Training Log Archive: tisteln

Jog with Rosalind to Leksand for circuits.

Circuits, no music and started late so a bit shorter than usual.

5 of us played innebandy this week, Rosalind played too. Was good fun!

Jog back to the station and the flat!

Thought i'd do intervals today, but then decided that i'd have a rest day as it's been a while since a full day off, and got a hard week's training coming up.

Rosalind wanted to do a 5 mile hard run to represent her annual boxing day race back home, so i ran along a bit behind her. Out east and along the road till it meets lake sjön on the way round to Lexand. Freezing fog, but didn't feel too bad when running. Rosalind let me use a buff, never worn one before. When we stopped after 8km Rosalind had white hair, solid white eyelashes and some more. Apparently my eyebrows were the best on me. Frost just grew on us as we ran. -14 degrees, crazy stuff.

The jog back the same route, but slower. Got well cold hands and ears here. Even with gloves.

Christmas day jog with Rosalind out towards Rexbo as far as an xmas tree to take some photos, then back. Were planning to go further but it was freezing cold, Rosalind's hair was white and my hands were cold!

The run south to forest track und the loop up the hill past the cabins, same as last monday. Ground was ok, much better than the intervals along the forest track last week, but still a bit slippy. But then on the uphill forest track it got bad. A snowmobile had been up there, and packed down the soft snow in the middle enough to make it too hard to run through, but too soft to run on, and its ski tracks on either side were really packed and thin so too slippy to run on easily. So i built up a strong hatred for snowmobiles on this point! Luckily it is only about 10 minutes of climb. Felt better than last time and thought i'd be a bit faster, but was only 1 minute faster.

Went to källan for intervals, but no-one turned up for the session, so decided to do some cycling instead on the indoor bike. Pushed really hard and managed 15.5 in the 30 mins, going all out at the end. Followed by a sauna, then a trip to see a new flat in Leksand and fika with the family, and a lift back to Insjön. Good night!

Twas really a rest day, but at 10 at night decided to jog out to get an xmas tree from the forest. Took longer than expected, went out of Insjön towards Rexbo then back carrying the tree. Now nicely decorated in the corner, nicely decorated being a toilet roll, hat and scarf, fairy lights, cards and a yoghurt tub!