Training Log Archive: Sudden

Warm up. Due to jet-lag - no problem feeling awake.

It doesn't get much more fun than this
orienteering + relay + night = simply awesome.
ran with a big group and just stayed in the pack making sure I knew where we were going. everything was fine, no problems keeping the pace until my headlamp went black, and so did my spare after a few secs! and only halfway.
the downside with the new super bright lights are that they don't give you any warning about low battery. the old ones had a yellow light which indicated things were going to get dark eventually.
anyways, i managed to stay with the group for a few controls but i got passed by one after the other and then it was just me - alone walking in the woods. i did however know that more runners would come and soon enough a couple of teams came and their pace was bit slower so no problems keeping up with them despite no light. a bit fustrating that i didn't get the chance to run hard all the way in, but happy that i didn't lose more than 4 minutes or so. next runner ran well and caught the pack i had to drop so the damage was minimal.
team finished 11th overall, best placing since 2008 or 2007.

Morning jog trying to get ready for today's/tonight's relay. Running a night leg. First time running night for years and only second time since I moved to Canada. Going to be a hot day today - calling for high 20's.

Course of the week - the long version. This is my home terrain but still managed to do a couple of errors.

Found a map from 1972 and re-ran a night-O course in an area I have never been to before. Cold and rainy today but fun to explore some new terrain but this area doesn't need to be re-mapped.

Lots to work on.

Shadowing Isak when he ran course of the week.

Half the temps compared with yesterday and hardly any humidity. Love it. Clear skies so no problem running late in the evening. Did a quick-ish 2.5K at the end. Feeling and effort was 3:40-3:45 min/km pace, but the watch stated 10 s slower. Oh well.

Nice morning ride with Adria through Ancaster via Wilson and over to Garnett and then Garth.

Spent most of the day on the beach so definitely not springy legs but up one notch from Saturday's run and I'll take that. Ran three 2min 'intervals' with a minute rest between to see if that can bring my form up one more level.