Training Log Archive: bubo

Before the start. Bought new O shoes yesterday so used them for the first time today.

Torfejden
Went with Anders to this competition in the same place as yesterday - and as it turned out - very much the same course!? Cold in the morning, frost and -4°C when we got up, but later much warmer in the sun than yesterday.
I had a close to perfect run - not much of a challenge really, except physically since I tried to really push myself today. No problems finding the controls - very much because 11 out of 15 controls were the same as I´d had yesterday and also 7 of the legs were exactly the same!!
My challenge and the only interesting part of today´s run was to try and beat my splits from yesterday - in some places taking alternate routes to see which had been best.
I also had a close fight with the runner starting two minutes ahead of me that had missed # 1 and then kept within sight for the rest of the course. We were fighting it out good, taking different routes and pushing hard on different sections of the course. I trailed quite a bit for a while by the end - maybe 50-100m - but still managed to beat him to the finish line.
Anders had another poor day with lots of small mistakes and a few bigger ones.

H55 - Splits

Before the start

OK Tors Ungdomstävling - 'Official Season Opener' for 2007.
This was a youth event so I ran in Open 8 - which was the same course as Anders ran in H16.
Nice weather - a bit overcast to begin with but sunny later on - and a nice day to be out.
I had an over-all good run with only a few minor mistakes. Maybe I should have avoided going straight through the green to # 6 (30s), missed # 7 in a tricky area (2min), bad execution of route to # 9 (1min) and a bad route through some green to the last control (45s). Only one control missed and the rest being route choice problems - for a total of 4-5 minutes - is quite OK to start with.
Anders had a relatively poor race today and was 23rd 10min behind the leader with 46:40. Maria ran her first ever in D14 and had a good run except for one control where she missed 8 minutes :(

Open 8 - Splits

Photo contest entry:



From a club training posted in my log Aug 21 last year. This is my son Anders (left middle) and his friends doing some serious Post Training Mud Jumping (a little along the same lines as Valerie´s entry) - I took part in the actual training (also wet and muddy) but not in the Mud Jumping...

C • Looks like great training! 1

Easy trail run at Bergebo. This was really supposed to be O training, but I arrived late and couldn´t find the start or any maps.
I have felt a light strain in my left calf after the intervals on Tuesday (it started when I was jogging back after intervals) and have tried to take it easy yesterday and today - mostly easy jogging to loosen up.

Easy trailrunning from the clubhouse while Anders went to an O theory session in the school nearby.

Went in and listened to the last part of the theory lesson before driving Anders home.

Intervals on Bjusanvägen, 6 x 3min (1min rest), with a big group. Elite runners and the boys gradually disappeared while I mostly kept running with Mats M, Thomas N, Mats & Marcus W for some good company.
First three intervals where uphill and very hard, the last three mostly flat and felt better. Distance for the intervals: 600m, 515m, 510m, 600m, 615m, 640m.

Easy jogging back from Bjusan after the intervals and the easy walk/jog between intervals.

A little before the intervals but most of it after.