Training Log Archive: BorisGr

Tiomila!

Leg 7 for Linné's second team.
Marcus P - Mats F - Mandus R - Jörgen O - Olle E - Filip AM - Boris - Ross - Ulrik - Pontus: 75th place

Our team did not have very high expectations, as Linné's squad has been depleted by injuries this year: missing were Mats and Ulf Troeng, as well as Tomas and Rassmus, and this means that top runners from the second team got moved up to the first. But the team got off to a solid start and ran well through the night, climbing into the top 100 before Olle pulled off an amazing run, moving us from 91st to 68th on his leg! Filip also had a great race and handed off to me in 61st.

I went out just behind a couple of teams and quickly caught up to them in the start chute. I ended up running most of the course together with the guy from Ulricehamn, and a small pack that we picked up along the way. We often took different routes, but kept coming together at every control. I had so much fun out there today! I felt strong physically, and seemed to be always in control of my orienteering, knowing what to expect and having the patience to plan my routes and not just run off. All of this had been missing in my orienteering thus far this year, and just seemed to come together today. I took a bad route to the last control and let the whole pack of four get ahead of me, which is too bad. Still, it was a good race for me, and I lifted us a few more places to 58th before handing off to Ross and walking out of the download tent with a big smile on my face. I love Tiomila.

The team ended up 75th, a solid effort from us this year.

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Event: 10Mila
 

Some short intervals with Lina, Rasa, Kate, and Anna N.

We did 20 second pickups on one of the large trails in Nåsten and talked about hopes for Tiomila.

Morning jog + ultrasprint with 1.6km and 88 controls on the Blodan map!

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Tiomila training on Lunsen, partly on Tjäderleksberget. Some nice high-speed orienteering out there. I had a tough day physically, struggling to lift my legs and keep powering through up and down the tiny hills and dot knolls that this part of Lunsen is populated with. My navigation was ok except for a disaster on #5, where I came a bit to the right of the line, and suddenly nothing made sense. There was a big pack of us milling around, including Ross, Annika, Lisa, Elin, and others. Finally found the control just behind laBaguette who snuck in and got it cleanly while we were all confused. Much better focus and orienteering after this.

Michele was at this training with a whole crew of Italians. It was really nice to see him.