Training Log Archive: buboIn the 12 days ending Feb 26, 2018:
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Monday Feb 26, 2018 #
Note
Travel Day
Left our hotel in Tarragona at 07.45 for the Airport in Barcelona.
Flight was scheduled for 12:00 but there was a one hour delay due to weather - probably in the Swedish end.
Landed in Stockholm/ARN about 45 mins late. Weather was nice to us, but apparently there were a lot of delayed flights and the airport was full of waiting passengers (and extra busy due to school holiday time).
Back home around 21:00 after a snowy drive home - where I luckily didn't have to drive myself.
Left our hotel in Tarragona at 07.45 for the Airport in Barcelona.
Flight was scheduled for 12:00 but there was a one hour delay due to weather - probably in the Swedish end.
Landed in Stockholm/ARN about 45 mins late. Weather was nice to us, but apparently there were a lot of delayed flights and the airport was full of waiting passengers (and extra busy due to school holiday time).
Back home around 21:00 after a snowy drive home - where I luckily didn't have to drive myself.
Sunday Feb 25, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering 33:31 3.78 km (8:52 / km) +41m 8:25 / km
ahr:135 max:159 shoes: Brooks Glycerine
MOC, day 3 - Sprint in the Old Town of Tarragona.
My third time actually running a race on this trip and the one I´m most pleased with. Almost no mistakes, maybe 15 seconds on #3 where I didn´t see the control flag and possibly less than that from some hesitation on the way to #1. Slow in the beginning of the course (some uphill) but better speed in the end.
Quite a few tricky controls/route choices in the middle of the course (#5-8) but taking it easy helped. Caught Bengt who had started 3 minutes earlier at #6 and we stayed together the rest of the race with me leading and doing the orienteering.
Results
This will probably be my last real run/training for a while i.e. unless some easy jog or skiing will happen before the week is over.
My third time actually running a race on this trip and the one I´m most pleased with. Almost no mistakes, maybe 15 seconds on #3 where I didn´t see the control flag and possibly less than that from some hesitation on the way to #1. Slow in the beginning of the course (some uphill) but better speed in the end.
Quite a few tricky controls/route choices in the middle of the course (#5-8) but taking it easy helped. Caught Bengt who had started 3 minutes earlier at #6 and we stayed together the rest of the race with me leading and doing the orienteering.
Results
This will probably be my last real run/training for a while i.e. unless some easy jog or skiing will happen before the week is over.
Saturday Feb 24, 2018 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:07:37 4.53 km (14:56 / km) +71m 13:51 / km
ahr:106 max:150 shoes: Icebug Spirit OLX 6-2016
MOC, day 2 - "Long" Distance in Les Pinedes/Castillejos that didn't really live up to the name, only 3 km.
Nice day with mostly sun, a bit cold in the morning since we were rather high up in the mountains. Even some frozen puddles of water on the course.
Walking again with only one mistake on #3 that I blame in part on the map since the trail (?) I had planned to use didn't exist. Maybe 5 minutes spent messing around in dark green thorny bush before getting back on track.
Mostly nice and open terrain where even the light green was OK to go through.
Results
Nice day with mostly sun, a bit cold in the morning since we were rather high up in the mountains. Even some frozen puddles of water on the course.
Walking again with only one mistake on #3 that I blame in part on the map since the trail (?) I had planned to use didn't exist. Maybe 5 minutes spent messing around in dark green thorny bush before getting back on track.
Mostly nice and open terrain where even the light green was OK to go through.
Results
Friday Feb 23, 2018 #
7 PM
Orienteering race 27:42 2.09 km (13:16 / km) +22m 12:36 / km
ahr:98 max:114 shoes: Brooks Glycerine
MOC, day 1 - Night Sprint in Montblanc, a small village with a maze of narrow alleys. Walking the course again without mistakes, maybe one suboptimal route choice and one minor hesitation.
Results
Results
Thursday Feb 22, 2018 #
6 PM
Orienteering 26:00 [1]
shoes: Brooks Glycerine
MOC prologue, Park Sprint in Tarragona. Walked the whole course in a very open park with simple orienteering. No official timing for me this time.
Results
Results
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 46:05 3.04 km (15:10 / km) +92m 13:11 / km
ahr:97 max:133 shoes: Brooks Glycerine
Walking the Sprint race in Andorra la Vella. The city lies in a bowl surrounded by mountains so the scenery was spectacular. A few interesting routes but mostly rather straight forward. Nice and sunny weather but a bit cooler than the previous days - luckily no snow.
