Training Log Archive: Cat T

moved into new flat. all running clothes (finally) in the wash.

NORT 3 Nesodden. Am the most happy with this race out of the 3. Followed the plans i decided on, taking the long way round on the paths. Not feeling super confident in this terrain, my time losses were from lots of little hesitations and one BIG one, where i was where i was supposed to be but convinced myself i was going wrong, faffed about for ages before i was sure again. About 3 and a half minutes altogether. Lost a bit of concentration on the last loop, missing some path routes. But all in all stable, not running fast enough to mess up much!

Not the best with running, felt nice and bouncy to warm up but suffering on the course (although i ran nearly all of it alone, which didn't help my speed, i'm seeming to find it much harder to push myself when i'm not with a group at the moment)

Finished tired but with quite happy considering the amount of races i've done in Norway (three?) and training in this Oslo terrain (nothing!), there is so much i can improve on both physically and technically but much better than last year when i was all over the place on this stage.

Good warm up on the warm up map, crappy short warm down as i got tempted by the waffle stand.

Weather not too nice today, didnt think sitting soaking wet and cold on a bus/boat on the way back from training on Nesodden would do me any good at all so i ditched the model race, which isn't ideal but it would be less ideal to find myself ill or completely worn out tomorrow. It really makes you appreciate when you have support on these races, or enough money to hire a car! Ran round on the same hill as Wednesday in between geeking - have had time to look at lots of maps from the area, think about the possible challenges and plan some of the kind of legs and courses they might have tomorrow. So we'll see how far that gets me!

At Tøyenbadet. 30x30/30s but not too hard, have been busy being a tourist and it wasnt so easy to run properly today - i got got by poison oak (i think thats what it was?) at Venla and my right arm still has some blistered sores on it that hurt like hell when i move in the water, tried gritting my teeth and ignoring it but ended up trying to keep it as still as possible. Theres always something...!

Short course from accommodation. Really weird being on a 1:10000 map, but got my head a bit more into it by the end.

Oslo, found a hill covered in forest really near the centre so round there for a bit. Wondered if doing a few intervals would be good but as soon as i pushed a bit harder my legs (quads and hamstrings) were feeling dead tired still, so just easy. Lovely city :-)

NORT sprint. hugely disappointed with myself today. not feeling v awake in my legs so it was easy to keep ahead, but i was lazy with my orienteering, not taking in enough detail and not reading my descriptions. so some hesitations, but mostly punished by going to the mens control instead of the nearby womens one. wouldnt have qualified anyway but i really let myself down in a race that i had decided was important.

looking forwards to doing better next time.

somewhere between Stockholm and Gothenburg, near a lake :-)