Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

Middle Distance Race Silva League race number 4. I ran in the E2 class, and had a good race apart from a few glaring errors. The 2nd control was especially tricky, I was right on course to hit the flag, but then I checked my compass and veered way off to the left. Talking to others, this was a common problem, perhaps due to some extra vegetation that was influencing runnability.

I ran well after this, but got way off on the 6th, and then when I missed the knoll (too low) I tried to relocate using a hunter's stand... but didn't see it on the map as it was obscured by the north line and course overprinting.

I was pleased at my speed and navigation except for the glaring errors on 2, 6, and 8.

When I finished, Per Forsberg glanced at me from the announcing booth and asked how it went (not over the loudspeaker) but that kinda made me feel cool, even if my most optimistic answer was ganska okej.

Solid long distance race at the Silva League race 3. I ran in the E3 class, and this meant my race wasn't 18K like the elite's, instead it was only 15.3.

I raced well, feeling smooth and in control. My biggest mistake came at control 7 when I started to second guess myself and I thought that the swamp looked too big, so I veered sharply right, and then had to come right back to where I had been headed.

I didn't start to feel exhausted until the car ride home :)

Awesome day and a pretty good race for me.

C • Looks like... 3

Innebandy with the work crowd. Feeling pretty competent for once, though not nearly as good as the real pros playing. The game has become too popular though, so I spend just as much time watching from the sidelines as actually playing. Oh well, it's an awesome thing to do on a Friday afternoon.

I skipped lunch to play though, which meant that by dinner time with Cristina and Melissa, I was pretty ravenous.

At Boris's suggestion, the weekly backbanas have started in preparation for WOC in Lausanne. Sam posted on the training's bank and our advertisement meant that Olle and Johan joined us for the session, just before Rockgympa.

I biked over straight from work, and threw on my shoes as quickly as I could. I set out pretty fast, really pushing the downhills and Olle kept with me. Johan pretty quickly switched from running mode to cheering mode, so it was just Olle and me for the rest of the course. He was super strong on the hills, and he pulled a bit ahead after about 10 minutes, but I was able to recapture that lead on the downhills a short while later. Olle stormed past me on the last climb up the wall, and I hung with him as far as the last woods climb, but he was just too strong for me after that. I still managed a very respectable 25:17 and depending on how the Linné top 20 list gets curated, I'm now only a few seconds away from that vaunted membership (Rob Hart, currently in 19th with 25:15).

Very satisfied.

C • nice! 2

Rock Gympa seemed hard tonight. Lots of hip swiveling and some good explosive jumping exercises. Some fast high knees, just to keep the tradition going :)

A fast paced, well played game of Innebandy. When Hannah dropped out, and it became 3 on 2, then there was a lot more running :) Pretty exhausted by the end of it.

Janne's backbana in Uppsala - Splits