Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

Innebandy with the lunch crowd. Special guests this week included Boris and also Jan Troeng. The overall speed of the match increased a lot with so many of the participants willing to sprint continuously around the gym.

Perfect number of people for Innebandy is 10, and we had 10. That gives 4 v 4 with a sub on each team. The sub helps to keep the tempo high the whole game.

Sprint Orienteering Intervals in Gottsunda. 5 sets of intervals. Ran with the boys and felt pretty fast and in control. That being said, still the slowest in the group most of the time, but I think that is because I am slow at "punching" when there are no controls out, as I struggle to figure out exactly where the flag would be, and the norm seems to be to not sweat it. Since the goal is to keep speed up, the norm is a better method :)

The last interval was a reversed hunting start, so I, as the slowest, went out on the interval first. I was pleased to make it finish in first... my legs really enjoyed the finish sprint.

A sparsely attended Wednesday Night night-o training. We were at a new map for me Väst Sävja, which is a very well groomed bit of woods and that made for fantastically fast running. The terrain was a bit bland, which might help explain why the low turnout.

We started as a mass start, and the trails were taken off the map. I kept with Anders and Johan until 8... when I stopped short and didn't see them punch and run off. I caught the tail of them as I slightly over ran 9, but I got dropped for good when I stopped on an unmapped stream on 14.

A wonderfully warm night, and a fun training.

Sushi and movie night with Sam afterward.

Tisdagbana A2. Tonight was pretty warm, compared to other nights this past week, and so heading out into the marshes of Nåsten didn't seem so daunting. I decided that I probably didn't want to do the whole loop, but I did want to do a longer course than last week, and my legs and brain felt up to it.

The first section was pretty good, and I was reading along and staying in good contact with the map. At the 13k turn off, Simon, Evan, Cat and I reconvened and then split off together to run the shorter loop. Simon did a great job leading, though we still got off a few times. Cat's battery ran out partway home, and then we got off the line once more, and at that point we figured it would be best to just run back along paths, as we had done most of the course already.

Afterward, a few of us stayed and ate dinner in the clubhouse and chatted. Sam showed up and brought me dinner :) which was awesome, of course.

Mental health day. A long day at work. I thought about rushing home and making it for the last part of Rockgympa and then some good Innebandy, and instead I decided that it would be better to not stress about it, and to relax a bit at home. Rockgympa and Innebandy next week for sure though.

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