Training Log Archive: Ralph

Not feeling especially up for it today. Lovely area though.

Out and back to area

With the Beech

Really really really good training. No tapes out so had to make sure I was completely certain where I was at the control site (something I am not usually so good at in Sweden, especially in the technical terrain). Only messed up properly on 7 (relieved at having to not read the map for a bit lost focus and didn't check exactly where I was when I went up the hill, then confused myself once I was around the control circle. Couple of smaller errors with direction, misses in the circle, and lots of hesitations due to a lack of confidence.

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C • jealous 8

Coaching at Grondal

Jogged out from Tveta with the guys on the trails to see how to foot felt.

Then ran in the forest to get back home. Foot feels tight underneath.

A Foot Update.
So I have missed my 6 month injury anniversary but here is an update (maybe I will write a blog post as well).

At the last x-ray (late July/early August time) the break was "healing well" and I consulted several different (knowledgeable) doctors and experts about what exercise I could do on it. The verdict to go and run and ignore discomfort but stop if I felt pain.

I decided to jump straight back into orienteering with the reason that it should be lower impact that road running and also allow me to improve on the primary reason why I am in Sweden. This has worked well and my orienteering is certainly better now than it was when I restarted. My fitness is also improving which is good.

As for road running I have experimented with some short runs but have always run into discomfort/pain so I have decided for the moment that I will not be doing road running. It may be that road running puts different loads in different ways onto my body and that therefore a more gradual approach is required. I think I have unintentionally been doing a bit of that with orienteering warm up/downs being done on roads and ski tracks.

The foot itself feels good most of the time, I have been getting occasional "discomfort/pain" when out orienteering or during wu/wd. However, it does not last long (~10 seconds). It was longer when I started back so I think this is a good improvement. It also aches sometimes in the evening after training. Getting some other aches in other parts of my body as well, hopefully just training pains rather than anything serious.

Getting my Yorkshire fix with a big dose of mountain biking out and about from Farsta with Beech. High quality chat.

2 short O courses ~3.5 km each
First one "fast", second one "faster".

Ran well on the first one, until the end when the forest got green and I was unable to follow my compass (my fault not the greens). On the second one I ran to head to head with GG and proceeded to spend a huge amount of time standing inside the control circle debating the swedish mapping style. Was slower on the second course than the first. Nice.

1 big lap and a forest lap to wu.
1 small lap to wd.

Thinking about organising (restarting) the squad time trial on Great Tower as a squad fundraiser.

C • GT TT 1

3 x Tveta terrain loop. With Kent this week (Rikard having been promoted to run against Eric).
4.44, 4.42, 4.46 so much better than last week.