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Training Log Archive: Cat T

In the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2014:

activity

time

miles

Running - easy

22:45:00

Orienteering - easy

11:51:00

Orienteering - hard

4:44:55

S&C

3:29:00

Running - hard

1:32:00

Orienteering - medium

1:05:00

Unspecified

35:00

Total

46:01:55

2:25

0:00

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Monday Mar 31, 2014 #

Note
(rest day)

hanging about in Nottingham

5 PM

Running - easy 45:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Trentside trundle, legs all okay :-)

Sunday Mar 30, 2014 #

9 AM

Orienteering - hard race 15:41 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sprint in Keswick. Went well, nothing really to moan about. some small seconds to sharpen up but good.

Running - easy warm up/down 25:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

11 AM

Running - easy hills 1:45:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Skiddaw with a nice group, good chat and some sunshine :-)

Saturday Mar 29, 2014 #

12 PM

Orienteering - hard 1:10:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

got myself round woc test long. not really bad, just really average.

Running - easy warm up/down 40:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Friday Mar 28, 2014 #

8 AM

Running - easy 38:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

morning jog, Hawsker loop. found a map of Whitbarrow, actually looks quite fun. feeling a bit more up for it now.

5 PM

Running - easy 32:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

easy jog with drills and strides. still working fine.

Thursday Mar 27, 2014 #

Note

travelling. this morning and yesterday afternoon make up a rest day.

6 PM

Running - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

smal run after flight, revisiting the sights, sounds and smells of Whitby! good to be home for a short time. something has gone right, all systems working v well. nice but hope it's not the peak of my voyage already :-)

Wednesday Mar 26, 2014 #

11 AM

Running - easy 43:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Last time here for a while, between packing and finishing some work projects. Had to be trollstigen!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2014 #

10 AM

Running - hard intervals 45:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

The treadmill 200s again, this time at the right speed. Tougher but still not needing suggested set rest :-) good to get it done, short training too which suits me today when quite busy!

3 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:10:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

training in Nåsten with OLHÖ. more than i intended, we were an odd number on a pairs exercise so i had to do the whole thing, not just jog about checking how they were. they have at least learnt one very important thing: always finish training with chocomilk.

C • Your work is done 2

Monday Mar 24, 2014 #

11 AM

Running - easy 30:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

drills at Studenternas. good to take it easy today, feeling v flat til well on the way home and seem v hungry all the time.

6 PM

S&C 45:00 [2]

taking it a bit easier this evening too, just went to the gym instead of rockgympa. mix of exercises.

Running - easy warm up/down 20:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sunday Mar 23, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - easy long 1:55:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Improving relations with my compass in Nåsten. Mix of control pick, contour only and corridor. better in corridor than contour only. energy levels good all the way too th end, although brain got tired - quite intense stuff! ran on my own today, felt like i needed to.

Saturday Mar 22, 2014 #

Note

no more training today, not really needed and a little tired

10 AM

Orienteering - hard intervals 45:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

SM training in some of Uppland's roughest terrain at Östfora. Frozen feet and no feeling of moving quickly even though i was working hard. really really bad on the first interval, not reading any detail on the map, but calmed down after that and though still a few mistakes an improvement on the others. some sneaky kite hiding.

Running - easy warm up/down 15:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Friday Mar 21, 2014 #

11 AM

Running - easy 45:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

easy friday run, a bit too many clothes now it's back to +9 and sunny. lower back stiff, stopped to stretch it out. also some up and down steps short intervals at the station near the end, felt better for them!

6 PM

Running - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

kinda gratuitous but best way to get out after day stuck translating. good stretch after

Thursday Mar 20, 2014 #

7 AM

Running - easy warm up/down 55:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

to and from KG in the best snow cover we've had all winter...

S&C 30:00 [2]

circuits with OLHÖ. inspired by Ruth's circuit cards i made a roll the dice version with three categories in turn (legs/core/upper body and whole body) and max twice for each exercise. more fun than me deciding the order beforehand. then some stretching and showed them how to loosen up feet a la Tess. feeling really crap to begin with from the early start but better after circuit.

C • fitdeck 3

4 PM

Running - hard intervals 45:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Treadmill definitely the best place for intervals today. except im even too stupid to run here when you can only set it for speed and not mins/km, which i screwed up and so i was only running more like threshold pace when it ws meant to be quicker. wondered why i didnt get tired. no harm done i suppose but feel like i wasted a training and will get slow, even if thats not really true :-(

Wednesday Mar 19, 2014 #

Orienteering - easy 1:12:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

dusktime in Lunsen, snowy. i wasnt v good :-( will have to look at the gps carnage...

11 AM

S&C 20:00 [2]

usual easy Wednesday, except i really need to work on shoulders after finding i couldnt oåerate the Linné bus handbrake with one arm. some of that and some balance work but not so much of anything else, still doms from Monday.

Running - easy 7:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

just to the gym and back

Tuesday Mar 18, 2014 #

3 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:30:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

another recovery day so this was the main session, good thing too. bit of an epic with OLHÖ in Lunsen, slow going in the snow and grim in marshes. still feeling the lack of forest O but getting a bit better towards the end... not being such a wise coach this time round, i think they had much better control than i did :-P

6 PM

Running - easy 35:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

just a jog from KG round snowy cold Hågadalen

Monday Mar 17, 2014 #

10 AM

Running - easy 45:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

It snowed again :-( nowhere good to do drills and no point trying to move faster than a recovery bumble round town and down the river.

