Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

A lovely Easter run with the ladies. Sandra lead the way, and carried the conversation for the first hour uphill. Then Sam took over and carried the conversation down the hill again. I contributed nothing but charm :) It was a great day :)

The day started with an Easter basket hunt in the Lauenstein apartment, and then continued with an Easter basket hunt in Nona and Nono's apartment. With so many fun Easter chocolate hunting traditions, and meals we have been eating very well here in Switzerland :)

Easter Relay race near Bern in Switzerland. I ran with Sandra, Sam and Marc as an unofficial team. The weather and location were amazing. Simone was the course setter and relay photographer as well :) We ran with SI Air and Sandra paid for our entries and cakes(thanks Sandra) so I can't really imagine a better event.

Started out chasing after clubmate Michael Dubach, but I was fooled on the short downhill leg to 2, didn't interpret the green right and found the flag on the other forking, but wasn't able to figure out where it was on the map to properly relocate and hit my own checkpoint. ran a loop or two in there, before correcting. Rest of the relay went much better. A mistake on 17 ( in the green) and 19 (in the green).

Had no real sense for how far behind the lead I changed over, but the legs certainly know the difference between flat Uppsala and hilly Switzerland.

Marc suggested 3 x 10 minutes hard running on the way back home after the orienteering. Beautiful weather, and super fun and dynamic to weave through the crowds down by the lake.

Marc did a lot of running back to meet me during the hard sections. Life is good, running in the sun is good, training hard is fun.

Not a lot of time this morning to get ready and go down to the station. Ran to work, and back, then it was a long day of travel to Marc and Sandra's place. Seeing Marc waiting at the train station alone was worth the trip :)

A very nice game of Innebandy. High tempo the whole way, and few enough players that we could use the whole gym. Right ankle feeling a bit unhappy after rolling it on Wednesday.

a 1.4kg sweat loss today. That's a sign of a good game :)

Tickets bought. I am going to join the Neuchâtel party for Easter. Very much looking forward to it!

Running behind schedule, so just a tad late for orienteering tonight. Onsdagsnatt put on by Pontus and Rebecka. The course started on the Morga map, the rockiest slashiest woods we have near us (well, except for Jumkil, and everyone hates Jumkil). then crossed over to Lunsen before returning along the hillside by the river.

Parked at Sunnersta gropen and jogged down to the start. I forgot my Garmin, so no messy quickroute to show. I started in the chasing pack 1 minute behind the first group, made a big mistake on the first control but then settled into things nicely. Ran with Ken Peeters (BEL) for the middle section and by the end PoJo caught up and passed me as I really screwed up the last control.

Fun. But cold, wet, (should have worn wet socks) and rolled an ankle on the trail at one point. Mood is still pretty happy, so easy to shake off the trivialities and focus on the fact that orienteering in Lunsen with friends is excellent :)

C • Very heartening to hear you... 4

Unintended rest day. A productive day, but last minute a spot opened up to get the club minibus inspected in the morning, so everything in my schedule got shifted. Neither time nor energy to go running in the evening, once I had mostly gotten caught up with everything.

I got into bed and feel asleep before Sam tonight. No better sign that I could use the rest :)

Rockgympa. One of the programs from last year, tough session, but good music. Amelie wasn't such a big fan this time and she required lots of attention from Elisa and Johan to stay happy.

I invited a friend from work to gympa tonight. He did very well, and I hope that he will return in the future. It's a good way to meet people (and a good way to get introduced to real orienteering too).

I noticed at least one person (team France, Cécile Foltzer) wearing mismatched socks. Presumably in recognition of Downs Syndrome day (trisomy 21 aka 3/21).

Only 6 stayed for innebandy this evening, so constant playing and good and tired by the end. Also, when the next group came in 5 minutes early tonight (like normal) we continued playing until the next goal, instead of meekly vacating the gym. We are there until 8 :) it's good to assert ourselves when needed.