Training Log Archive: Gswede

An ok long today. I got really messed up in the dunes. I also made a few dumb mistakes because I pushed the pace a bit too much and stopped thinking. Finished 23rd out of 45. So this was ok. I took this as a good training opportunity once I knew that the race was going downhill. Oh well. the WRE's were yesterday.

Check results here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxNwLj1b4e...

I am in H-E, not H-SE. I'm exhausted and going to check out now. Good night world.

A copy of the map: http://www.ravinenkartor.se/show_map.php?user=Jaco...

Warm-up and cool-down.

Quick descriptions tonight. I finished 22 out of 80 something for this middle in the Elite Category. The winner ran 37 minutes and change. Good race.

The map: http://www.ravinenkartor.se/show_map.php?user=Jaco...

An easy sprint in the town of Punta Umbría. I ran pretty well compared to everyone else. Finished 8th out of about 80 in Elite. I was not feeling very fast or in shape. I wonder where I would be if I trained intervals harder.

Total warm-up and cool-down time from the whole day.

Event: Andalucia O Meeting 2014
 

Easy morning run in Moral with 5x20/40's.

Workout was meant to be 5x3:30 uphill with 4:30 recovery jog, but I forgot to do the extra 30 seconds on the first two. Next time.

Not all of this was at intensity 5. But man it was difficult to climb. I decided do these hill reps straight through the forest on a hill near my house. There was a fairly large dirt trail right next to me, but I don't run up those too often in orienteering.

The fact is that this workout was TOUGH. So much varying terrain and uphill put a hurting on my legs and lungs... and I was only going 5:50 per k. REALLY SLOW. However I could feel my body getting more efficient at running uphill like even in one workout. I am definitely going to use this workout more often. It is such a good challenge. I also brought a map with me for the recoveries and tried to visualize the approach to each control in an oxygen-deprived state.

I tried checking out another hillside but it was a field meant for livestock. I wasn't sure whether there were bulls there or not. I saw one and it took a VERY defensive stance when it saw me. So I decided to leave and not to take the extra motivation to run quickly uphill.

A very snowy climb up to Telegráfo. In about 15-20 centimeters of loose snow a climb can be difficult. But the downhill was soft and possibly faster because of it. I got to the top and stopped to enjoy the view for a few minutes, until some very angry looking storm clouds started to come my way, then I decided the best decision would be to hustle down. Then a nice little loop around town. Beautiful run.