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Training Log Archive: Cat T

In the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2018:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Running - easy33 20:30:00
  Orienteering - easy6 5:14:00
  S&C 6 3:25:00
  Orienteering - medium3 2:19:00
  Running - hard5 1:57:00
  Alternative training1 48:00
  Total39 34:13:00

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Thursday Aug 30, 2018 #

Note

Dragging my worldly possessions to Halden
C • Goodbyes 2

Wednesday Aug 29, 2018 #

11 AM

Orienteering - easy 45:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

And goodbye to Luffarligan :'-( in vårsta, v nice. Bit of doms but not as slow as yesterday. V clean to begin with, and most of the way but got distracted a couple of times by others/helping others and let it slip. Then read a leg ahead going to the last control and wondered for a while why there was nowhere to cross the lake... But pleased with some bits. V careful over the rough to make sure i get to norway unscathed.

Running - easy warm up/down 8:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Tuesday Aug 28, 2018 #

12 PM

Alternative training 48:00 [2]

Had to be a lunchtime one, got some work just as i was about to head out earlier... Cross trainer, worked reasonably hard. Thought i'd treat myself to a few minutes on the stair machine to finish but turns out, it's quite easy to fall off them.

S&C 45:00 [3]

Worked quite hard here too, not much control over arms and legs now.
6 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:17:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Saying goodbye to Paradiset. Still full of falafel and heavy body from the gym, so it was v slow. 1:15, which threw my interpretation in places, but managed a few good things

Monday Aug 27, 2018 #

9 AM

Running - easy 1:09:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Nice lake and Ågesta run, mixed terrain. I think beginning with being so sleepy on friday ive been having a virus in head/throat, no major symptoms so i wasnt sure if i was imagining it, but could definitely tell there's something there on this run. I'll see how i feelabout a second run once i've slept a bit.
4 PM

Running - easy 35:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Technique at the track. Feet tired, some effort needed on foot/lower leg strength

Sunday Aug 26, 2018 #

10 AM

Orienteering - medium 25:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Pretty much the same as yesterday, but in a middle distance style. Pleased to orienteer 5 times this week! And enjoy it even at a lower capacity...I hope i can move things on just a little bit next weekend. Especially my direction, it's appalling. Did 3 sides of a square on a short leg today...

Running - easy 10:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Saturday Aug 25, 2018 #

10 AM

Orienteering - medium 1:10:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Went down to dm long, which was in a nice bit of forest towards Nynäshamn. Tried to take this as a direct progression from the past few days rather than thinking "okay i'm ready to race like normal now", as it was only two weeks ago when i pulled out of WOC long because i was quite sure i couldnt successfully complete a long race. So i tried to run steady but not like my life depends on it haha... A smaller miss on the third (direction) but on the fifth i read to quickly and saw "ride" not "index contour" -_- which meant i dropped down to faff about in a rough valley for no reason, then run a bit on the side, not so quick. Got a bit disheartened after that, which distracted me and the end was an excellent sequence of direction misses. Not sure if it was because i limited myself or just being a little bit limited at the moment, probs both, but i wasnt feeling very strong. It's going to take some climbing to get out this hole but at least a start has been made.

Running - easy warm up/down 11:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

7 PM

Running - easy 31:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Easy evening jog

Friday Aug 24, 2018 #

6 PM

Running - easy 1:02:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Done a lot of sleeping today, probably a good idea. still a bit slow and sleepy here. Okay training so far this week considering starting point, seemed like about 1.45 running most days would be okay and it's worked out fine, not worrying too much about intensity just at the moment. Lots of scope to improve but mostly will be post-move.

Thursday Aug 23, 2018 #

12 PM

Running - easy 42:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Oops, bit late. Couldnt sleep til late so woke up really late too. Then had some work. Run with outdoor gyms, so heavy legs and arms for most of it but probably good to practice that once in a while.

S&C 30:00 [2]

6 PM

Orienteering - easy 43:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Easy in Högmora-Svartvik, round the men's middle course from the weekend. After the last two trainings it was nice that i was very clean through högmora and quite clean in the svartvik bit (a couple of times thinking i knew the area better than i do...) A couple of pauses, and an extra one when Nisse wanted a chat hehe.

Running - easy warm up/down 34:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Including from home to näset

Wednesday Aug 22, 2018 #

11 AM

Orienteering - medium 44:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Was about to go running from home and saw Luffarligan was at Granby, so went there. As "intervals" but not much time at any big effort because i was mostly lost. Gym doms has arrived but okay push in my step, just getting (mentally?) tired v easily so breaks were good anyway. Not getting good direction but a few more brighter points than yesterday.

Running - easy warm up/down 15:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

6 PM

Running - easy 44:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Easy in svartvik

Tuesday Aug 21, 2018 #

11 AM

Running - easy 40:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Easy in svartvik, legs not too bad after yesterday
6 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:04:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Control picking at flaten. V low general level but have to start somewhere! Not concentrating too well probably had a lot to do with it.

Monday Aug 20, 2018 #

9 AM

Running - easy 52:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Mixed roads and paths
7 PM

Running - easy 40:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas flats

oops, a bit late, working... running technique, some more dynamic. the only signs ive had that i ran a race at the weekend, a tiny bit of doms. maybe i wasn't pushing hard enough, but it felt like i was at the time! i think a bit more strength and flexibility would help me get more from myself.

S&C 45:00 [3]

then gym. can already feel the doms from this, but seemed a bit easier than last week at least.

