Training Log Archive: TGIF

Running 1:45:00 [1] 18.0 km (5:50 / km)
slept:9.0 shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Easy run in Floranas naturreservat, with a Karttapullautin map - not much details missing as always. 12°C and very quiet there, probably everyone was in the shopping mall.

Last run in Sweden for a long while, France and Spain next in the program!

Running warm up/down 45:00 [1] 7.5 km (6:00 / km)
slept:9.0 shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Orienteering (Nordic) 40:30 [5] *** 8.4 km (4:49 / km)
31c shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Alunda´s diamonds.

Drove toward east to visit a new terrain around Alunda. Pretty nice and fast forest there. We ran two diamonds at competition speed and got twice kicked by Albin. Should sharpen my game.




Only few people this morning, but the very best ones! Sauna afterward – luxury! And my gingerbread was probably my best performance of the day...


Found back the sun btw...

Night Orienteering 1:05:00 [1] **** 9.0 km (7:13 / km)
32c shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

The plan for tonight was to collect back my jacket I had let under a tree during one of UTH trainings two weeks ago, being too busy to keep up with the fast Daniel Rönnqvist, 16 year´s old…

As Albin joined the fun, we went for a night forked corridor, followed by a micro-sprint. Altogether, it made a quite close-from-perfect evening, and, on top of that, my jacket is almost dry…

BBA 35:00 [1] 4.0 km (8:45 / km)
slept:8.5 weight:74.6kg shoes: Hoka Challenger

CrossFit 20:00 [5] 2.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32

Running warm up/down 1:00:00 [1] 13.0 km (4:37 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32

Night Orienteering 48:42 [5] **** 8.2 km (5:56 / km)
37c shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Fredagsmys in Hammarskog.

Another warm evening. Some part of the forest were pure pleasure (loop C & D) . I was also really happy about my navigation... until the last interval, the one I had put the controls in during warm-up… Classic but still irritating.


With 3 controls to go, at 17th, momentum crashes…

Night Orienteering warm up/down 40:00 [1] ** 6.2 km (6:27 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Note

The Devil´s Party

Cross Training 35:00 [1] 4.0 km (8:45 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:75.6kg shoes: Hoka Challenger

Running 1:10:00 [3] 12.5 km (5:36 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32

Track session. Same training as November 9th. 4 sets.


2.15pm. Nothing helps anymore. 5 days to winter solstice.Hang on.

Night Orienteering 1:15:30 [1] ***** 8.1 km (9:19 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

Night corridor in Lunsen.

Got interested by Albin´s corridor and gave it a try tonight. A full effort of concentration from start to finish – tiring but fun.

Running warm up/down 20:00 [1] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Sarva 2016

BBA 35:00 [1] 4.0 km (8:45 / km)
slept:9.0 weight:75.4kg shoes: Hoka Challenger

“I’m back to being the little kid who once said anything is possible,” says Phelps. “You’re going to see a different me than you saw in any of the other Olympics.”



Had a slow start this morning, as I started reading the long Sports illustrated reportage on Olympic legend Michael Phelps. Some really good parts.

“Sometimes you look back on your career and say, ‘Did I ever swim my best race? Did I ever really maximize myself?’ I saw Michael last summer in Los Angeles and he looked like he was in fantastic shape.’’

Cross Training 1:50:00 [1]

BBA 35:00 [1] 4.0 km (8:45 / km)
slept:8.5 weight:74.9kg shoes: Hoka Challenger

Cross Training 1:45:00 [1]

BBA 40:00 [1] 5.0 km (8:00 / km)
slept:8.5 shoes: Nike Pegasus 32

Running warm up/down 40:00 [1] 8.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold proto

Orienteering (Nordic) 41:22 [5] *** 6.7 km (6:10 / km)
16c shoes: VJ Bold proto

An old Halden Sk´s TTT in Iddefjordfjella.

Pleased that Eva gave me the possibility to run this training in one of the fastest terrain around Halden, before traveling back to Uppsala. Nice for tired legs and also quite rewarding that the speed and navigation are still pretty decent.


Short O-intervals. I rested one minute between each interval.

Loggator


Icy and slippery, but still snow free!


The nature is always good at making art

Running 50:00 [2] 10.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Irock

Night Orienteering 31:50 [3] ** 6.6 km (4:49 / km)
24c shoes: VJ Irock

Driving home from Halden is always quite long and boring.

Spiced it this time with a quick stop in Vasterås, and fulfilled one of my old project of re-running WOC races from 2004. Well, the highlight will be for later on with the middle distance final. Started with the sprint races – qualification and final in Rocklunda. Night and not a full effort, but fun anyway. Quite different from nowaday´s sprints…


A new fence after the 3rd control. And some snow cannons (wtf) between 6th and 7th. Otherwise, map about the same. With that run, I would have been 31st of my heat : (


In final, I would have been 43rd, but only a few seconds behind Antti. Not the race of his life… ; )


Possibly the best cover picture of O-sport, for one of the greatest achievement ever. Full article if you click on the picture


Seems like the Swedes are quite eager about having snow now…