Training Log Archive: rachael

Event: Jukola 2008
 

morning jog with helen. good to get out and loosen up the back and legs. back not behaving very well and having to concentrate hard to get it in a sensible position.
RPE: 4

started off on the first line for a change so wasn't far back as we piled into the wood but got stuck upto mid thigh going through the first marsh and went slightly off line. was gradually catching up places and not far back going through the second tv control but then messed up number 13 and lost a bit over 2 mins. went off line going over the hill and took too long to relocate in all the green bushy stuff. should have gone slightly left of the line as much better attack points there and visibility was really low. lost about 45s on the next control too. after that ran a few legs with jenny and tried to overtake as many people as possible on the running bits at the end. managed to pass erika for our 3rd team so was second lidingo runner in the finish :)
my GPS route
our team ended up 32nd, elisabeth missed the same gaffle as me but lost 9 mins on second leg, ida ran well on 3rd and malin didn't have her best day on last. 3rd team beat us and were 19th and 4th team 74th, 1st team 3rd but they were leading after leg 2... , pretty impressive having 4 teams in top 75!!
RPE: 9