Sunday Jun 15 |
 | Orienteering race 1:26:23 [5]***** 15 km (5:46 / km) | |
| spiked:29/32c |
| Last leg for VSOK. Nails set us off to a decent start, but our star youngster Jonathan had some problems on leg 2. We picked up places all the way and I went out in 102. My race went pretty well, I caught and passed a couple of small packs but spent pretty much the whole race running on my own. After just one or two smallish mistakes I arrived at the spectator control with some energy to spare, which was lucky, because I caught a few more people on the short, fast last loop and managed to get in just ahead of them in 75th, without troubling my famously bad sprint finish too much. Challenging orienteering and a typically tough Tampere forest. I ran most of the way on small paths from the earlier runners - it must have been hard work bashing them down on first leg!
Team results |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Finding some motivation in the morning, and hobbling around after the race. Why is it that your body seems to hurt so much more after a night relay than after a normal orienteering race? |
Saturday Jun 14 |
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| Event: Jukola 2008
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| Orienteering 30:00 [2]***** 4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| spiked:7/7c |
| Run from Jukola TC to the model map with a big group of VSOK runners. A bit of familiar Tampere grot, with bushes, brashings and marshes. |
| Running 20:00 [2]4 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Out and back from the model map. Got a bit lost trying to take the 'direct' route back to the TC. Then a few hours of high intensity spectating at the Venla. |
Friday Jun 13 |
| Orienteering 1:15:00 [3]***** 10 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| Orienteering on a Jukola model area after a leisurely start to the morning. Running with Rob and Nails, taking different routes and generally playing in the terrain. Nice area and good to be back in Tampere. |
Thursday Jun 12 |
| Running 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Slow and easy jog, I would be feeling good if it weren't for my calf muscles. No time for a massage though as we're off to Jukola later today. (although Jenny did have a go at them last night!) |
Wednesday Jun 11 |
| Running 40:00 [4]9 km (4:27 / km) | |
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| (3 x 1)10 intervals up and down Rivelin, running hard but not flat out. Trying to get a good feeling going but calfs feeling pretty much solid. Spent the recoveries stretching. |
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| C • Book a massage 1 |
| Running 20:00 [2]3 km (6:40 / km) | |
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| Out to Rivelin and back. |
Tuesday Jun 10 |
| Running 1:20:00 [3]16 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Usual route via Loxley Common, fisheries, Spoon, Stannington and Rivelin. Legs were feeling a bit better today but Spoon was an effort. |
Monday Jun 9 |
| Running 35:00 [2]6 km (5:50 / km) | |
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| A half-hearted jog up to Bolehill and the stables in the early evening. Both legs and head felt pretty rubbish, but nice to get out. |