Results
Results
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 38:49 3.66 km (10:37 / km) +66m 9:44 / km
ahr:134 max:173 shoes: Icebug Spirit OLX 6-2016
MOC Tour, day 4 - Forest race in Pals with free start times. Started early and tried running again. Nice and open terrain and a rather simple course. Moved slowly but without mistakes so I have to be pleased with my run.
Results
After the race we had a steady lunch before going to the Salvador Dalí museum in Figueras.
Results
After the race we had a steady lunch before going to the Salvador Dalí museum in Figueras.
Monday Feb 19, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering 30:00 [1]
Rest day.
We went for a walk to find permanent controls (stolpejakt) in the Old Town of Girona. Total time around 4 hours but that includes two stops for lunch and coffee.
Very interesting sprint map and a few really tricky legs even when walking.
We went for a walk to find permanent controls (stolpejakt) in the Old Town of Girona. Total time around 4 hours but that includes two stops for lunch and coffee.
Very interesting sprint map and a few really tricky legs even when walking.
Sunday Feb 18, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 28:18 3.26 km (8:41 / km) +119m 7:21 / km
ahr:138 max:154 shoes: Brooks Glycerine
MOC Tour, day 3 - Sprint in the Old Town of Barcelona.
I decided to try running this time and managed pretty well. Very tricky sprint with lots of artificial obstacles preventing us from running through certain alleys, but never got caught in any of those traps.
Had one annoying mistake on the longest route where I may have lost almost two minutes on the much longer alternative that was the result of turning right instead of left in a crucial intersection.
Stopped on the course to take one picture and lost to Charlie by 13 seconds... Also took some pics from the last control waiting for Björn who never turned up since he had a different control...
Results
Video from the Sprint
I decided to try running this time and managed pretty well. Very tricky sprint with lots of artificial obstacles preventing us from running through certain alleys, but never got caught in any of those traps.
Had one annoying mistake on the longest route where I may have lost almost two minutes on the much longer alternative that was the result of turning right instead of left in a crucial intersection.
Stopped on the course to take one picture and lost to Charlie by 13 seconds... Also took some pics from the last control waiting for Björn who never turned up since he had a different control...
Results
Video from the Sprint
Saturday Feb 17, 2018 #
10 AM
Walk 14:53 1.08 km (13:48 / km) +25m 12:21 / km
ahr:92 max:111
Walking to the start.
Orienteering race 1:31:42 *** 6.0 km (15:16 / km) +175m 13:20 / km
ahr:101 max:130 20c shoes: Brooks Glycerine
MOC Tour, day 2 - Long Distance at Montjuic/Olympic Mountain. Really a sprint combined with a forest/park O in very open, runnable terrain.
Walked every step of the first sprint part of the course - 13 controls. Even walking I actually missed one minute on one control since I didn't read the control description and ended up under a bridge instead of on top! Then took the first control of the second half (after a map change) before cutting directly to #10 of the 15 in this part of the course.
Results
Video from Montjuic
Listened to the Womens 4x5km XC relay going to the start + the first few controls! Forgot to turn off my watch at the finish, so this also includes the way back to the assembly area.
Walked every step of the first sprint part of the course - 13 controls. Even walking I actually missed one minute on one control since I didn't read the control description and ended up under a bridge instead of on top! Then took the first control of the second half (after a map change) before cutting directly to #10 of the 15 in this part of the course.
Results
Video from Montjuic
Listened to the Womens 4x5km XC relay going to the start + the first few controls! Forgot to turn off my watch at the finish, so this also includes the way back to the assembly area.
Friday Feb 16, 2018 #
3 PM
Orienteering race 1:19:39 **** 4.93 km (16:10 / km) +54m 15:20 / km
ahr:100 max:156 12c shoes: Icebug Spirit OLX 6-2016
MOC Tour, day 1 - Middle Distance at Montserrat/Le Bruc.
With my present ailments I decided to take it easy so I walked the whole course. Despite the slow going I still had problems with both route choice and some of the earlier controls. The first part of the course was hilly and went through a lot of dense thorny bushes where I got really caught a few times. Second part was much nicer and totally flat.
Results
With my present ailments I decided to take it easy so I walked the whole course. Despite the slow going I still had problems with both route choice and some of the earlier controls. The first part of the course was hilly and went through a lot of dense thorny bushes where I got really caught a few times. Second part was much nicer and totally flat.
Results