Sunday Aug 19, 2018 #

8 AM

Running - easy 1:36:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Longish group run round some of the tops from the hut at sälen. Lots of fun, nicely surprised by how much off-piste there was. Got involved in a bit of downhill racing near the end too :-) Massive abuse of trainers. Felt mostly quite good, would like more uphill strength, something to work on this autumn.

Saturday Aug 18, 2018 #

Note

No warm down, had to get in the car and follow the relay. Also people keep saying that warm downs do not help recovery. Not sure but it was enough of an excuse today. Thanks to having some handy teammates we won the women's relay, which was brill. Good fun this weekend!
6 AM

Running - easy 12:00 [2]

Small morning jog shoe testing
11 AM

Running - hard race 50:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Vasastafetten leg from Risberg to Evertsberg. Rolling hills, ski tracks, the odd small path and a good bit of spång. Felt like i got what i could from myself, okay race and had some men's teams around to help push on. Looking forward to building some better form over the next weeks!

Running - easy warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Friday Aug 17, 2018 #

1 PM

S&C 15:00 [3]

So much work to finish, before packing and travelling up to sälen for vasastafetten tomorrow. By the time i got to stadion i had hardly any time so made use of the gym. Maybe time for a run later, but it might be late (flashbacks to the drive back from Idre...)

Thursday Aug 16, 2018 #

12 PM

Running - easy 1:03:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Bit late, had just finished admin and got a load of work... Still in quite a bit of doms pain, took a few km to gather momentum, then toilet stop and had to start again
8 PM

Running - easy 31:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

So busy working :-( went to peg about in the forest at hökarängen.

Wednesday Aug 15, 2018 #

10 AM

Running - easy 41:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Running - hard tempo 24:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

i think gym was successful yesterday cos my whole body hurts. took a longer warm up and had to shuffle all the way but made myself go through with a short tempo at ågesta. legs barely operational on the uphills but good to do something to get my lungs working anyway.
6 PM

Running - easy 37:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Still shufflin

Tuesday Aug 14, 2018 #

10 AM

Running - easy 52:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

easy run and gym. need to get back to having a better programme, and stop making excuses about not being able to afford the gym, it's a requirement not an optional extra! really have lost a lot of form and strength. cramped a bit doing a single leg squat but otherwise quite a good start.

S&C 1:00:00 [3]

6 PM

Running - easy 45:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Easy svartvik

Monday Aug 13, 2018 #

11 AM

Running - easy 47:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

From stadion. Rested legs but also a bit generally tired from travelling.
6 PM

Running - easy 40:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

drills at IP. v jaded this aft but i think after a good nights sleep i should be back to normal tomorrow.

Sunday Aug 12, 2018 #

Note

Post-woc nope

Saturday Aug 11, 2018 #

11 AM

Running - hard intervals 20:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

29x30/30, my watch won't do 29s intervals... First 30 with float recovery, then with walk-jog for more speed. Not v high speed reached but got systems working :-)

Running - easy warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Friday Aug 10, 2018 #

Note

I've been wondering a little bit what to say abut WOC this year, it's the kind of thing i would write a proper article about but i've not felt like writing for a long time. i've not really been feeling myself for a while, and training has been... well, it's been some training but not as good as it could be. i've lost so much confidence in my training (especially physically, which was always a stronger area!) and the only real honest explanation that i've often been too unhappy to function properly, it sometimes feels like it has a physical effect as well as on my mood.

i always try hard to push through these tougher times, to see if i can surprise myself and race well, because preparation hardly ever goes perfectly. so i tried to give myself every chance, but i couldn't magic any confidence here. there's just not enough of the more basic life needs being met to have enough good feeling to really be able to compete and push hard. it's hard to explain, it feels like a self-protective mechanism and i can't really override that with any amount of determination.

what has been a quite painful week as an athlete has been made better by the people around, who have been great fun, supportive and understanding, and that's meant that instead of completely breaking down i've actually come away with a few solutions. so there are some changes on the way and i'm so excited about that! i can tell when i run that i'm not as far away from normal as it sometimes feels, so i hope in the next few weeks i can return to being a bit more myself :-) i absolutely love what i do and i'll do whatever it takes to keep improving and fighting for even better results.
10 AM

Running - easy 50:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

mixed paths and roads from Amata, found a nice round route, along the river at the end with some nice geology.
7 PM

Running - easy 37:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

round Sigulda and back to the house after the prizegiving.

Saturday Aug 4, 2018 #

Event: WOC 2018 - Latvia
 
10 AM

Orienteering - easy 50:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Some orienteering! Mostly coming back into Latvia mode quite well.
6 PM

Orienteering - easy 35:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

middle model

Running - hard intervals 5:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Friday Aug 3, 2018 #

7 PM

Running - easy 20:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 O Roc 280 April 2018

Ligatne. A bit in terrain. Quite stressful day!

Thursday Aug 2, 2018 #

8 AM

Running - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

morning jog round näset. still okay but need a better sleep i think.
1 PM

Running - easy 46:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Easy from stadion on the way to the ferry

S&C 10:00 [1]

Wednesday Aug 1, 2018 #

8 AM

Running - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

time to start working more to Latvian time. morning jog (after coffee), finish at Centrum
6 PM

Running - hard intervals 18:00 [4]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

Tempo and short reps to check i'm okay and blow out some cobwebs. Okay. Not sure im in vintage shape but i am functional, so there is some chance of a salvage.

Running - easy warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Kinvara June 2018

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