5 PM

S&C 42:00 [3]

after the training camp, cometh the tired Monday. actually legs feeling good, just upper body not so strong. another easier day tomorrow, also time to stop training twice in one afternoon maybe?

Unspecified (Innebandy) 20:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Running - easy 35:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sunday Mar 16, 2014 #

11 AM

Orienteering - easy 1:35:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Recovery, Nåsten. can tell ive been on a sprint camp all week. lovely blue skies like in Italy, just with a dusting of snow on the ground...

Saturday Mar 15, 2014 #

Note

also travelling home!

12 PM

Orienteering - hard 20:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

or some time like that. MOC final, dragging my legs round when they finally felt really tired. on my own all the way, not the most interesting. lots of extra distance from running round hedges i could actually cross.

Running - easy warm up/down 25:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Friday Mar 14, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - hard race 26:52 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Easy forest and course at MOC middle. not so happy with how i told myself to keep it together at the end... then really didnt. running fine, just threw away a good run a bit too easily :-(

Running - easy warm up/down 30:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Thursday Mar 13, 2014 #

Event: Mediterranean Open Championship

7 AM

Running - easy 30:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

morning jog #dolo

3 PM

Orienteering - hard race 12:22 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

MOC sprint in a park. fast and furious fun. felt not v sharp, a bit too much "run in the right general direction and you'll find it" technique, one big rout choice mistake and lots of seconds here and there. i think i wouldnt have been able to run this time a year ago though, so all is not lost.

Running - easy warm up/down 30:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Wednesday Mar 12, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - hard 15:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sprint training one, muppet

Running - easy 1:15:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

for the day

4 PM

Orienteering - hard 15:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sprint 2, improvement mostly

Tuesday Mar 11, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - easy 45:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

easy pace orienteering on a golf course (?!)

4 PM

Orienteering - hard 12:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sprint relay feeling not so up for it beforehand. legs fine once going. head however not in the game.

Running - easy 20:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Monday Mar 10, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - easy 55:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Venice! awesome. maybe going a bit faster than i meant to in places but mostly nice and positive.

3 PM

Orienteering - medium 35:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

actually more like half hardish, half easy.

Running - easy warm up/down 20:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

Sunday Mar 9, 2014 #

9 AM

Running - hard 2:00 [4]

"This is a personal call for Catherine Taylor..." Arlanda airport Terminal 5, gate 4 to 31.

C • hahaha 7

7 PM

Running - easy 28:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

evening jog

Saturday Mar 8, 2014 #

10 AM

Orienteering - easy long 1:49:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

One last forest training before sprint camp next week. Åland. lovely but sometimes heavy underfoot.still feeling the effects of doing so much work the last few days, hungry even before we started (id planned to do some of the training harder but had to take it easy in the end to make sure i didnt get dizzy :-( )

6 PM

Running - easy 32:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

evening jog before airport day tomorrow

Friday Mar 7, 2014 #

Note
(rest day)

finishing work quite late, feeling a bit run down and up early for training tomorrow. think i needa pizza more than a run.

11 AM

S&C 30:00 [3]

escaped desk for basic strength training. not sure ill get out again today :-(

Running - easy warm up/down 10:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

to the gym and back, in shorts!

Thursday Mar 6, 2014 #

8 AM

Orienteering - medium 30:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

training with olgy and olhö in Lunsen, one of those fun relay things where youre in pairs and run between the start and finish of the legs you dont run. (they call it tjeckisk stafett, despite disappointing lack of beer). i joined in and found it difficult to change between chasing and leading, some mistakes. hope to get round to gps later. generally better towards the end. felt like it took some time to wake up!

Running - easy warm up/down 20:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

6 PM

Orienteering - hard hills 15:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Short hills training with Linné. I think i found a weakness in my running, my lactic acid tolerence seemed really not so great. no disaster, just not so much juice in the legs! nice to dig in and you cant be flying every night...

Running - easy warm up/down 48:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

... but i was wondering on the way home how i can change my training (do more strength work and explosive and hills, no shit Sherlock) and then i got really dizzy. pre breakfast o intervals shouldnt be taken so lightly. but that's what happens when ive got so much work. luckily its almost done now and i can go back to being lazy, paying more attention to the body and having afternoon naps :-)

Wednesday Mar 5, 2014 #

5 PM

Running - easy 38:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Road-X 233 Sept 2013

usual easy recovery day, though this time the recovery was from sitting aaaaaall day and translating danish lease contract. good to get out and get some fresh air and it was still LIGHT :-D

Tuesday Mar 4, 2014 #

3 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:00:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Shadowed Sandra on Lunsen training. will have to make this eavening easier than last week, it took a lot out of me to do two trainings in one afternoon then and OLHÖ training isnt always the slow speed i need it to be if i want a really tough tisdagsbana afterwards!

6 PM

Running - easy 1:22:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 Feb 2014

Tisdagsbana, followed plan quite strictly today (stick with it for 1 hour then run back) even though it wasnt going so fast today so not really a hard run. best ive felt running since, Spain, which is great after two heavy weeks :-)