Training Log Archive: Gswede

Trofeo de Serranía de Cuenca

Awesome map. Very few times could you relax. A big mistake on three took me out of the game. I was right next to it also!

Error time: 3:12

Errors:
-Same as always running too fast for my navigation.

Solutions:
-In the big races run at that speed you know you won't make mistakes at. And continue to work on that fast navigational speed.

3d Rerun:
http://3drerun.worldofo.com/2d/index.php?idmult%5B...

Trofeo de la Serranía de Cuenca

Fun race. Awesome terrain. Good courses.
Here's a fly-over of the map:
https://youtu.be/ODl-qPGmAAs

I spaced and didn't punch 17, so officially I didn't finish. I did run right past it. My best guess is that I was less focused because I only slept four and a half hours. I was one of the coaches for the Madrid school team, so I had to leave extra early with the young'uns.

I also followed the advice of my coach and took the first control hard and then eased back for the rest of the race until the final K.

Error time: 2:58

Errors:
-Going off bearing.
-Misreading the cliffs when I was running down into them.

Causes:
-Loss of focus
-When you're above the cliffs there aren't as many details as below them. This means it's easier to lose map contact.

Solutions:
-Run at a pace that you find your flow.
-Areas with lots of details can be more helpful than areas lacking details, so long as you can simplify and filter out the noise on the map.

3d Rerun:
http://3drerun.worldofo.com/2d/index.php?idmult%5B...

Trofeo de la Serranía de Cuenca "Sprint"

This was a mass start sprint. It was raining really, really hard. I was tempted to do a Braveheart speech on the starting line, but I decided that most people wouldn't get the reference and I would just look like a weird guy yelling in English.

My forking had me with Andreu most of the way. I tried to overtake him a few times, but Andreu is not one to let people pass him. So I stayed behind and focused on my navigation. Even so I overran a few controls which left me in fourth place. Still not bad.

Error time: 0:38

Errors:
-Overrunning controls or going of bearing

Causes:
Running faster than my navigation could keep up with.

Solutions:
Improve my navigation speed.

3d Rerun:
http://3drerun.worldofo.com/2d/index.php?idmult%5B...

Recovery run in Parque del Oeste with Rorri. Legs are feeling heavy, but just 50 minutes was enough to loosen them up significantly.

Casa de Campo Night-O

So Luisma, who goes by the name of Indomitus Indo on this website, had the idea of running a long night-o in CDC midweek with a mass start and forking to help those who are going to Tiomila better prepare.

I signed up to set the course with the hybrid new-old map of CDC. Basically we hid the contours on the old map and replaced them with contours which we generated in Karttapullautin. It worked quite well. Unfortunately it's difficult to make the two versions match up perfectly. Still it made for an interesting race.

Since it was a mass start, the 2d rerun actually matches our positions as we were competing. Only four of us have uploaded our GPXs to 3d rerun, but there were about ten of us competing. And we were rolling fast. On the long leg to ten I was going at about 3:45-:50/K. Boom!

Error time: 0:45

Errors:
-Overrunning number 1
-Wandering towards 12 without confidence

Causes:
-The whole pack ran past 1. Even though I was reading and trying to relate it to the terrain, I trusted less in myself and more in the pack.
-I exited the river--which was a relatively difficult crossing--without tons of confidence. I continued running this way before confirming my location.

Solutions:
-Bubble. I've gotta trust myself. The pack is not flawless. In fact, it may be even more prone to errors.
-Take ten seconds confirm your location, and then run confidently--and quickly--towards the control.

2d rerun (my forking wasn't on here, but it looks good anyway):
http://3drerun.worldofo.com/2d/index.php?idmult%5B...

Workout Wednesday

Workout was
3x1200 (1k@T; 200@R) on 3 minute recovery
2x800@I on 90 sec recovery

Did this in bosque. Had a few hills, the first two Ks were a little off because I couldn't find the pace, but the effort felt fine. Seems ok. Satisfied with the times taking into account the rolling hills and the soft ground.

Times:
4:01 (3:27+:34)
4:08 (3:34 +:34)
3:56 (3:22 +:34)
2:30
2:29

A muddy run through CDC with Manu. We took a few of the technical downhills pretty fast. Woo!