Training Log Archive: Big Jon

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.

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.

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.

1 hour surveying, finishing off a block. Mild and windy.

Short run to shops and back - hungry so bought more than planned, heavy rucksack on return!

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.

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...

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.

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!

Warm up and down on roads and at track.

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.

C • you're short 3

Run to and from strength training at Gimle skole.

HSK strength - took it easy as planning on doing a time trial tomorrow.

3 hours surveying, cold crisp day, just not sunny :(