Training Log Archive: falcon

Happy Norway Day (or whatever they call it).
Ran on the map closest to our cabins - not sure of the name. Good flow, felt surprisingly good for the amount of terrain running in the last week.
I will be better prepared when I return.

65th in H21E1. Very tired in the beginning, middle and end of the race. Made some small mistakes and a couple of questionable route choices but otherwise 'okay' for my first long race since COCs last year.

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Sandy only ran a short race today so we went training in the afternoon. Downhill postplukk. Quite fun but the map could have used some updating. Ankles and legs (and arms, even) have taken a beating over the last two weeks.

Event: 2010 US Team Trials for WOC
 

Craft Cup Middle distance. 75th in H21E1. Made two large mistakes at #7 and #13. Also missed on #9. I ran some good legs which was good. I was 50th after the first loop and the first longer leg to #6. This would have been a great result but then the mistake at #7 and a poor performance on the second loop put me back. This finished with the mistake at #13. From there I ran okay from the arena passing to the finish on the last loop but my heart wasn't in it. Tomorrow is a new day with the long distance.

Middle distance course on neighboring terrain to the weekend races. Nice forest, small flags so hard to get a flow through the controls. A bit sketchy on fine compass direction but otherwise pretty good.

Postplukk. Good Flow for sections but made some minor unforced errors with either no plan or no concept of control site.

Another training, map just east of Levanger. Starting to get the hang of the terrain. Legs are getting heavy though.

Long distance training on 1:15k. Glad there were flags out otherwise I would have spent even longer hunting around. Map was made in '96 and so not very precise, especially at 1:15k. That said, I lost a lot of time looking for #13 that wasn't there and #24 that was missing. Hit a lot of controls right on and felt the Flow for the first time here in Trondheim.

Ran a course with Ivar, Magnus and Sandy close to our cabins. Good weather is holding but bad forecast for tomorrow.

Ran a course by the Swiss team with no trails, in a very bushy area. At least the weather was nicer but I felt really slow still and uncertain.

Wing's weekly training. Flags still out so got the chance to run faster. Felt generally good but dropped 45 sec on the long leg in a newly logged area and another 30 sec on the next control. Otherwise would have been around the leaders.

Warm-up then re-checking the controls that I lost time on.