Training Log Archive: nicki

Race #2, Lafarge

3:07 off 1st place, 9th female.

Make a 15 sec. mistake on the 5th control and had some difficulty running uphill through the deep snow, but otherwise I was happy with this first race of the weekend.

Lafarge Training - Route Choice with Dave R

I learned that it was faster to run around on the icy pavement than on a straight line through the snow.

Race #3 Poirier Farsta

My favourite race. Absolute chaos!

2.49 off first place, 10th female.

Twice I punched the wrong control, but then quickly realized. Also made a small directional error on loop three, lost a good 20 seconds following someone incorrectly on loop 4 and had a few hesitations amid the chaos.

Poirier Training

Really just jogged around this as a cool-down. Even cut through the sports centre at one point to use the loo mid-course.

2-person relay

This was fun. I got teamed up with 12-year old Annika from Seattle. Apparently I mis-punched on loop one and got us disqualified though.

I went to the correct control at the beginning of the loop, but then got confused by all the people running in all directions and second guessed myself. I saw another control really close by and ran over to it, punched it, but then realized I was correct in the first place, so just continued on my course. Not sure if that extra punch was the reason for the DQ or whether I made a mistake somewhere else. There were a lot of controls out there, so you never know, but I am SURE I checked all the codes.

Sorry Annika.

Stage 2 - Elite Female - Splits

Event: Vancouver Sprint Camp 2017 & GVOC WJR - Winter Warrior Series #2
 

Treadmill intervals.

Treadmill

Treadmill

A very slow plod up Prairie in sub -20 temperatures and lots of snow.