Training Log Archive: Lizzie

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Nice terrain and nice weather, an enjoyable middle distance down in Stromstad. Was hitting the controls well and going quite smoothly for the most part. only thing sitting at the back of my mind was that Sunday was meant to be twice as long, and I was tiring in the terrain already!
Nice clean race aside from getting the wrong route choice 5-6. I wanted to avoid the green (correct choice), so went back out to the small track, at which point I realised I could have dropped straight down the hill to a larger track...so I was running 2.5sides of a square rather than 1.5. Oh well. Otherwise, only blip was having fun searching all over the ruin at the penultimate control, rather than read my description.
Ended up 3rd 1min behind Miri, who made the same two mistakes as me, so I can't pin the time difference onthem! :)

Foot is remarkably OK following all the ice and rest yesterday. I was obviously just being a wimp.
Went for a spin around Høiåsmarka, which always gives a ridiculous looking km rate thanks to all the rooty single tracks. But it's boring to stay on the gravel paths ;)
Having said that, I've given up on taking anything other than lysløpa on the 2nd half up to høiås. Anything other track and I'm slower than if I ran. Caught Thomas up as he was running up lysløpa. Got the added entertainment of watching a not-quite-so-in-shape guy trying to chase him up one of the climbs. It was an impressive, but short lasted effort!
Stopped for a chat at the top, then looped home on single tracks.

Token, but better than nothing

Jog out to the start. HR more normal today, jogging along at 140

Headed out to do the EM (but now VM) Middle training course out at Skolleborg with Karoline.
Pretty heavy and tough going with the veg, but beautiful terrain. A lot of hiking on the uphills, but was moving steadily at my nice slow pace.
A number of the controls involved hitting the feature and then having a treasure hunt for the tape, as they were often tied to the bottom half of the undergrowth, which is much taller and greener than when the tapes were hung in April! I took the time to rehang a couple of them, as they were bordering on ridiculous (and I assume Magne and Thomas have already run the course, so they won't complain that they are now hung too high ;)
Enjoyed the training, but wish I'd cut out at #15. I was picking my way through thinned green stripes to 17 when I innocuously hit the top of my foot on the end of a stick. Was OK finishing the training, but I must have hit it directly on the bone to my 2nd littlest toe. Painful and stiff after.

After some umming and erring, and consulting Dr. Brother back in NZ, I took up Kine's offer of a lift to ER to get an x-ray of my foot. Just to be safe.

Unfortunately, it turns out Halden ER is only open certain hours during the summer. Classic Norway.
Weighed up the effort involved in getting in today to see my Dr for a referral up to Kalnes (plus the hours involved driving up and then waiting for an x-ray at Kalnes) vs the chance that anything was actually broken.
Decided this was a sign that my foot was OK, and opted to go home and RICE things out.

Kept Kine company for her intervals at the fortress. She was planning 3 x 15min, which I'm dubious about calling intervals, more like masochistic torture, especially given the temperature. I didn't have any intention on joining for all 3 though, especially at the speed Kine set off at!

Stuck with her for 1.5 ints, then succumbed to the delights of the ice cold tapwater in the fortress rest-rooms. Joined for the last hill of the 2nd loop, by the end of which my legs were 100% lead. So jogged around while Kine did her 3rd int.

Another day with an achey chest and higher than normal HR. Both I've been told is nothing to worry about,. The former is post-op adjusting still, and the latter is either the same, or my immune system is working on something. Either way, I'm keen and want to get out and enjoy training, but my body just isn't playing game yet. Have to patient.
Efforts were: 2.85km; 13.40, and 1.4km; 6.17, and a 1.17 bonus hill.

Decided to be reasonable with my groin and not go to club intervals. Go me. Instead hunted out some flat or uphill strava segments that I could give a go if the legs were feeling up to it.
Did a nice little effort up to Venås, then headed over to a couple of longer segments over the back. The grass was too long and the small track too rooty to take these comfortably though, so left for another day.
You'd think I'd know all the little tracks in this little block by now, but no, still ended up on ones I didn't recognise. Took the time today, and think I've got them all mapped out now though ;)

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Long day at work. Priorities were kitchen, sofa and bed once I got home

Jog in Nordmarka from Kine's parents'. My first time actually running in this part of the wood. Quickly got beyond the extent I'd explored with my hospital recovery/sanity walks. The contrast between hobbling painfully around in the snow 6 months ago to running pretty near normally in the blazing sun now is hard to get my head around.