Training Log Archive: tnipen

Group run with Siri, Louise, Lone, and Ivar form Movatn over Sinober and back home. Nice day out.

New years race near Moss. Had some troubles out of the start finding the righ trail. Felt that my navigation wasn't very good and that I kept getting lucky. Knew that eventually I'd lose control, and this happend on #4 where I lost 2 mins. Managed to refocus a bit and the navigation got better on the second half when I felt more in control. Still a couple of 20-30s mistakes here and there.

Legs felt good. But nearly 9 minutes back... Results and Map.

Ran with Mathias to the top of Kjerkeberget (620 m) from Tobånn parking lot in Lommedalen. The first section was on forest roads, but then we had to bushwack to get to the top of the hill. We were using a handy orienteering map from the 1970s, and the trails on the map have grown over. Found a nice clearing on top with incredible views of the Oslo fjord, Norefjell, and possibly Jonsknuten by Kongsberg, which is almost 100 km away.

Ran on the skitrails back over Vidvangen. Nice day out.

Explored Krogskogen with dad and went to 3 kjentmannsposter (two huts and one viewpoint). Very cool views of snowy Norefjell far in the distance. Icy roads for the first and last 4 km, then we ran a bit in the terrain on an orienteering map.

Ran the annual mass-start race Tøffen just outside Stavern. Super cool coastal terrain mixed with some good long legs. Quick start where I fell back in the pack with Mathias a bit. We climb the ladder and connected with the leaders at the 6th control. Formed a 6 person lead group that pulled away from the rest. Thought we had lost Mathias for sure, but he came storming through the forest down towards and caugth us at 7. Karl and Hans Petter were leading most of the time for the first half. I pushed the pace a bit towards 11 and got a few seconds on the rest coming into 11. Lost the lead to 13, but spotted 14 first so got back in the lead then.

The group was still together to #18, but on the long leg to #19 I aimed straight for the bend in the road across the fields, whereas the others ended up a fair bit further right and I got a 10-15s gap down to the rest. Kept the small gap through to #22, but the pack was catching me, and Vegard and Christian and I were punching together at 24. It seemed like I was being left in the dust coming down the road towards the last control, but with some sheer luck both guys ahead of me made mistakes coming into the last control, and I was able to just sneak ahead of Vegard at the last punch.

Super happy with this race since the field was quite strong (although no Nordberg this time) and since I was able to navigate a fair bit on my own. Also happy that Mathias made it through this race at the back of the lead pack.

Results and Map.