Training Log Archive: slauenstein

Night-O champs tonight....

Warm-up for the Swiss Night-O champs.

The night-O champs were a mass start this year with loops. I knew in advance that I would probably only run one loop, but I had always secretly hoped that it would go so well that I could run the whole thing and be really happy with my performance as well. Wishful thinking I guess. First of all, I started too fast. I don't know what I was thinking. I haven't run much in the last few weeks and I haven't done any fast running since my injury started. I don't know why I thought I could just run my little heart out and not fall apart physically 10 minutes later. Oh man, was this a painful experience. I felt awful about 10 minutes into the race and was reduced to a speed that felt only a little bit faster than normal running :-(

My hip flexor hurt a little, but all in all, I could tell that it would be a bad idea to run everything. This morning I have to say it was the correct decision. My legs hurts quiet a bit.

Felt pretty down about myself during the race. Lots of negative thoughts, which certainly didn't help. I need to find a different way of thinking about orienteering and I need to find peace with where I am at physically right now.

Cooling down.

C • pressure 4

Rest day number 2...

Happy Birthday Toph!

Rest day, busy working, busy, busy, busy, and I thought maybe a day or two off might help make this injury go away. Must. stay. positive.

Aquajogging instead of running. Did 2 x 9min (actually 2x (3x3min) of different strides) to break up the monotony.

I have been in Kerenzerberg all week working for the Swiss O team helping with their performance testing. It was a good week, very active and inspiring.

Running in Glanerland from Angela Wilds house up the valley. Absolutely beautiful, the sun was setting and all the snow covered mountains were glowing.

My hip flexor hurt a little while running and started to ache afterwards. Grr. I also twisted my ankle on this training. Hard enough to make me after to walk for a little bit, but afterwards no swelling, so that's good.

Obviously things are not going very well in my training. I've been fighting with this back injury for 2 weeks now and I think I have caused a second small injury in the process (hip flexor). I am away from home this week working long hours on my feet (testing the Swiss O team) as well, so it will be hard to train well. I have decided, together with my personal coach, to postpone my 3k run until Tuesday the 23rd. I hope things are going better by then...

C • run well tomorrow 2

Biking before heading off. Did 2 x 10min at threshold heart rate.

Core strength

Event: US Team (unofficial) 3K time trial
 

For this class, we had to go practice setting controls (and deciding what the clue description will be) and then checking controls from other people who set them. I did the setting at a jog, but did one loop to check the locations at race pace. It was really fun to run fast through the woods and I felt like I had a pretty good flow. Good way to get some training in too.

Cool down after the fast O loop.

I took part in a course setting course all weekend, but we did get some free time to get outdoors. My hip flexor and back were hurting all day (sitting the whole time doesn't help) and so I had to decide not to go running (boohoo) and went for a walk instead.

Core strength in my hotel room.