Training Log Archive: lost jokes

Together with dad. Felt good.

Veldhuizen, 6.0km. Again my ankle didn't want to cooperate. A few times I hurted it by putting pressure in the wrong way, and now it's a bit swollen again. No orienteering for some time to let it heal properly, because it's a shame to waste time like this. Also going to try some new exercises to make my foot/ankle stronger.




Splits

The race itself was a lot of fun. I came through pretty clean, but still had some annoying mistakes. Especially the end (with only contours) was unsatisfying because of the many mistakes. I had a pretty good speed in the forest though, which surprised me.

1) Easy first control.
2) Hesitated a bit in the last part, but couldn't really help it as the forest was more dense west of the ditch than shown on the map. 10".
3) Good compass work. Easy.
4) Map was off in the final part of the leg, but I was confident that I was going in the right direction. Again some hesitation in the very last part, but saw the control from a distance. Some 20" lost.
5) No pacecounting, which made me very insecure and looking around trying to spot the control. Spotted it eventually a bit further than I expected. 30".
6) Decided to cut through the forest, but the forest was more dense also here. This made me drift off route a bit, but I corrected well. Should haven taken the trail, now I lost around 40".
7) For training purposes I decided to go straight here too. Not smart, but enjoyable anyway. Frustrating to get stuck in some 'jungle' very close to the control. Again the map didn't show that, so I had to turn around and choose a different route. 1'20" lost.
8) Good speed on the road.
9) Took the trail around as I expected it to come back into the 'window'. Good guess :) Annoyingly I still made a mistake by sticking to the trail too long. 20".
10) Started running straight, but then saw the trail around. Bad route in the end which had the worst of both options combined. 30" lost.
11) I knew this was going to be a hard leg, so I focused well on keeping direction. that worked alright, until I caught up with someone and started doubting. Drifted to the road and relocated from there. Punched the control right after the one I caught up. 30" lost.
12) Easy.
13) Simplified well.
14) Didn't read the map at all, just focused on moving fast. This resulted in lots of hesitation already halfway. 20" lost.
15) Should've learned from my mistake at 14, but instead I did exactly the same thing... 20" lost.
16) Left the control in completely the wrong direction, no idea why. Didn't check compass and only when I started checking I corrected myself. 40" lost.

Good focus in general throughout the course, but really annoying to lose time in places where I shouldn't have. Also I wasn't that agressive today as I could have, probably holding back a bit because of the ankle.

Nice trail run at the Woldberg. Conditions were awesome, continuously changing between heavy rainfall and great sunny weather. As a result of this the trails were very wet and muddy, but I loved it. Happy to have put my Inov8's on! I was a bit dissapointed though for not having my camera with me to take some pictures. Also helped a woman who got a bit lost on her hike, which explains the long pause in the beginning ;)

Ankle felt ok, but 40min was clearly enough. I probably won't run 10km at tomorrow's competition.

Heart rate a bit high at times, but it didn't feel that intensive so I guess it's ok.

2x15 + 2x15.

2x15 + 2x15.

Easy run around the city. Ankle feeling good, although it's still a tiny bit swollen (not visable, but I can feel it by pressing certain places). Legs feeling fresh :)

2x15 + 2x15.

Recovery ride, a bit unmotivated but ok once I got out. Cold and with some strong winds! Rode past the beaches at Bussloo where a few days before people were still swimming...

2x15 + 2x15.

Still sticking to bike training this week as the ankle doesn't feel good enough to do full running training again and I think I'll have more fun and profit this way than doing 20min runs.

Decided to go to the Sallandse Heuvelrug to climb some hills. Massive tailwind on the way there, so didn't really hold back while cycling there and had good speed. Went up the steepest climb, dying but having fun :) Then some sand tracks where I had to get off two times due to my thin, pumped up tires. Took it relatively easy on the way back, even though the (now) headwind made me work.

Quite boring cycling back too, so I started thinking about what to log and more importantly, how to fill in my winter training. Also wished I lived closer to this beautiful area, and thought about how to get it 'closer'. Then I realised I am passing this area twice a day to and from school, so this winter I might use that for some nice trainings :)

Heartrate data was off in the beginning, but after that it seems to give the correct figures.

Felt good, even considered adding a second cycle.

Right hip is getting a bit irritated from these exercises last days. No idea how much it will bother me with running.

2x15 + 2x15.

Left the loader of my Garmin at my parents, so no other training, also because of the last day with Natalia.

2x15 + 2x15.