Training Log Archive: lost jokes

Short warm up to test the ankle. No problems.

Oude Willem, 8.9km. I ran a bit slower than usual due to my ankle, but still managed to sprain it slightly a few times... Orienteering technique was quite rubbish too. Still I had a lot of fun in the sometimes quite rough terrain. Ankle again a bit swollen afterwards but far less worse than last week.

S-1) Quite rough going through forestry works. Small mistake (15") near the control when I couldn't figure out my exact position compared to the open marsh.
1-2) Around on the trails. Again slow because of the forestry works.
2-3) Ran too far because I didn't keep enough to the south (25"). Map was off here because the area around 3 was a lot more dense.
3-4) Boring leg, also because I didn't want to run flat out. Messed up the last part in the vague scrappy terrain, 40" more lost.
4-5) No problems.
5-6) OK. Little trail was a bit hard to see.
6-7) Good.
7-8) Kept a good direction but didn't really know where I had hit the hilly terrain. Guessed wrong when I hit the little trail. 15" lost.
8-9) Easy route around.
9-10) Really focused here, but still messed up in the end. Forest was quite dense so I couldn't really see that much ahead. Noticed I had gone too far when I saw the trail behind 10. 25" lost.
10-11) Didn't check my compass that well, otherwise I would've known I started drifting. Frustrating mistake, again 15".
11-12) No problems.
12-13) Safe route, twisted my ankle again just before the control. Doubted between walking back or continuing, but when I started running again it felt good enough to continue. Very frustrating because my flow into 13 was really nice.
13-14) Slow pace.
14-15) Wanted to hit the trail a bit more north, but this was even better.
15-16) Even with a really good attackpoint I still managed to miss the control... 10".
16-17) Misread the contours a bit, but didn't cost me anything.
17-18) First wanted to go around, then decided to take it slow on the straight route through the wet area with high grass. Drifted a bit on the first part but then read along better.
18-19) First part without problems, but close to the control the map was off again. The large depression was completely overgrown instead of clean white forest. Control was slightly misplaced too I think. 15".
19-20) Tempted to go around on the paved road, but decided to give the scrappy area one more chance. Again frustrating, especially getting stuck in big piles of dead wood. 30"
20-21) Easy.
21-22) Again hard to see the little trail to the south.
22-23) A bit confused in the final part of the leg, already seeing the control but thinking it wasn't mine.
23-24-F) Slow pace.

Maybe the slow pace made me unfocused, clearly shown by all the small mistakes. Frustrating to sprain my ankle again, but not that bad this time.

Feeling my ankle a bit during cool down, a bit stiff afterwards.

After watching the World Cup I took my dad's road bike for a nice tour in great weather. Didn't really have a planned route, I just wanted to be out for about 2 - 2,5hrs. After the first 10km which felt really good, I decided to speed up a bit and get my average to 30 km/h. Tried to keep that up after the first hour, but the small cycling trails and tourists in the forest slowed me down a lot. That didn't really matter though, as I enjoyed the scenery and the cycling in general.
After 47km I took the wrong turn which made the route back a bit more boring, but it gave me a possibility to speed up again and work on my average. Felt quite tired the last 8km down the main road, but happy with the good training.

2x15 + 2x15.

Left ankle is still a tiny little bit swollen, but feels normal again. I'll just see how it goes on tomorrow's competition.

No time for training, but instead racing through the city on my bike arranging all sorts of things! Totally around 17,5km.

Easy tour with Tim. Nice evening with great sunlight!

Not very motivated but dragged myself out anyway. Ankle is still feeling a bit awkward during cycling, but no pain and yesterday's cycling even seemed to improve my ankle so I didn't hold back this time. Felt very rested, not strange of course.

Easy tour with Tim. Didn't want to put too much pressure on my ankle so kept the pace very relaxed. Not feeling too bad afterwards.

Abs and back.

2x15 + 2x15 (only right).

Ankle a little bit better after two times icing yesterday. Not that painful to walk on but still swollen.