Sunday Jun 3 |
 | Orienteering 58:38 [3]**** 5.4 km (10:51 / km) +229m 8:58 / km | |
| ahr:155 max:185 spiked:6/6c shoes: VJ Integrators (red/black)#2 |
| Trained on a map in Solothurn today (martinsflue-leewald) where the Swiss Classic champs were held in 2005. I didn't run this course because I got a nasty cold right after WOC'05. This is the race where Martina Fritschy beat Simone N-L just two weeks after Simone won all 4 gold medals at WOC. She had a bad day and Martina a good one. The interesting part of that story is that Martina had up until that day won every Swiss classic champs she had started in her whole life. That morning she figured it would be the first time she didn't win, ironically (and well deserved) she won again. Nice story huh!
I felt really secure with my ankle today! Yupee! I did a warm up on trails reading the map and then a few controls from the classic champs race. I pushed during for those controls and could run really well, didn't think about my feet much (except once in a while, thinking to myself; "wow I'm not thinking about my feet"). I am certain that if I get in a few more O training before the WC that I can be confident of my feet and focus 100% on the O.
I will get maps up of the last few trainings I have been doing. Very interesting, yet also very diverse terrain. It's been fun. |
| feet and ankle strength 21:46 [1] | |
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| A birdie told me 10-5-10, sounds good to me! |
| strength 17:00 [2] | |
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| core exercises |
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| Maps are up: http://my.opera.com/sandrazurcher |
Saturday Jun 2 |
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| I feel like a new women today:-) Becoming healthy is on it's way!
I got my map from Sundays race in the mail today. Finally I could look at this race that has been lurking over my head as a bad performance all week. After the race I felt frustrated because I thought I was moving really slowly through the woods due to uncertainty with my ankle. This ends up not being true (which is a big relief). I *just* made a lot of mistakes. Of course you could say that is *just* as bad, but I know that I can run a race without those mistakes, I was more worried that I had lost my speed through the woods. Turns out I can account for about 1 minute time lost due to my ankle (legs that were downhill where I was careful). I can account for 9 minute of mistakes!! Now the question is, why did I make so many mistakes. I think it was because I was worried about the ankle, and somewhat preoccupied. Of course this isn't good, but at least fixable. All I have to do is 1. get healthy and 2. do some more terrain running to get used to it again. If I adapt as well as I did to trail running (took about 3-4 times of running on small trails before I didn't think about the ankle anymore) I should be able to do that pretty quickly.
One thing is for certain, however, I cannot expect to be at 100% for the World cup races in 2 weeks. I am not trying to make excuses, but rather be realistic with myself. These races are going to be races that will help me prepare for the World champs, unfortunately I can not expect more than that. And neither should you!!! ;-)) |
| Orienteering 44:49 [1]*** 6 km (7:28 / km) +100m 6:54 / km | |
| ahr:165 spiked:20/22c shoes: VJ Twisters |
| I just HAD to get out of the house! and I probably would have gone for a jog today anyway since I am feeling so much better, so I went to the O-meet I was originally planning on going to. It was good that I went, since i needed to pick up my O-pants from s-sport, but also because it was SO nice to be outside again. I just jogged the course, but focused on being 100% accurate. I managed very well. Lost a little time on 9, running in on a compass and hoping you'll hit the control is not always effective, lost about 30 seconds being too far right and low. Also lost some time on 14, I was too low, and there was some new logging in the area, made it hard to judge the map. Lost about 45 seconds. My time surprised me.
I felt good with my ankle, but I was just jogging. My heath is doing much better too. |
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| C • Good 2 |
Wednesday May 30 |
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| (sick) |
| Been in bed (or on the sofa) all day:-( |
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| C • take it easy and feel better s... 5 |
Tuesday May 29 |
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| (sick) |
| Now I am really sick. Last weekend I thought I was getting sick, but was wrong... now it finally hit me:-( Sore throat, sinus infection and fever. I had to work today, but felt really crappy the whole time. Fell into bed when I got home. Sucks to be home alone, but I am glad that Marc is in the Ukraine filming the woods for me.
What a bummer to be sick. Maybe I over did it with my training last week? |
Monday May 28 |
| indoor bike (hometrainer) warm up/down 42:30 [1] | |
| shoes: Nike Free |
| Some biking before my strength workout. |
| feet and ankle strength 14:07 [2] | |
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| strength 30:38 [3] | |
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| core and legs |
| running 1:06:57 [2]11.7 km (5:43 / km) +268m 5:08 / km | |
| ahr:141 max:161 |
| Cold rain, yuck. But at least it's not snow. In the mountains it snowed a bunch today, so much that trees were falling down closing a bunch a roads and stopping a bunch of trains. Craziness. It was cold here though, I wore a typical winter getup, with winter tights, two layers of "odlos", a jacket and gloves. Strange in comparison to being super hot in shorts and a t-shirt last Thursday...
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| C • The saensos are all meixd up..... 1 |