Orienteering1:33:36 7.45 km (12:34 / km) +369m10:04 / km ahr:147 max:184 shoes: Red Oroc
Col du Pillon / Lac Retaud - “Shortened long distance” lols maybe for everyone else. It was still the highlight of my orienteering life though when I got caught 16(!!) mins by Simone Niggli near number 4 but then she couldn’t find it either & I eventually found it & she was nowhere to be seen, omg. Managed to stay ahead all the way to 6 before she caught up again, yaaas winning. Then she was off up the hill at about twice the speed I could manage so I just carried on doing my thing. Later I was contouring along to number 11 and I heard someone coming up really fast behind me, & it was Simone! Somehow managed to do that section faster than a 23 time gold woc medalist waaaah. Then she was heading into the woods to 12 & I was like nah road is life & then she turned round and came on the road route with me & we ran for a few minutes together & it was the most exciting thing to ever happen. My inner 16 year old fan girl was just like ‘omg omg omg’ haha. Best day ever.
Orienteering1:43:27 10.34 km (10:00 / km) +530m7:58 / km ahr:150 max:187 shoes: Red Oroc
Col du Pillon / Isenau - lol getting my money’s worth today. Had 23 perfect controls & one absolute 20min nightmare in a scratty bit of forest, boooo. Must’ve been within metres of it on numerous occasions but just couldn’t make anything fit or find anything to relocate from. On the positive I did get every control on the open mountain really well :) on the negative tomorrow’s course is back in that forest! Ha
Walking1:00:00 [1]
Trekking up a mountain, which was definitely hard enough work to make it acceptable to log as training. Finished the day with a swim in a mountain lake.
Running warm up/down 14:23 2.54 km (5:40 / km) +109m4:40 / km ahr:136 max:160 shoes: Adizero adios (blue)
Orienteering17:09 3.86 km (4:27 / km) +56m4:09 / km ahr:174 max:183 shoes: Adizero adios (blue)
Gstaad sprint - what an absolute treat, loved it! The course started in the grounds of a hotel (with a control inside a little summer house / chalet) & then went underground with a control on a waterfall & then down the hillside into the gorgeous town centre. I started really well & was equal time with Sanna at the first split (9:40) but I took a couple of routes that were too far round towards the end & lost 30s in the second half, boo, oh well - if I was as fast as last year they’d have been ok but I haven’t got the speed endurance to make them work right now & it would have been better to go more direct and take the climb.
Running warm up/down 21:03 3.84 km (5:29 / km) +21m5:20 / km ahr:131 max:167 shoes: Adizero adios (blue)
Along the valley road. Boiling sunshine & dreamy views. Dying of happiness.