Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 31 days ending Dec 31, 2015:
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Thursday Dec 31, 2015 #
x-c skiing 2:00:00 [3]
With S from Lemonsjøen ski area - tried metal edged tourers - a bit heavy on early parts which were nicely pisted but good from end of main track. We ended up at edge of forest on east shoulder of Gråhø. Snow got very icy and rocky here so we turned back - time against us. Lovely run back to car park. The makings of lovely round here - Gråhø rundt but it will be about 25-30km, so a long day!
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015 #
x-c skiing 2:30:00 [2]
Lap of Lemonsjøen. E slow and complaining but we got round. Lovely track and west side (where we were yesterday) was newly pisted and very smooth.
Tuesday Dec 29, 2015 #
x-c skiing 1:00:00 [3]
Tried and failed to find newly cut tracks at Qvamfjellet. Ended up back at Lemonsjøen and got out the skating skis. Went OK, but first 2 falls of the trip!
Back to sensible temperatures (-5/-8C) but windy.
Back to sensible temperatures (-5/-8C) but windy.
Monday Dec 28, 2015 #
x-c skiing 2:40:00 [2]
Gålåtoppen out along Peer Gynt vegen. Much better snow and well pisted for much of it. Tried some skating (on classic skis) and seemed to work OK. Maybe try skating tomorrow. Mostly still and some sunny periods - there seemed to be patches of low cloud drifting about.
Even colder this morning -25C. Left car with heater on it for an hour and still big black smoky start.
Even colder this morning -25C. Left car with heater on it for an hour and still big black smoky start.
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Hot air blower on car once we arrived back at campsite - will eave it al night... -19C at 7pm so it'll be cold again.
Sunday Dec 27, 2015 #
x-c skiing 1:40:00 [2]
Skiing at Lemonsjøen. Snow better than yesterday and better tracks (for most of it) but still a bit thin and icy. Majornthaw on Christmas Eve left lots of ice. Pleasant ski and only -12C so felt OK once cold toes and fingers warmed up. Very cold this morning -23C. Car only started after borrowing a hot sir fan and leaving it blowing across the car engine for 40 minutes. When it did start it threw out vast amounts of back smoke... hope no damage done.
Saturday Dec 26, 2015 #
x-c skiing 1:00:00 [3]
Short ski at Hafjell toppen. Very busy and tracks were thin and sheet ice in places!
Friday Dec 25, 2015 #
steady run 1:00:00 [3]
Familjen Jul tur til Høiås tårnet. Plenty of other walkers and runners. Nice bright day but chilly wind.
Thursday Dec 24, 2015 #
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Walk with E in woods checking the map. Out for approx 1 hour
Wednesday Dec 23, 2015 #
orienteering 1:35:00 [4]
With Cmc from north side of Høiås map to Opalveien. Steady effort - forest very wet and heavy. Broke midway through course to climb Høiås tower and look at view.
steady run 30:00 [3]
Run in to edge of area and back from end of course. Left flute feeling bit tweaky on run back - possibly just too much work demanded of it over the last few days. Tired afterwards - haven't run this long for quite a while.
stretching 15:00 [1]
Extended stretching - badly needed.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015 #
Intervals 10:00 [3]
Short intervals - 10x1+1. Not feeling great- a bit light headed (0930 start?) but got session done and worked hard in it.
Along Lysløpe towards Høiås. Lovely morning, sun just getting up and lighting the trees as I did the session.
Along Lysløpe towards Høiås. Lovely morning, sun just getting up and lighting the trees as I did the session.
steady run warm up/down 32:00 [3]
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Decided not to go surveying - not feeling up for it - next bit is steep, hilly and lots of green. It can wait until the new year!
steady run 43:00 [3]
Head torch run round Venås loop and back over Ulvås. With S and Cmc (over for a couple of days). Very pleasant run - felt much better than this morning.
Monday Dec 21, 2015 #
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2 hours surveying, feeling very lackadaisical and struggled for motivation. Dull morning but brightened up and even a few glimpses of sun by the end.
steady run 45:00 [3]
Night run with E & S to a couple of "high" points near Fredrickstad (one of them even topped 110m!!!!)
Mostly nice twisty paths in the woods - really tricky to follow at night especially when they reach bare rock slabs and disappear!
Out for nearly 90 mins but lots of walking and looking at views.
Mostly nice twisty paths in the woods - really tricky to follow at night especially when they reach bare rock slabs and disappear!
Out for nearly 90 mins but lots of walking and looking at views.
Sunday Dec 20, 2015 #
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Rest day - visited various old burial sites, rock carvings and stone circles between Halden and Fredrickstad. Grey day with a chilly breeze. Legs tired on any uphill.
Saturday Dec 19, 2015 #
orienteering 40:00 [3]
Hanging controls for E in local woods, then back along course looking for dropped control flag! Then back to last couple of controls to collect after E had passed through.
orienteering 1:13:00 [3]
With S to drop E at a birthday party then back via a long loop into Struppe across R21 and into woods to west of house. Pretty grotty afternoon and getting dark by 3pm... Legs very tired - not food shortage or sore, just worn out muscles.
