Sunday Dec 30 |
 | Orienteering race 40:10 [5]5 km (8:02 / km) +50m 7:39 / km | |
| ahr:147 max:156 (sick) shoes: Integrators3 |
| Day 5 of Belgian Sylvester 5-Days near Hechtel. Decided to run this last race to have a countable result (4 out of 5 results are counted for the total ranking). I felt very weak at warmup time already and the energy level soon dropped to the zero line after a few controls, so I had to reduce my pace even further. At the end I could hardly lift my feet off the sandy ground. Concentration was also very low then and caused two or three mistakes, maybe 2 minutes total. Finally, I was happy to see the finish.
It's really hard to race being not healthy.
Still 6th for the day (out of about 20) and 3rd total. |
| Running warm up/down 6:00 [2]0.8 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| To the start of the race with mixed feelings. |
Saturday Dec 29 |
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| (sick) |
| No race today. Not able to eat/drink reasonably. Still some headaches. Spent the day in the hotel room. |
Friday Dec 28 |
| Orienteering race 29:47 [5]*** 4.5 km (6:37 / km) | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| Day 3 of Belgian Sylvester 5-days near Genk. Very flat terrain (equidistance 2m). Some controls maybe a bit bingo: point features in the green (this is typical for Belgian orienteering ;-) ). I was lucky with this type of control this time. A good race again with only very minor mistakes. 2nd place again, about 10 seconds behind winner. |
| Running warm up/down 7:00 [2]1 km (7:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| Before the race. |
| Cycling (Indoor Trainer) 40:00 [2]17 km (2:21 / km) | |
| ahr:112 max:121 |
| O race was short, therefore some more training at the hotel gym. |
| other (Swimming) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Hotel pool, swimming for recovery. |
| stretching 10:00 [0] | |
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| Note | |
| (sick) |
| A stomach flu hit me in the late afternoon. Diarrhea, vomiting, headache. No dinner, half the night in the bathroom. One of the more horrible nights of my life. |
Thursday Dec 27 |
| Orienteering race 38:50 [5]*** 5 km (7:46 / km) +80m 7:11 / km | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| Day 2 of Belgian Sylvester 5-days near Opitter. More technical than Day 1 and a lot more controls (19). Controls #3 to #8, in terrain with fine contours, were printed (additionally) on map with scale 1:5k (1:10k was normal). My race was decent, no major mistakes. 2nd place, 1 minute back. |
| Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]2 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| Before and after the race. |
| Running 20:00 [2]3.5 km (5:43 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Glycerin 4 |
| On treadmill at the hotel gym. Includes a short "speed" section (16 km/h). |
| other (Swimming) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Hotel pool, swimming for recovery. |
| stretching 10:00 [0] | |
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Wednesday Dec 26 |
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| Event: Sylvester 5-days, Belgium
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| Orienteering race 26:54 [5]*** 4 km (6:44 / km) +60m 6:15 / km | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| Day 1 of Belgian Sylvester 5-days near Herentals. Race was short and easy but I still managed to loose some time to the very first control. Problems reading the map, ran to control #10 before heading to #1. Another bad mistake at #7: thought it was #8 and I had missed #7. Tried to find correct #7 in northern direction, instead of heading south to #8. Lost more than 3 minutes total.
5th place, 2 minutes back. |
| Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]1.5 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Integrators3 |
| before and after the race. |
| Cycling (Indoor Trainer) 23:00 [2]10 km (2:18 / km) | |
| ahr:116 max:127 |
| At the hotel gym. |
| Running 23:00 [3]4 km (5:45 / km) | |
| ahr:135 max:152 shoes: Asics Gel DS Trainer IX |
| On treadmill at the hotel gym. First time on treadmill in my life. |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
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| Travel day: driving to Hasselt (Belgium) for Sylvester 5-days |
Monday Dec 24 |
| Cycling (Indoor Trainer) 45:00 [1]18 km (2:30 / km) | |
| ahr:107 max:115 |
| Morning ride on TravelMag. |
| Running 48:19  8 km (6:02 / km) +150m 5:31 / km | |
| ahr:124 max:151 shoes: Brooks Glycerin 4 |
| Otelfingen - Breitlen. |
| stretching 10:00 [0] | |
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