Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

Orienteering Intervals at Hammarskog. This was the same parking area as our first club training after moving to Uppsala.

flashback

Tonight was fun. We were in a hurry to finish the training before the sun sank too far and it got really dark (well Mats decided to do the training later in prep for a Tiomila night leg). I started a bit behind the crowd. caught up and ran with the women on the first interval, then pushed ahead. Ran a bit with Anders H and Emil Å. Last interval was by myself, but it was getting dark. I missed the streamer on the first control and then managed to truly shank the end of the loop.

Terrain was a bit scratchy and rocky.

C • Flashback 4

Heading over to KG with Rassmus and Lisa. Happy Birthday Rassmus! to meet up for intervals. Then out to stadsskogen for the workout.

2x(4'-2' rest);10x(40"/20");2x(4'-2'rest).

It's light out so late now that we have gone back to summer time. I was very sleepy before and after running tonight, but during the workout, everything was great :)

Good group, and I was able to push pretty hard. Not quite as fast as I'd like, but moving in the right direction. Rebecka Olsson was really strong tonight, and I definitely ran harder in order to stay ahead of her.

Well, the 72 hour Easter extravaganza ended. Marc drove me back to the train station, and the travel went exceedingly smoothly. (passport completely unnecessary this trip).left the apartment at 7:05, train to Zurich, shopping for chocolate there, then took off in Zurich at 10:40, and got off the 801 bus in Uppsala at 15:01 connecting through Berlin.

Weather was really calling for a nice run. I set off to check if the bike shop was open on Easter monday (nope) and from there just wandered whichever way seemed most interesting and appealing. Not moving too fast, legs feeling the Swiss hills, and listening to various podcast programs.

Sushi dinner with Sam when she got back from her own long travel day. Now she is packing for a training camp week. Busy lady.

C • Sushi 4

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 :)