Wednesday Apr 30 |
 | Bike (MTB) 45:00 [2] | |
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| Run (road) 30:00 [1] | |
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| straight from bike. pushing Chariot with Marilla in it. Supposed to be a rest day but weather like this is meant to be enjoyed. |
| Paddle (kayak) 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Tuomiojärvi is a little higher than usual so hit a rock I usually see and almost had to re-learn how to do an eskimo roll in some very cold water. Lot of May day crazies out warming up already. Had to argue with some 14/15 year-old boys, who already looked like they had way too much Koskenkorva or whatever the spirit of choice was, in order to get them off the dock. Anyways, can't wait until my daughters are old enough...to go paddling with me, not drink Koskenkorva with boys. |
Tuesday Apr 29 |
| Bike (road) 1:20:00 [1] | |
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| pulling Marilla in Chariot |
| Orienteer 1:30:00 [4] | |
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| Laukaa. This could be the best conditions of the year for O. |
Monday Apr 28 |
| Row (ergometer) 30:00 [2] | |
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| Strength (circuit) 17:00 [3] | |
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| plyometrics & core |
| Stretch (passive) 12:00 [0] | |
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Sunday Apr 27 |
| Orienteer 2:30:00 [2] | |
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| Training near Orivesi with Vesa. Felt better than yesterday. Nasty but interesting terrain. These Apukäyrä maps are not the easiest to read for those of us who like things simple. |
Saturday Apr 26 |
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [1] | |
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| Orienteer race 1:11:00 [4] | |
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| Nice atmosphere and map. 11+ minutes of mistakes :/. I could live with a couple of the 1-2 min. ones but there was one huge 7.5 min mistake on the 7th control that was really avoidable. I had drifted right but was dead sure I must be near. I noticed a control but didn't check it since it was on the wrong feature. Well if I had paid attention I would have noticed it was my next control. That would have kept the mistake at 1-2 minutes. Oh well. Otherwise it felt easy to keep map contact and I enjoyed myself. A bit of zig-zagging going on but that will go away as I race more. Still feel physically bad, like running in slow motion. Need to see a doctor soon and see what has been causing this the last 2 weeks. |
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| my goodness...
http://www.mantsalanurheilijat.fi/suunnistus/kilpa...
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Thursday Apr 24 |
| Run warm up/down 12:00 [1] | |
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| Orienteer (kuntorasti) 45:00 [3] | |
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| B course to save legs for the weekend. First time I was ever DSQ with EMIT in 3 years when I am sure I punched every control, maybe the last one too casually...? No matter. |
Wednesday Apr 23 |
| Run warm up/down 25:00 [1] | |
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| Orienteer 50:00 [3] | |
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| AV/Terä Tiomila practice. 1:6900 map scale because...well just because they are going to Sweden. |
Monday Apr 21 |
| Run (road) 51:00 [2] | |
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| am: never mind speed work, the most I can manage after the stresses of the last week. |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| Run (w/Chariot) 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| PM Pushed a sleeping kid in the Chariot at easy pace. |
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| Aamulla (1.30) se tuli: pikkuinen reipas tyttö! Syntynys oli nopea ja helpo. Nyt Van Camp:n Venla tiimi on juuri valmis. |
Saturday Apr 19 |
| Row (ergometer) 25:00 [3] | |
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| 8x1 at 1.40/500m |
| Strength (circuit) 20:00 [2] | |
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| plyometrics and core |
| Stretch (passive) 10:00 [0] | |
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| Run warm up/down 12:00 [1] | |
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| Orienteer 1:10:00 [1] | |
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| Awesome weather. Melt snow melt! |
Friday Apr 18 |
| Bike (MTB) 1:10:00 [1] | |
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| to work |
| Bike (MTB) 50:00 [2] | |
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| from work
Energy level improving but still mysterious niggly pains bothering me. |
Thursday Apr 17 |
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [1] | |
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| Orienteer (kuntorasti) 46:00 [4] | |
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| Was doing the smart thing, in bed resting. But the sun was shining outside...so maybe I will just walk a course. Of course as soon as I punched at the start, I had to run. Actually went fairly well considering the way I feel. Map was 1:7500 which was a pleasure to read. Wish they would use this sometimes for shorter races. Towards the end headed off the wrong way on a butterfly loop losing a few minutes since I went all the way to the wrong control before I noticed some guy I had passed much earlier coming from a different direction. Probably the 3rd or 4th time I have done this in the last year. The last time, I swear. Otherwise fairly clean. Felt REALLY bad afterwards...back to bed. |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Run (road) 57:00 [1] | |
| (sick) |
| This was just above a walking pace. Wanted to check if this unwell feeling is just in my head (some people go to doctors but I run). Clearly not well as I was so weak that I was tempted almost the whole time just to stop and sit down on the road. Have also had light cramps on and off in my guts for 36 hours. None of this adds up to any recognisable illness but I have got something. |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
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| (sick) (rest day) |
| A fever last night and still feel strange today... |
Monday Apr 14 |
| Run (dirt roads) 1:05:00 [2] | |
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| Morning run including one warm-up run up Laajavuori. |
| Run hills 25:00 [5] | |
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| 4xLaajavuori (back road from Laajari to top of ski jump). Road includes one dip in the middle to recover before a brutal 18%. Did this in new falling snow. Felt good after finally sleeping well last night. This was statisfying training, even if I still am not pushing myself up to maximum effort. |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| Orienteer (forest) 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| Morning check, together with Kimmo, of the map and possible control sites for a "kuntorasti" we are doing next month. We were out during a rare ice storm. Surprised by how deep the snow was in most places, turning it into more of a hike at times. It is going to be a quite physically challenging A-route for this one. |
Saturday Apr 12 |
| Bike (MTB) 2:00:00 [2] | |
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| Skipped opportunity for night-o. Probably not much more time for these before next Autumn. Learned some new things in course setting school, especially about how to break the rules. I was surprised we were being given tips on, for example, how to fudge the course lengths in the program so the competitors are happy. Heard a lot of stories from the trainer from Savo: "Yks tosi tarina vielä..." x30. Look forward to putting knowledge into practice now in an upcoming kuntorasti I will plan.
