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Training Log Archive: ReindeerCounter

In the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2012:

activity	#	time	miles	km	+m
Running	6	6:00:01	36.68	59.03	1064
Orienteering	3	3:49:08	14.81	23.84	692
Strenght	2	1:10:00
Total	10	10:59:09	51.49	82.87	1756
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Sunday Apr 29, 2012 #

9 AM

Orienteering warm up/down 16:29 [1] 1.9 km (8:41 / km) +30m 8:02 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Warming-up for the national race

Orienteering race 19:41 [5] 3.92 km (5:01 / km) +52m 4:43 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

I didn't expect anything like this, but it went actually pretty good. You'd think that after yesterday's race and running 2 hours over not eating for ten hours would've killed me, but I managed to push pretty hard.

I almost fell in the stairs next to the first control - I mean, seriously, a control at the top of stairs made of marbre during a heavy ran? How could I slide on that! - and got surprised by the second control. I made a mistake in my routechoice for the 3rd control, loosing 25'' on Vicky - this is interesting, because we ran pretty much at the same speed for the rest of the race - and more than 50'' on Fafa. From there on, Vicky was not too far behind me so it was an interesting for the Gegnerkontakt. I didn't make too many mistakes for the rest of the race, and finished rather satisfied - apart from the 3rd leg and considering saturday.

Saturday Apr 28, 2012 #

3 PM

Orienteering warm up/down 1:28:24 [1] 6.86 km (12:53 / km) +310m 10:31 / km
shoes: VJ Bold

Orienteering 43:52 [3] 4.49 km (9:46 / km) +200m 7:59 / km
shoes: Brooks Racer ST 4

MOM in Arcegno. I guess this wasn't the best preparation I've had for a swiss champs. We took the bus from Neuchatel and got stuck in the traffic before the Gotthard. Three hours? Problem was, the plan was to go and eat in Tenero - our accomodation - at 12, therefore those with late-ish starts didn't have to take a picnic. We didn't make it in time, so we drove directly to the competition center. Sadly, we arrived too late for me to be able to eat something, mainly, to be able to digest it before leaving. I basically had to choose between having nothing in the stomach except what I'd eaten at 6 a.m. or risking throwing up. I decided no to eat anything - I still don't know which solution was the best? Anywho, it's not the kind of decision you want and like to take before running swiss champs.

I arrived at the start with tired legs. The first loop was okay, I guess, not too many mistakes. I tried to adapt the speed to my condition and my map reading to my speed, to avoid mistakes. That worked not so bad until the long routechoice, where I screwed up and ended up far away from the control. From there on, I slowed my pace and focused on the technical part, which worked pretty well. I arrived at the competition center feeling dizzy and didn't have all my balance. Really strange feeling, combined with a massive headache and sweat AND freezing (yup, at the same time) the whole night (+sunday/monday).

Friday Apr 27, 2012 #

6 PM

Running 20:00 [1] 3.0 km (6:40 / km) +40m 6:15 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Equalon+ 4

Pre-competition jog, didn't find my watch so I have no idea of how long I ran...

Wednesday Apr 25, 2012 #

7 PM

Running race 58:30 [4] 10.9 km (5:22 / km) +314m 4:41 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Rocklite 295

1st stage of the tour du canton. I decided to run with my Inov-8, for I knew most of the race would be run on a narrow path. Combining this with the rain of the last few days, you get some nice mud. I really enjoyed running amidst all the runners trying to avoid the mud and running on the side of the tracks :)

I started slowly -maybe a bit too much?- with Lea and Sandra, then sped up near the end of the uphill. From there, it was -almost- only downhill, so I could run at a nice pace. In the end, I ran in 58'30'' - 59'46'' according to datasport, my time being from the start line - with an overall good feeling.

Running warm up/down 41:19 [3] 6.79 km (6:05 / km) +110m 5:38 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Rocklite 295

Warming up/down for the tour du canton

Tuesday Apr 24, 2012 #

5 PM

Orienteering warm up/down 25:00 [2]
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Strenght 10:00 [0]

Orienteering intervals 20:53 [4] 4.14 km (5:03 / km) +50m 4:45 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Orienteering warm up/down 14:49 [1] 2.53 km (5:51 / km) +50m 5:20 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Picking up controls

Monday Apr 23, 2012 #

4 PM

Running 30:00 [3]
shoes: Nike Zoom Equalon+ 4

Wednesday Apr 4, 2012 #

3 PM

Running warm up/down 38:22 [2] 6.48 km (5:55 / km) +100m 5:30 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Running intervals 20:00 [4] 4.92 km (4:04 / km)
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Tuesday Apr 3, 2012 #

5 PM

Strenght 1:00:00 [1]

Monday Apr 2, 2012 #

2 PM

Running warm up/down 36:22 [2] 6.11 km (5:57 / km) +100m 5:30 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Running intervals 19:00 [4] 4.24 km (4:29 / km)
shoes: Nike Zoom Marathoner

Sunday Apr 1, 2012 #

Running long 1:36:28 [2] 16.59 km (5:49 / km) +400m 5:11 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Equalon+ 4

Nice jog, going to Montmollin and then back on the usual tour of Valangin.

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