressing as surreal and it felt like we were entering another world of bleak Siberian forest and snow.

Back in Stockholm colour reappeared. After a quick shower I went to visit an apartment at Metargatan 12 near Skanstull. Strange place, old style. It'll be a pity to leave my wonderful apartment in wonderful Hornstull, the only positive so far is that I'll be a mere 15 minute jog from Nackareservatet...