Training Log Archive: MCrone

Event: 4. Nationaler Langdistanz
 

Event: 3. Nationaler Mitteldistanz
 

A bit of a rude awakerning to Swiss orienteering. Not sure that I have ever been a particular fan of the Jura. I ran the WOC middle quali in 2012 but that was pretty much it. Reminded me of France, very technical and rocky underfoot.

I'll just give a bit of a summary for my middle and long runs. Both were not great at all (even felt it physically on the long but I think that that is because I hadn't eaten enough [Switzerland is expensive yo, but not an excuse not to eat!]). Have to get used to some of the mapping here. There were many indistinct paths on the map that I struggled to discriminate between which led to quite a few of my mistakes. Also a few sloppy mistakes with the compass.

Onwards and upwards to next weekend, although I would still like to emphasise that I'm a sprinter ;).

Run from Echallens through Villars-le-Terroir and into the forest. A bit disappointing that most of it was on concrete/tar and only got to the nice forest path at the end!

More exploring tomorrow and then lakeside run on Friday I think :)

First training session with the Lausanne running club in Chalet-á-Gobet along the forest tracks. Warm up with the old people, with a few exercises in between.

Warm up with the "fast" group from the meeting point. This was quite slow and there were a few hills. This was then followed by 5km of descent, starting slow and building up speed towards the bottom. It was a lot of fun running on a dirt road in the middle of the forest.

16:43 (5km)

Warm down back to the starting point. This felt very long! Also the occasional hard run up a hill..

Move over and done (although maybe will be moving in the near future again). Good to be in Switzerland, although a bit stressful with everything to organise. First running training tomorrow (tuesday) with the Lausanne running club.