Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Survey fail... drove to area but it was thick fog and frozen and dark, so drove home again - there's no pressure to rush the map!

Warm up and down on roads and at track.

3km time trial at Halden track. No flood lights - but frost on ground and reflected light from low clouds meant no head torch was fine. Heavy frost, -5C, ran in dobbs.
Started steadily and kept things pretty even throughout race. Pushed on last 600m.
splits: 0-46, 1-33, 1-35, 1-35, 1-35, 1-33, 1-29.
Pretty happy with it as a session, legs felt pretty good and managed to push harder at end. Next time I'll have to start a wee bit faster and see what I can do.

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Run to and from strength training at Gimle skole.

HSK strength - took it easy as planning on doing a time trial tomorrow.

3 hours surveying, cold crisp day, just not sunny :(

Run north of Halden (we spotted a hill on a map!) with S, E and H. Lovely little track along and up ridge to summit - fire watch tower gave superb views all round. A couple of big wind farms in Sweden - almost certainly the mystery lights we saw from Høias tower 4 weeks ago.
Off ridge to north and then a couple of forested hills direct, cross a marsh and then H and I added an extra ridge to NE, caught back with S& E then a little extra loop near end. Some glorious forest and views were great. We'll be back in the future to explore some more.
Legs tired on hills but kept going - must be getting stronger with all the forest running over the past few weeks!

HøiasDNC, Iddefjordfjella. Middle distance race, 4.4km 135m (but ca 290 descent as start high up!)
Started a bit hesitantly but good line to 1, a bit lucky on 2 - facing along slope and spotted it. 3-8 good, then a complete brain death - long leg, pushed, parallel error and kept going, eventually relocated but 7 mins gone... Finished 4th on "Open medium" class but could have won by 3 mins and been 2nd overall behind Marie Olaussen (junior girl).
Pleased with technique in most of the race, but need to check compass more (as always!).

Bit of jogging at carpark and then long run up track to start.

Went on to Prestebakke for a middle distance course (Thursday HSK training). Steady start and struggled to interpret vegetation round 1, then smoother and really enjoyed most of it. Tired by end.

Steady run with S, lysløppe then back via Venås and lower tracks. Nice sunny day. Legs tired from last 3 days - surveying and night-O.

Shadowing S round contour only night-O at Høias. Tough area - lots of undergrowth and vague wobbly slopes. Mostly clean technically but not chuffed at going goolie deep in one cutting between 2 hills:-) We also crossed an "uncrossable" marsh near the end - those in the know detoured about 50m to the track across it!
E went out on his own on a wee night-O course and got 7 controls, lost a lot of time on one but was pretty happy with himself. He'll be out on the contour-only soon...

Surveying 3 hours, much more pleasant day and finished block of area.

Onsdagsnatt - Mass-start night-O, baffled courses and, most important, no controls in the forest. Every runner wears a GPS tracker. Missed my first control, realised as I was leaving it but didn't drop back down hill to mine. Own line to number 2 and then cut-off to 17 (4.5km is plenty for me!). Haven't had as much fun O-ing for a long time, great to pick off the features and spike the controls. Only bad miss was i the green near the end, relocated on a spur, then realised I was under the power line!
Pretty slow time but just really enjoyed myself with no pressure.

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