Sunday May 25 |
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| Event: EOC 2008
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 | Orienteering 1:30:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| In the morning, Csaba and I drove out to Hagby, where I went out to check control locations for the fall event. I visited 45 controls, so it was a good day's work. The event itself will be August 24th, just after (i think) I get back from the States. I took some terrain pictures, too. |
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| C • points 4 |
| Biking 40:00 [2] | |
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| We had thrown the freshly mended bike into the back of the club car, and so I rode back home from Hagby. It was really warm and sunny, and I think I am getting the ever so slight hint of a biker's tan. |
| Strength 1:00:00 [1] | |
| weight:76.1kg |
| After a relatively comatose afternoon, I was off to the gym for some strength training. Did the usual workout plus more hamstring and butt stuff and minus some quad stuff. |
Saturday May 24 |
| Biking 1:10:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| Finally getting a bit more into this cross-training thing, I decided to draw inspiration from Nixon and Jan and go on a long(ish) bike ride. The plan was to follow road 72 towards Sala and turn off at Järlåsa, with Siggefora as my final destination. I would then take the northern route back, returning via road 272. About 75km altogether - not much by the standards of the aforementioned giants of cycling, but a decent amount for me.
In hindsight, it is quite clear that discovering the bike's rear tire had no air when I came downstairs was a bad omen. Instead, I just assumed that Csaba had gotten the air out of the tire on purpose when trying to straighten it out yesterday, and so I happily took the bike over to a gas station and pumped it up.
Needless to say, a bit over an hour into the journey, the rear tire went flat. I limped the remaining three or so km to Järlåsa and tried to get the locals to help me out to no avail. Resigned to my fate and angry at the world, I took the bus back to Uppsala and spent the rest of the day at home, grumpy.
One day this summer I'll have to complete this trip. |
Friday May 23 |
| Skiing 1:10:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| Went out for a "spin" around the neighborhood on the rollerskis. Really nice day, good to at least be outside when training. Did approximately the same loop as two weeks ago: Rosendalsvägen-Ultuna-Dag Hammarsköjldsvägen-Sunnersta-Skarholmen-Lurbo-Valsätra-Norby-home. At least 5 minutes faster this time. |
Thursday May 22 |
| Biking 1:55:00  | |
| (injured) |
| "What a beautiful day to go for a run! "
is what i was thinking while sweating on a spinning bike for two hours.
Oh yeah, this workout earns me 2 Spike points! (See http://okansas.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_okansas_arc... ) |
Wednesday May 21 |
| Biking 1:00:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| A morning bike ride around the same loop as last week - Backbana, Sunnersta, along the lake, and back up. Spent the rest of the day in Stockholm. |
Tuesday May 20 |
| Cross-Training 55:00  | |
| weight:76.6kg (injured) |
| Rowing machine intervals at F&S. Did 10x2min this time, with 1 min rest. Really painful stuff. Averaging 1:48-1:49/500m the whole time. Warm-up and down on a stationary bike. |
| Strength 10:00 [1] | |
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| Some hamstring and butt strength plus lots of stretching. |