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Friday Apr 11 |
| Run (mostly road) 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Evening. Felt sluggish all day, no surprise as I have not slept well four nights in a row. But these are exciting times. Ran with the phone just in case J called for me to rush her to the hospital. By the way, she orienteered yesterday (slowly) even though the baby is due tomorrow... |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| Orienteer (kuntorasti) 50:00 [4] | |
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| Great course, thanks Ossi. Often the best routes were not obvious and you paid for not checking every option. And predictably I paid. |
| Run warm up/down 17:00 [1] | |
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| before kuntorasti |
Wednesday Apr 9 |
| Run warm up/down 20:00 [1] | |
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| before o-training |
| Orienteer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| AV-training. Lots of controls close together to practice constant direction changes. There was something else we were supposed to practice too but I didn't really understand the instructions and figured the first thing was enough for me. First real forest-o in Jyväskylä this Spring, still snow but the constant rain is steadily eating away at it. |
Tuesday Apr 8 |
| Run intervals (Road) 16:00 [5] | |
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| 4x4 - two of these were barely "interval"-worthy |
| Run (Road) 34:00 [1] | |
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| The rest of my lunch-time run around Jyväsjärvi. |
| Run (Road) 34:00 [1] | |
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| pm: 1*Laajavuori |
Monday Apr 7 |
| Row tempo (Ergometer) 20:00 [4] | |
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| 1.47'/500m ave. steady state |
| Row warm up/down (Ergometer) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Stretch (Passive) 15:00 [3] | |
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| half-hearted, skipped strength work |
Sunday Apr 6 |
| Run (mostly dirt roads) 2:30:00 [2] | |
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| Morning run was turned into a marathon thanks to unfriendly dogs cutting off my route home. Only option, besides risking being bit or hiking through the snow, was a long detour (about 30 minutes extra). |
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| Did my homework for course setting school next Saturday. But we are also expecting a kid that day so I hope my wife follows her usual tendency in everything else and starts a bit late. On the other hand, if I have to give a presentation in Finnish on the 16 year old girl's long distance course I drew tonight, it may be better to be in the hospital. |
Saturday Apr 5 |
| Bike (MTB) 2:10:00 [2] | |
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| After 200 metres, left pedal fell apart, with the guts destroyed. Two hours getting parts and rebuilding pedal before trying again, this time in cold rain. Got a terrible headache from the cold. But satisfied at least I didn't have to take my bike to a mechanic. |
Friday Apr 4 |
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| Never never never put your money in Sampo bank. You will spend your days in long lines trying to get your money back instead of training. |
| Run 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| pm: Tuomiojärvi. Managed to find some time after all. |
Thursday Apr 3 |
| Orienteer (kuntorasti) 40:00 [4] | |
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| Easy orienteering (1/2 street). 5 min. behind fastest and this mostly not do to running speed but bonehead mistakes in the beginning. Started out with total lack of concentration but got into it at the end. |
| Run warm up/down 25:00 [1] | |
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Wednesday Apr 2 |
| Run (road & trail mix) 45:00 [1] | |
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| Lunch break. No time to ski in shorts so I jogged in shorts. I couldn't stop smiling. |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| Run intervals (road) 16:00 [5] | |
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| am: 8x2' (cut short) |
| Run 34:00 [2] | |
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| The rest of the run around Jyväsjärvi |
| Run (road) 28:00 [1] | |
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| pm jog in +8C! Everyone in the city seemed to being doing it so I felt compelled to join in and do my part to clear the sidewalks. Even ran past the hardest of hard-core ski guys jogging which is surely a sign of the times, although I think he was running to check the tracks. |