Training Log Archive: slauenstein

Traveling to the Czech Republic and trying to get enough rest to feel healthy again.

Event: 6. National Race / Schaffhausen
 

My flue/cold was certainly not getting better, so I decided not to run the B-final. I am going to the Czech Republic next week for a training camp, and it was more important to me that I get healthy for the camp, than to run this race. Too bad though, because I could have had another shot at running well in the same woods with a very similar course.

Morning jog to prepare for the World Cup race today. I also wanted to see how I felt, since this flue has officially hit me :-( I knew I would be ok to race, but was a little worried that it would effect me. Kat came along to test her cold, I think she made the right decision not to run.

Warm up and cool down for the race.

I felt prepared for the race, too bad it turned out to be a hectic, rushed and unconsistant race. Blah.

World cup Middle distance, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland

I prepared for this race like I did for my WOC races and was determined to run well. I am not sure what happened. I can not tell if my cold effected my ability to concentrate, because I always had to fight to keep my thoughts on the orienteering. I am certain that I was too worried about girls catching me from behind and kept thinking about them and not on my race. I think my worst mistakes were all due to some sort of distaction in the woods, the tv control, or another runner. On top of that I seem to be making bad route choices lately. I really really need to work on my route choice decision making.
My head felt cloudy the whole way and I felt physically weak. The good news is that when I wasn´t making a mistake in teh control circle or a bad route choice my splits were in the top 35. I think running in the top 35 would have been realistic for my level right now. Too bad I screwed it up. I had 4 really bad splits, making for 8 minutes of mistakes. Ugg. Not my best day.

Splits are here: http://www.solv.ch/cgi-bin/abfrage?type=rang&year=...

Here is the postive aspect of my race:

7 splits out of 20 in the top 30, 13 splits in the top 35 show me that I am fast enough/good enough to run in the top 40 and qualify for the final. But I have to have a consist race with little mistakes. This is due-able. I can count the number of bad races (like this one) on one hand from this season. I am getting more consistant, but almost all of the races that went bad were in finals, so I need to learn how to race well in a final.

Things I need to work on:
-- not letting my thoughts drift to other runners or "how" I am doing during the race.
-- I need to have a better picture of the terrain in my head when I look at the map, especially for route choices, but also of the control feature.
-- learn to judge route choices better.
-- I need to be more confident in my navigational skills and not take a route choice around to make it easier, but go too far out of the way and loose time anyway.

C • Very good positives!! 1

On a very positive note, I didn´t feel my hamstring at all during the race.

C • you didn't feel it? 3

Oh no! I am getting sick... what stupid bad timing. My head is pounding and I feel like a flue is about to hit me. Marc also woke up with the flue. So sad for our races this weekend.

C • use da floo! 3

Was kind-of forced into a rest day today, but not really. I knew it was going to be a very long day of testing at work (7am to 7pm, none stop) but there would have been an opportunity to go for a morning jog at 5:30am or running after work, like yesterday. However, I figured it was good preparation for this weekend to take a rest day, and testing all day long takes a lot out of you, so it was also a good excuse to rest once I got home. Certainly no harm done.

C • National Race 1

C • Best of luck! 2

Running can be like medicine for the aches and pains of a long day. It felt great to get out and run! I was flying too. So nice to have that light, I could run forever, feeling.

PT exercises.

Wake up jog (6:30 am)

Warm up, cool down and jogging between intervals.

3 x 800 meters to get my legs moving again a little.
Times: 2.54, 2.52, 2.51

First one felt pretty easy, but it got harder after that. Had some massive lactic acid on the 3rd one.

C • you're fast! :) 5

Running drills before the intervals.