Training Log Archive: salal

3 mins on 1 min off with mike, did some higher intensity tempo-ish ones for the middle/later ones.

Stretching / core

Run with mike, 2 mins on 1 min off (so just counting running time)

To my parents back

Got yet another cold

Morning run with Meghan M, down along the beach then the trails above spanish banks and back

WET at green timbers

Swimming at Kits pool with Meghan M. Knee has been feeling funky since sitting on the plane, feeling better after this.

Bike toodle up a nearby hill in Breisach with Thomas and Olav

Long run to the start

Running andrea's course, nice and short... but felt tired and not focused. Slightly late to the start, had to go up the late shute... thought I still started on the right minute, but they made me punch some late box thingy. Did have problems finding the first control, lots of tracks and vague. Another control I got off on my compass and wandered before hitting the trail.

Warm up map

Was not sure how I would feel, but once I started running I felt generally good. Still a bit of a tired feeling going uphill but able to push through. Felt I navigated well in general, finding the controls well in the forest with not much hesitation (using linear features to help me get through crappy vegetation areas).
- Not sure about my route to 4, there might have been one to the right that had less climb.
- Also, fumbled a bit on the last loop, including getting way to the south of 23... misread the trails/rides.

Got passed by the girl behind me between 5-6 (saw her at 5, and the girl I had caught glommed onto her... but I took a slightly different route). Then saw Sam (and the other two girls) first coming out of 6 when I was going in. I must admit I was happy to see her, as I had no real gauge of how the race was going and was getting a bit demoralized from being passed by the girl who started behind me... so it gave me a bit of a boost. Then started to see her ahead a few controls later and passed her from 10-11, and we ran close to each other for a bit after that.

Short warm down with sam

Long final model, feeling pretty tired and walked for the first bit (counting the part I was running). Slept a lot, Andrea kept commenting that every time she saw me I was asleep... ;)

On warm up map

Far far too slow and cautious... scared from all my screw ups yesterday, and trying to have flow but not pushing it enough for in a woc final. Also, need to figure out how to be less nervous and sleep more... as I was pretty tired by the third day of competition, and I still kept waking up wayyy early and all nervous.

On warm up map

Not the best race, I screwed up about half the controls... things just did not click today. Surprised to be in the final.

On warm up map

Long qualification - good race, managed to use trails and cuts off trails pretty well.

warm down

Event: WOC 2012 - Lausanne SWITZERLAND
 

Middle quali model

Some walking around the long quali model, and some faster running around with Magnus following me.

Running around on the field after with some strides

Middle final model area, much more like france than I thought...

C • Good luck Louise 7

Long distance training

Long training, including one longer leg. Area a bit thick, better to go around.

Training at Mont Bally. Forgot to bring my compass to the start so then decided to try without it... ok in general when there were features to read, but a bit of a twilight zone a few times when I lost contact or it was more vague.

Running up a mountain behind the long with Will, Robbie, and Jeff.

Orienteering in the dunes near the beach doing a hat relay of sorts with Robbie against Will and Jeff. Take a hat out, leave it at a control, then the other has to go pick it up.

Running the 3rd leg of the men's relay for Canada 2. Mistake on the 1st control, but after that generally navigated well just not super fast (tired!).

C • Ankle 2

Warm up on warm up map... hot!

Generally ok race, but too many problems scattered throughout. Another control that I was near and just could not see the pit/control, circled and re-attacked. Also, got pulled off running with an irish girl and had to hook left to a control.

Warm up / warm down

WUOC sprint - Hesitating a lot at first, so many stairs and passages. Then got a bit better, but made a stupid route choice on one of the longer legs near the end that likely lost 30s.

Morning jog with the guys and pam

WUOC Long - started out pretty good. Then a few bobble on the forking, one I just could not see even though I was very close (this seems to be the story of the week, the vegetation just makes it hard to see stuff). Then really screwed up 14, getting too low and going into the wrong area and having to climb back up... stupid, since I should have taken the better/safer route to the right anyway.

Warm up on warm up map

Event: WUOC 2012
 

WUOC model, not the most relevant (but still relevant compared to anything else I have been on ;). The finish was a few metres from the Mediterranean and we went swimming after!

First training event in Spain, stinking hot... cut it a bit short, but did the interesting parts.