Sunday Feb 10 |
 | Orienteering 24:51 [2]2.76 km (9:00 / km) | |
| (sick) shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07 |
| OK Linné's Portugal Training Camp 2008 - Day 4
On Sunday I woke up feeling even worse and promptly threw up. This was the turning point in the episode, and from here my appetite gradually started returning and I was getting stronger. Still, this clearly meant no racing today, and I spent the day spectating and cheering from the stands. (Literally - this day's start and finish were on a track at a large sports complex, so we got to sit in the stands.) My mood was definitely brightened up by Kat's excellent run, and a few other good Linné performances, though I was not glad to hear that both Patricks, who were the only others to touch the cursed mussels, also came down with stomach problems.
Anyway, during the afternoon I attempted to jog very easily on a sand dune map by the beach at Costa de Lavos, but felt very weak and drained after just 20 minutes. |
Saturday Feb 9 |
| Running 10:00 [2]1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07 |
| Warm-up |
| Orienteering race 47:28 [3]***** 6.1 km (7:47 / km) | |
| 22c (sick) shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07 |
| OK Linné's Portugal Training Camp 2008 - Day 3
After the spring training the night before, we went to a restaurant in Nazaré, and I ordered just about the only thing on the menu that wasn't seafood - "pork local style". Sure enough, the pork dish comes out covered by mussels. I meticulously scraped them off the pork and handed them over to Patrick, and ate my food. Still, I felt pretty bad that evening and woke up in the morning feeling nauseous. This continued on the ride over to the event, but I decided to try running the race anyway. Bad idea. I felt absolutely awful and was forced to alternate between walking and jogging most of the race, just thinking about getting to the finish and lying down. This didn't help my concentration, either, and I managed to make mistakes despite the slow pace. Finally I staggered to the finish with a pathetically slow time and just lay there for a while. Ended up pretty much motionless and horizontal for most of the afternoon, but felt a little bit better in the evening, even well enough to walk a bit. I was actually quite surprised that I even finished, but I seem to recall some stories of PG's about racing a World Masters Champs with food poisoning, and this gave me a bit of inspiration. |
Friday Feb 8 |
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| Event: International Trophy of Cantanhede, Portugal
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| Running 17:30 [2]2.06 mi (8:30 / mi) | |
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| Running to/from start. |
| Orienteering 1:23:10 [2]*** 10 km (8:19 / km) | |
| 18c shoes: 2007 model Falcons |
| OK Linné's Portugal Training Camp 2008 - Day 2
A pair memory training with Andrew on the map closest to the campsite. Not the most exciting terrain - large contour features and a lot of trails, so we made it into memory training. The person ahead navigates to the next control by memory, while the person behind checks that the leader is not running off totally wrong and at the same time memorizes the next leg. Andrew was very good at this and especially impressive on the long legs. I was ok, but made a few stupid mistakes, mostly in the control circles. |
| Running 30:00 [2]3.33 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 2007 |
| Warm-up/cool-down |
| Orienteering 22:00 [5]*** 3.6 km (6:07 / km) | |
| 20c shoes: Asics 2007 |
| Afternoon sprint training in the town of Nazaré. A charming little seaside town with a dense network of small, narrow streets and alleys making for excellent sprint terrain. Lots of fun running hard, weaving through pedestrians, and trying to avoid the dogs, all while concentrating on reading the map and counting the right number of alleways before having to turn in. Cool. |
Thursday Feb 7 |
| Orienteering 1:16:00 [2]*** 10.3 km (7:23 / km) | |
| 23c shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07 |
| OK Linné's Portugal Training Camp 2008 - Day 1
Just one easy long afternoon run on a nice map called Lagoa Clementina after a long travel day and settling into our bungalows. I ended up with Kat, two Patricks, and Lars - a great group! |
Tuesday Feb 5 |
| Running 1:22:20 [2]13.5 km (6:06 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07 |
| Tuesday night course B. Running the 12km version and feeling good on rested legs, sloshing through the mud and snow and breaking through the ice all over the place. Felt sort of like a Teutonic Knight must have felt while drowning and losing the Battle on Lake Chudskoe against Aleksandr Nevsky in 1242. |
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| C • 1242 12 |
Monday Feb 4 |
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| (rest day) |
| Taking it easy for a couple of days after three hard weeks of training and before Portugal. Decided to take the whole day off today, especially after staying up for the Super Bowl. It was worth it, though!! |
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| C • NY Giants 4 |