Training Log Archive: Cat TIn the 7 days ending Aug 12, 2012:
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Sunday Aug 12, 2012 #
11 AM
Orienteering - hard race (Long distance) 1:17:00 [4]
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190
Nice feeling again today. Only big problem was being an absolute airhead and losing 8min to the first control just by not taking the time to look properly at the height difference and running off round the hill expecting it to all work out. after that i could have given up but decided to keep fighting and ran hard all the way. i did make some more mistakes but nothing big and was aggressive with the route choices. feeling really good considering how much hill running ive been doing. so frustrating, finishing about 3 1/2 mins behind, but maybe everyone else made mistakes too? will have to wait and see the splits...
Running - easy warm up/down 15:00 [1]
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190
warm up only, having big pain from contouring blisters by the end. hope to get out for evening jog before dinner instead.
5 PM
Running - easy 25:00 [1]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
looking back over today's map as i went. found lots more smaller improvements to make too on this kind of terrain
S&C 30:00 [1]
Saturday Aug 11, 2012 #
7 AM
Running - easy 1:00:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
pre breakfast mountain running again - i know we have races but im trying to keep a bit higher training volume to be ready for NORT. really nice views again :-)
1 PM
Orienteering - hard race (Middle distance) 55:00 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 OROC 230
Euromeeting middle on some amazing but really difficult rocks. Not my greatest performance ever but a brill experience, it felt like i was learning how to run on this kind of terrain as i went, making all the mistakes in the process. havent looked at my course properly yet (time a guess!) but i think there will be a lot to think about. im really pleased with the way i tackled it though, i didnt get pissed off when i made mistakes and just tried to get into the next leg instead. so i enjoyed it and also was feeling good physically (a lot of running up hills already before i started, but it was so slow in the terrain it didnt make a difference)
Running - easy warm up/down 35:00 [3]
shoes: Inov-8 OROC 230
all the way up to the start (some quite extreme gradients here) and then back down the hill from the finish
Friday Aug 10, 2012 #
Event: Euromeeting
10 AM
Orienteering - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
Sprint training in central Innsbruck, 3 short courses, lots of this time was actually running and drills. quite good with the route planning and being sharp, just twice where i lost some seconds.
Euromeeting starts this afternoon with a Sprint race, but for me it's not really an important competition, I'll just be trying to get the good feeling with my orienteering that i've had in my best races this year, not running too hard because of my injury. but nice to try out some new routines that will help me race well in NORT :-)
Euromeeting starts this afternoon with a Sprint race, but for me it's not really an important competition, I'll just be trying to get the good feeling with my orienteering that i've had in my best races this year, not running too hard because of my injury. but nice to try out some new routines that will help me race well in NORT :-)
7 PM
Orienteering - hard race (Sprint distance) 14:00 [4]
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190
Innsbruck Olympiaworld. A stupid moment on the way to lthe last control but otherwise a good, clean agressive race, so im quite pleased. hard running all the way, completely geknackered at the end!
Running - easy warm up/down 25:00 [2]
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190
Thursday Aug 9, 2012 #
8 AM
Running - easy 1:00:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
morning jog from hotel, so nice i just kept going up and up - through the forest, meadows, clouds and then onto proer mountain terrain. best pre breakfast training ever! could have gone on to tackle some serious peaks but thought they might send out a search party. saw deer, hikers, alpine cows and man mowing meadow. brill.
4 PM
Orienteering - easy 30:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
Euromeeting training. Loving the hills! so different from home. some vegetation a bit Swiss though
6 PM
S&C 30:00 [1]
Wednesday Aug 8, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
travelling all day
Tuesday Aug 7, 2012 #
11 AM
Aquarunning - hard intervals 1:05:00 [3]
5x8mins. still a bit sore but fine in the water. remembered on the way down that im travelling tomorrow not thurs...
6 PM
Running - hard hills 1:05:00 [3]
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190
Linne hills at Slottsbacken. Not sure how heels/bruises/body in general would cope but it wasnt as bad as i thought. Still not the full session, about half, but felt like some progress from last week. Did the long (2min?) reps Kenyan style, going as fast as i dared on the downs, then two short hills. Trying to get high stride frequency on the way there and back.
Enjoying running at this intensity, trying to get a tough but sustainable pace :-)
Enjoying running at this intensity, trying to get a tough but sustainable pace :-)
Monday Aug 6, 2012 #
10 AM
Alternative training (Cycling) 1:45:00 [1]
(out for 3hours 30) Lina kindly lent me her bike for the day, i was going to go round and pick up all the Hittaut.nu checkpoints on tracks that i hadn't got yet. Got most of them, but then had to come home a bit early...
in a really vacant moment, rode straight into one of those metal barriers stopping cars going on cycle tracks. managed a full 360degree spin over the hadlebars and actually landed okay, no head injuries or shoulder disloations, but some damage to my thigh where i hit the barrier, quite sore to walk about. came home for ice, it was hard to push properly anyway :-/
in a really vacant moment, rode straight into one of those metal barriers stopping cars going on cycle tracks. managed a full 360degree spin over the hadlebars and actually landed okay, no head injuries or shoulder disloations, but some damage to my thigh where i hit the barrier, quite sore to walk about. came home for ice, it was hard to push properly anyway :-/
6 PM
Running - easy 53:00 [1]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider April 12
after having ice and compression all afternoon, i did something maybe less sensible and went for a run. it felt okay, i was just quite tired, it was a bit of a shock to fall like that and a lot of adrenaline! so not so much bounce but fine anyway. heels doing well :-)