Friday Dec 18, 2015 #
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1 hour surveying, finishing off a block. Mild and windy.
Thursday Dec 17, 2015 #
steady run 21:00 [3]
Short run to shops and back - hungry so bought more than planned, heavy rucksack on return!
orienteering 1:22:00 [3]
Høiås training. Shadowed a junior round part of the "moment bona". Pretty good at the map reading but compass work was a bit wayward. Felt tired legs towards end, terrain is really heavy and wet just now. Not helped by drizzle and fog creating backscatter from head torch light.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015 #
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3 hours surveying, temp has risen to above freezing but that meant that all the first on the small birch scrub was wet and sticky - so I got soaked through the morning...
steady run 39:00 [3]
In the woods - small paths and then onto Lysløpe for return - it was getting dark and the lights came on. Legs feeling a bit tired but nothing sore or damaged.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015 #
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Survey fail... drove to area but it was thick fog and frozen and dark, so drove home again - there's no pressure to rush the map!
steady run warm up/down 35:00 [3]
Warm up and down on roads and at track.
Track Race 11:42 [3]
3km time trial at Halden track. No flood lights - but frost on ground and reflected light from low clouds meant no head torch was fine. Heavy frost, -5C, ran in dobbs.
Started steadily and kept things pretty even throughout race. Pushed on last 600m.
splits: 0-46, 1-33, 1-35, 1-35, 1-35, 1-33, 1-29.
Pretty happy with it as a session, legs felt pretty good and managed to push harder at end. Next time I'll have to start a wee bit faster and see what I can do.
Started steadily and kept things pretty even throughout race. Pushed on last 600m.
splits: 0-46, 1-33, 1-35, 1-35, 1-35, 1-33, 1-29.
Pretty happy with it as a session, legs felt pretty good and managed to push harder at end. Next time I'll have to start a wee bit faster and see what I can do.
stretching 10:00 [1]
Monday Dec 14, 2015 #
steady run warm up/down 21:00 [3]
Run to and from strength training at Gimle skole.
Strength 1:00:00 [2]
HSK strength - took it easy as planning on doing a time trial tomorrow.
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3 hours surveying, cold crisp day, just not sunny :(
Sunday Dec 13, 2015 #
steady run 1:40:00 [3]
Run north of Halden (we spotted a hill on a map!) with S, E and H. Lovely little track along and up ridge to summit - fire watch tower gave superb views all round. A couple of big wind farms in Sweden - almost certainly the mystery lights we saw from Høias tower 4 weeks ago.
Off ridge to north and then a couple of forested hills direct, cross a marsh and then H and I added an extra ridge to NE, caught back with S& E then a little extra loop near end. Some glorious forest and views were great. We'll be back in the future to explore some more.
Legs tired on hills but kept going - must be getting stronger with all the forest running over the past few weeks!
Off ridge to north and then a couple of forested hills direct, cross a marsh and then H and I added an extra ridge to NE, caught back with S& E then a little extra loop near end. Some glorious forest and views were great. We'll be back in the future to explore some more.
Legs tired on hills but kept going - must be getting stronger with all the forest running over the past few weeks!
stretching 10:00 [1]
Saturday Dec 12, 2015 #
orienteering race 48:00 [5]
HøiasDNC, Iddefjordfjella. Middle distance race, 4.4km 135m (but ca 290 descent as start high up!)
Started a bit hesitantly but good line to 1, a bit lucky on 2 - facing along slope and spotted it. 3-8 good, then a complete brain death - long leg, pushed, parallel error and kept going, eventually relocated but 7 mins gone... Finished 4th on "Open medium" class but could have won by 3 mins and been 2nd overall behind Marie Olaussen (junior girl).
Pleased with technique in most of the race, but need to check compass more (as always!).
Started a bit hesitantly but good line to 1, a bit lucky on 2 - facing along slope and spotted it. 3-8 good, then a complete brain death - long leg, pushed, parallel error and kept going, eventually relocated but 7 mins gone... Finished 4th on "Open medium" class but could have won by 3 mins and been 2nd overall behind Marie Olaussen (junior girl).
Pleased with technique in most of the race, but need to check compass more (as always!).
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Bit of jogging at carpark and then long run up track to start.
orienteering 35:00 [4]
Went on to Prestebakke for a middle distance course (Thursday HSK training). Steady start and struggled to interpret vegetation round 1, then smoother and really enjoyed most of it. Tired by end.
Friday Dec 11, 2015 #
steady run 37:00 [3]
Steady run with S, lysløppe then back via Venås and lower tracks. Nice sunny day. Legs tired from last 3 days - surveying and night-O.
