Training Log Archive: nic.

Wasn't sure how much time I would have tomorrow for training so I did my long run today, a long run on a Saturday seems weird... Fom my place to Skatås, around the 5km loop and then home. Felt pretty good! A little lower back pain for the last 6 or so km but I'm laying on the roller right now and it feels better already. Heel is heaps better now too, a week of icing and the lump is much smaller :)

C • Nice .... 4

To and from the gym, although fairly tempted to just get a tram home and down a big glass of water. Felt like a bit of a noob running through town with my bag...

The last day of my free week at the gym so I went and tried a 'TRX' class, so using those bands and your body weight to do exercises. Pure strength, and I sucked! Honestly felt like if I had to do some of those exercises any longer I would cry. Tough times!

I think i need it!

15ish warm up to Safjället and then 13ish back.

Chalmers OL Training. First was a really cool little pairs relay. One map between two and we had controls on either side of a track and handed the map over as we got back to the track. Cool idea!

Then a relocation type course in pairs again. One person would navigate to somewhere within a square on their map and the other had to figure out where they were and then make their way to the control on their map etc. It was a pretty tricky map! And i'm pretty bad at my relocating and picking out features as it is here so it was pretty much perfect training for me. And not far from my place which is cool, hopefully i can run there again before it starts to get too dark. Legs got tired though!

7min warm up 13 warm down

Orienteering intervals in Skatås, my first time orienteering there! I think each loop was about 1.2-1.6km. The first one i was happy with, the second was ok, but then the last two were hopeless. I struggled picking the marshes and the blue dotted lines but really i just was super sloppy and had no confidence again for the last two. Maybe tomorrow will be better! Good news is my heel didn't feel quite as bad in my orienteering shoes! Bad news is it's starting to get far too cold to wear thongs and i'm still really struggling with any other shoes on my feet :(

C • No thongs?? 1

Strength with Chalmers OL. Really good! A mix of plyo type stuff after a warm up and then strength. Once again don't think anyone in the room was sweating even half as much as me...
Good news is it seems after a while the pain in my heel goes away a bit when i'm running, but still very uncomfortable whenever i put shoes on and it doesn't go away at all when i'm just walking around during the day.

Got out a fresh Hitta-Ut map with intentions of doing a lot longer run than this, but i rolled my ankle at the 17min mark and headed back. The worst part is that i hadn't even got to the Änggårdsbergen yet, i rolled it on a path going down some stairs :| Jogged back fine after a few minutes standing but i could feel it in the same spot as ive been having problems so definitely think it was good to not go on uneven ground, it's just really really really annoying :( I think i was feeling pretty alright before that though so thats nice.

Blister update: I realised today that my blister has fully healed and there is no way that it should still be hurting, so when i put on my runners and it hurt as soon as i stood up i had a good look at it. Turns out i have like a lump on my heel and thats where it hurts to touch... My right shoe has a spot in the heal with no cushioning anymore, but now i don't know whether that's what's making me hurt, or whether the lump is why there is no more cushioning in my shoe...