Tuesday Apr 29 |
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| Tiomila sickness strikes, feel like mega poo. No way intervals was going to happen. Hope I can sleep it off quick |
Monday Apr 28 |
| Run 50:00 [3] | |
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| Nice run through the forest from home. Feeling pretty average and weak. |
Saturday Apr 26 |
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| Event: Tiomila 2008
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| Run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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| Scared as hell while warming up. Didnt warm down, but really should have, mega pain in thighs, abs and butt now |
| Orienteering race (Tiomila) 1:05:00 [5]8.2 km (7:56 / km) | |
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| So, so awesome to be at Tiomila. I ran the last leg, no splits! Started out alone then caught a huge pack somehow and led them to number one. It was very scary!! Then drifted off the pack (they were running way faster than I was comfortable with and I got into major oxygen debt and did dumb things) and did the last 3 controls alone. Heaps of pain and suffering. Another huge learning experiance for me!
It was such a beautiful day, and great to just be able to watch the men race all night with GPS tracking and camera controls. Leksand's guys were doing really well, in the lead pack until the last leg where we they dropped from 5th to 16th.
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| C • Jukola 4 |
Thursday Apr 24 |
| Orienteering 48:00 [3] | |
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| Training near Rättvik. Ran memory course and then a normal one. Nice open forest for running in, with some interesting contour detail. Didnt run too hard and was orienteering really well, concentration was good. Funny how orienteering goes so much better for me when Im training. I think I have to find the right state of mind for when I race. I know I'm fit enough, and I know I can orienteer, just got to work out how to do it on the day. |
Wednesday Apr 23 |
| Orienteering 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Went for a run on an old course from home. Also did some compass work up on top in some denser trees, this seems to be what Im really struggling with at the moment. Beautiful day for a run, cant believe it was so cold here 2 weeks a go. |
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| Also got results from blood test last week, iron levels are a little low. Per suggests blood pudding everyday....I might ask the doc for something else.
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| C • blood whatting? 2 |
Tuesday Apr 22 |
| Run warm up/down 20:00 [3] | |
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| Run intervals (terrain) 22:00 [5] | |
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| Club intervals. 15x1min with 30sec recovery. All good.
Also found out tonight I'll be running last leg for the 2nd leksand team at Tiomila this weekend. |
Monday Apr 21 |
| Mountain Biking warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
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| Rode to Djura. Beautiful ride, feeling good after yesterday. I already feel like its going to be really hard to leave this place. |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3] | |
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| Collecting some controls from a training before I got here. Great terrain. Took it real easy, just enjoying being out in the forest. |
| Mountain Biking warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
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| Home again |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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| Orienteering race (Uppsala Möte) 1:11:36 [3] | |
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| Boy have I learnt a lot this weekend. Another shit race, forgot to RTFM!!! once you I got lost man was I in trouble. Lost 10min on one control, only managed to relocate when I luckily stumbled accross my next one. Erg. Happend form not making a definate route choice and having no plan .Definately no links to splits this week!!! Im actually glad that Goteborg has hills.
Champinons have good days and days when they learn something..right. |
Saturday Apr 19 |
| Orienteering race (Uppsala Möte) 41:00 [4] | |
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| Middle Distance. Bad, bad, bad. Just sucked today. Weaving in and out of close trees caused me to drift. I need to take smart route choices until I get used to this terrain. |
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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Friday Apr 18 |
| Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Circuit training |
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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| Run to gym and home again
Feeling pretty crap today. Hope alls ok for race tomorrow in Uppsala |
Thursday Apr 17 |
| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
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| Running from home to start and back from finish |
| Orienteering 44:50 [4] | |
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| Course Per set for me on Källan. Great. Missed a bit on one but otherwise good. Such nice terrain, focussed on getting my exit direction sorted and trying to visualise what the terrain was going to look like.
