Training Log Archive: Swedesport

Event: SM Stafett
 

4th at SM relay
Ran 1st leg. Was pretty nervous before the race as i knew we had a good chance of winning. However when headed of into the forest all those butterflies disappeared. Was focused on not missing the first control but also didn't want to take it to easy as i didn't want to lose the top teams. Got it pretty cleanly and was in the hunt. After that stage i was up at the front for the whole race with the goal of coming in with the leaders. the only time i was not in the front of the pack was when we had a longer gaffle but i was with stora tuna, rehns and halmstad so was not to stressed at all. after passing the spectator in the lead i focused hard on staying up at the front on the last loop. This i managed to achieve. Going down to the last was crazy everyone wanted to be first in. I took a chance with 50m to go and headed a bit left but came out into the field 20m away from the last control and had no chance to be in first.

I was happy i had done my job and confident we could fight for medals. however Martin didn't have the best run on 2nd leg and changed over 7th about 5min down. Rune had a good run but needed the leading teams to make a mistake if we where to get a medal. We ended up finishing 4th which i was happy with but it would have been nice to medal at the swedish champs. Long next weekend.

C • photo 3

Event: SM Medeldistans
 

Started out pretty well. running well within myself to have a safe qualifing race. then started to get stressed when i saw the guy who started 2 min behind me catch up. Thus running to fast and making an absolutely ridiculous mistake( worst this season ) losing 12min on a 5min leg. not much else to say really.

Just giving the legs and body a rest before this weekend. MIght go for a gentle jog when I get down there.

Ran intervals with emil and linus for some last minute form topping before SM. ran 15sec with 15sec rest.2 sets of 20 intervals with 5min rest between.(10mins high intensity).

Training for middle SM south of stockholm. Tried to stick to my tactics of simple routes to within 150-100m from the control. Then really focus on spike the control. worked out pretty well(total 1:20 mistakes on 4 controls). need to learn that when i lose contact near the control to stop and not take chances guessing. Was happy overall with training and looking forward to SM.

went over on my ankle about 5m from the finish nothing major but will have to keep an eye on it. maybe tape it for SM. dont want to miss the relay.

C • SM 1

Went for a easy 60min jog with linus and emil about elfvik. Legs felt a bit slow but nothing major.