Running 26:30 [2]
shoes: The Purple Ones
Easy running to/from/around Stadsskogen. My left calf feels almost fine now, but the knees hurt constantly.
Strength Training 15:00 [3]
Note
I went to see a Swedish napraprath today. I'd met him before when Boris had an appointment with him, but this time I was actually the patient. I was quite impressed with how quickly and efficiently he checked my knees. I told him that both of my knees hurt, but that the right one has been an ongoing problem for over six months, whereas the left one just hurts every now and then (like the last few weeks). He had me lie down and prodded and moved my knees for a while. He concluded that there is nothing wrong with my joints or bones - nothing major - but I have some tendonitis in my left knee, which should clear up soon. Then he made me stand, and made me lock my knees. I never noticed this before, but apparently my knees are more elastic/flexible than is normal, especially the right one. He said that in the long run, strengthening the quadriceps (by doing curls, for example) should help. He also spent several minutes doing electric therapy on my left knee (just sending small pulses, helping the blood circulate there) to help with the tendonitis inflammation.
I've had knee problems for as long as I've been running, so it is hard to imagine not having them. But I am enthusiastic and hopeful once again. :)
Running 33:00 [2]
Running to and from the start of the course, mostly on big paths.
Orienteering 1:00:00 [2]
shoes: Orange O-Shoes
I did half of a short control-picking course in Nasten, got up to #9 before I was out of time and had to head back to meet Boris. I was amazed by how off-the-line I was sometimes when trying to following a bearing! I didn't have too much trouble with this in England because even if there was crap underfoot, I could usually go straight through it, but here rocks/cliffs and other such features force me to go around. If I go slowly enough that I can pick off features as I move, then this is less of a problem, but hopefully with time I will get better at correcting direction if I'm forced off the straight line.
Map-hiking 25:00 [1]
After I met up with Boris, he had me walk a few short and really technical legs. He told me to walk ahead and identify every feature that I saw and anticipated seeing. Some of the areas were quite vague and it was hard to tell what was mapped as a dot knoll or a hill and what wasn't, but it was cool nonetheless.