Need new o shoes, mine have worn through at the back, blisters oww. |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Run 50:00 [2] | |
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| Easy cruise around tracks on Västanvik with Åsa. Great evening for a run, was above 10 degrees! Feeling pretty good. |
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| C • keep it 3 |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Mountain Biking (morning) 50:00 [3] | |
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| Rode up the road to the ski area on the other side of the lake. Wonderfully muddy. |
| Run warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
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| Run intervals (terrain) 40:00 [5] | |
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| Club training. 8x2:30 with 1:30 recovery, on some nice terrain. Was pretty brutal. |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| Orienteering race (Rånnässtsfetten, relay) 1:04:02 [4] | |
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| I was running first leg for the second team. It was so crazy at the start and i lost all the really good women straight away, ended up in a pack that was a little bit slower than me so not that useful and I did a lot of the navigating. All good practice for Tiomilla in two weeks though! So cold today, mud plus rain plus snow plus standing around waiting equals I think I need a hug.... |
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| C • Email 4 |
| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
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| Unsuccesful attempt to WARM UP |
Saturday Apr 12 |
| Orienteering race (Lännasprinten) 30:34 [4] | |
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| First real race in Sweden. Was pretty nervous at start but all of the good juniors were at another race further south so I managed to win! Pretty average run though was zig zaging all over the place and couldn't read the rock properly at all. Going to have to get someone to explain it to me. Such interesting terrain! I love orienteering here. |
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| C • Your awesome 6 |
Friday Apr 11 |
| Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Circuit training in Leksand. Took it pretty easy as I was sore from yesterday and wanted to feel good for the races this weekend |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| Strength and conditioning 50:00 [3] | |
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| Good session in Borlange. |
| Mountain Biking warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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| To and home from training. Keep forgetting to ride on the right side of the road....dangerous stuff. |
| Orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Training on Orsand. Pretty fun area with a few rocks etc. Also would have been pretty fast running except for the fresh snow up to mid calf everywhere! So, was hard work, fallen trees really get you when covered in snow. Otherwise still poor orienteering, going to focus on getting my exit direction right and sticking on a good bearing. Got introduced to marshes today aswell, nice and icy cool.
Felt a very long way away from running round haswell quarry. |
Wednesday Apr 9 |
| Exercycle 50:00 [3] | |
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| Shitting down snow outside, so planned mtb ride wasn't really an option. |
Tuesday Apr 8 |
| Run warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
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| Orienteering intervals 50:00 [4] | |
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| Traning with club. In lots of fresh snow, its been snowing on and off here for the last two days. First about 10 15sec intervals up the hill, with 15sec recovery. Then 8 short courses starting and finishing at the top of the hill, tough work in the snow! Was orienteering like a bit of a retard, I blame the compass (a slow thumb one now, but its hard to get used to the needle being a bit slower). will hopefully buy a new one this weekend. Back to the clubhouse with very cold feet. |
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| C • www.olspecialisten.se will ... 1 |
Monday Apr 7 |
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| (rest day) |
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Sunday Apr 6 |
| Run (terrain) 1:40:00 [3] | |
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| Club run, up to a little 'mountain' hut (exactly like a tramping hut). It was snowing a bit today and very cold while running. Very hard running through the logged patches of forest, legs very tired now, but in a good way I think. Nice lsd training. Rest day tomorrow I think though. |
Saturday Apr 5 |
| XC ski 1:30:00 [1] | |
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| Hmmmm not so successful, being slightly uncoordinated I strugled some what. Beautiful sunny morning in the snow though, also looking forward to riding my bike up this "mountain" soon. |
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| C • Don't get overexcited about... 2 |
| Run 50:00 [3] | |
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| Just cruising round the forest checking out the marked tracks etc. Got lost very quickly when I decided to just run, not orienteer. |
Friday Apr 4 |
| Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Indoor training, at the local gym, with the rowing, skiing and orienteers. Really good strength training. Felt absolutely fantastic to be running up and down the gym in shorts and t-shirt even after only 4 days here in tights and jacket. |
Thursday Apr 3 |
| Run 29:23 [2] | |
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| Morning run through the forest. The line between whats orienteering and whats running will be very blurred I think, because theres no way I can running without a map, I almost got lost today just because I didnt have a compass. |
| Orienteering 1:07:00 [4] | |
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| Club training in Tällberg. Very pretty little place but not the best map really Lots of tracks so not hard. but there was some good bits off rocky slope just like aus but way harder cos of the low vis. Spiked all but one control, which I drifted way off course on, didn't have a plan before I started the leg. Also got chased by a big dog, it was scary running through the bush with him barking behind me....getting closer...and closer....until I lost him with my agile direction changes through dense jungle and cliffs and sheer cunning. |
Wednesday Apr 2 |
| Mountain Biking 45:00 [3] | |
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| first ride in Sweden. Headed out ambitiously, but got lost almost straight away and had to get back to pick up my new children from school. Nice place for cycling though, got to keep this up, or I'll get injured from too much running I think.
Still not sleeping very well, dead by 9 and awake at 4am. Makes me feel pretty crappy. |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| Orienteering 37:00 [3] | |
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| Morning race near Borlänge. Heaps and heaps of tracks on the map, so it was pretty easy terrain. I struggled trying to use an old base plate compass and got really disorientated a few times. Havn't seen any results yet but I have a feeling I got wasted buy all the old guys. |
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| C • Races 5 |
| Run warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up/down from clubhouse to training |
| Orienteering intervals 45:00 [4] | |
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| First club training. We did a small relay for a warm up which involved matching the word (in swedish!) for a feature to the map symbol after a short, very muddy hill sprint. I had a few problems. Then 5 small courses run with a partner going in the opposite direction. This was great. Trying to run fast through the terrain. I didn't go too badly but struggled physically. Got to get much stronger to master this sort of orienteering. core and leg strength. |