Thursday Dec 10, 2015 #
orienteering 1:00:00 [4]
Shadowing S round contour only night-O at Høias. Tough area - lots of undergrowth and vague wobbly slopes. Mostly clean technically but not chuffed at going goolie deep in one cutting between 2 hills:-) We also crossed an "uncrossable" marsh near the end - those in the know detoured about 50m to the track across it!
E went out on his own on a wee night-O course and got 7 controls, lost a lot of time on one but was pretty happy with himself. He'll be out on the contour-only soon...
E went out on his own on a wee night-O course and got 7 controls, lost a lot of time on one but was pretty happy with himself. He'll be out on the contour-only soon...
Wednesday Dec 9, 2015 #
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Surveying 3 hours, much more pleasant day and finished block of area.
steady run warm up/down 8:00 [3]
orienteering 58:00 [4]
Onsdagsnatt - Mass-start night-O, baffled courses and, most important, no controls in the forest. Every runner wears a GPS tracker. Missed my first control, realised as I was leaving it but didn't drop back down hill to mine. Own line to number 2 and then cut-off to 17 (4.5km is plenty for me!). Haven't had as much fun O-ing for a long time, great to pick off the features and spike the controls. Only bad miss was i the green near the end, relocated on a spur, then realised I was under the power line!
Pretty slow time but just really enjoyed myself with no pressure.
https://events.loggator.com/cNCqglOd-8wVFOLS
Pretty slow time but just really enjoyed myself with no pressure.
https://events.loggator.com/cNCqglOd-8wVFOLS
stretching 10:00 [1]
Tuesday Dec 8, 2015 #
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6 hours surveying, tough area and lots of bushy juniper. Dull and got drench in the afternoon. Pretty dark by 3-15.
Monday Dec 7, 2015 #
Strength 1:00:00 [3]
HSK strength session. Not as bad as previous sessions - maybe taking it a bit easier or maybe getting better at it?
steady run warm up/down 21:00 [3]
Easy run to training and back, nice route through houses and quiet roads. Cold clear night, stars twinkling overhead.
Sunday Dec 6, 2015 #
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Walk up Styggmann (Vestfold). Drive to Moss, fear yto Horten then slow drive cross grain of land to start point. Started at 1215 - oops dark in 3 1/2 hours... Fairly brisk walking, but track was very icy in most parts and incredibly rough and wet the whole way. No real rests, just a couple of quick snacks and a brief camera stop at the summit. Fantastic 360 views esp up to the snow covered mountains to the north. Wonderful colours as the sun set as we descended. Pretty dark by the end. Drove back via bigger roads and the E18 motorway to Horten - much easier!
Great little adventure, but lesson is get up even earlier and get a pre-dawn ferry so as to have daylight for the walking!
3.5 hours moving (12km...)
Great little adventure, but lesson is get up even earlier and get a pre-dawn ferry so as to have daylight for the walking!
3.5 hours moving (12km...)
Saturday Dec 5, 2015 #
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shadowing E on wee course in local wood that S set out. Out for 70 mins.
steady run 37:00 [3]
Turned round and straight back out for a wee run in the woods. Mild, windy but not too wet.
steady run 50:00 [3]
With S round woods, very dark by the end! Legs tired but feeling fairly strong.
Friday Dec 4, 2015 #
Intervals 10:00 [5]
With S, lyslope towards Høias. 10x1+1. Legs feeling surprisingly heavy from last night - I guess the terrain was slow and tough.
Ground out the session without ever feeling great.
Ground out the session without ever feeling great.
steady run warm up/down 36:00 [3]
stretching 10:00 [1]
Thursday Dec 3, 2015 #
orienteering 47:00 [4]
Night-O from Hoias. Fiddly course with little option to use big features. Really stop-start at beginning, then gradually got into the flow (apart from one shocker at #6 - just bumbled across series of marshes and knew I didn't know what was happening. Pleased I relocated fairly quickly but then control hidden behind boulder which I stood beside for a bit...
C • hoi 1
steady run warm up/down 10:00 [3]
stretching 10:00 [1]
Wednesday Dec 2, 2015 #
steady run 50:00 [3]
With S round tracks and paths in forest at Erte. Very nice looking woods, undulating and mostly pine so decent visibility. Legs felt tired at start but warmed up and going bit better by end. Mind still a bit wooly.
Tuesday Dec 1, 2015 #
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Carried on driving and reached Halden at 1040 this morning, 12 and half hours driving in 15 hour total trip time (one refuel and 2 ferry crossings). Roads amazingly quiet until leaving ferry at Helsingborg then busy to Gothenburg, but sun came up there and the road was very, very quiet to the Norwegian border so just kept on driving.
Breathalysed at the Norwegian border - not worried, only had 1 beer in past 2 weeks!
Breathalysed at the Norwegian border - not worried, only had 1 beer in past 2 weeks!
C • Mileage 11
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Don't think I'll try the night-O tonight, my body might be here but my mind hasn't yet caught up :-)