Training Log Archive: ndobbs

NAOM Long
WRE

Lundanes ran 70, the beast. Fun orienteering, bits of it were technical, large parts were golfcoursesque.

Didn't do a proper warm-up. Suffered the first half trying to run, then started to get a bit more into it. Anders Sk passed me at the second control already, despite not losing any time to that point. One-minute start intervals meant there were quite a few people around for the last few controls. Nearly out-smarted them, but got stuck on a fence. Oops.

Pleased I survived, I'm in much better shape than this time last year :)

NAOM Night Sprint

Felt like I was running, but I guess not, given my time. Winner ran 17:20.

Not as wonderful as I had hoped, but the buffet afterwards in the monastery was :)

Hats off to Jerker Lysell who ran through some olive green and got himself disqualified. Were it not for that, he would have won the overall competition. The Portuguese were rather surprised that he asked to be disqualified.

Five races and seven training sessions in eight days. Still alive, mightn't be after classic and sprint tomorrow :)

The sun returned today.

Model event for NAOM

I'd been here the year before, so took it handy. Running on empty anyway, completely wasted.

termas de fadagosa

didn't push, did a few controls map-memory to make life interesting

Sprint training on a wonderful 1:4000 area, rocks, boulders, contours and the occasional bit of vegetation.
Mass start, me, OKO and a couple of Romanians, joint first with OKO :)

Castelo de Vide

Town sprint, the town itself was slightly reminiscent of Cervara di Roma, perched atop a spur, but it's a much simpler area (still v interesting). Slippy in places, so I didn't push hard everywhere. Fun fun fun.

two and a bit loops on Arez
Night was falling towards the end