Training Log Archive: Lizzie

walk/jog around a middle training map. the forest was beautiful when i was in it, but there were a lot of crappy open and felled areas, including quite a bit not on the map.
ankle was about 65% but o-ing about 55% as cant read map and place foot at same time! i alternately got really pissed off at my ankle, and then feeling alright as i managed to run for about 100m. not sure how im going to cope with the long on tues, will just take it a day at a time. was feeling okish by the time i finished.
also got a stick straight through my shoe and into my foot, just as my ankle was ok. not cool!

went for a jog with kate and angela, just on forest roads. i think i killed quite a few tiny frogs by stepping on them :( they were everywhere! ankle was alright until we came downhill towards the end. was going to go for a swim in the lake on way back but it looked a dodgy orange colour...

felt pretty damn lazy after 8hrs on a bus and just had to get out. so took the ankle for a light yog round the roads from al's in borlange. just did the usualy wellington (or ingham?) thing of taking the uphill option at each junction. worked out alright, found myself offroad of course, and found some nice fat juicy blueberries. woot!

drove back to goteborg with magnus and todd. stopped off at a castle a la way. pretty damn cool, but they had a stage set up in the courtyard and had swedish pop to rave around to as they did sound checks.

am very tempted to put our 2.5hr game of frisbee golf down, but not sure its really training. i suck at this sport by the way, think i'll stick to orienteering and football. wicked fun though, apart from when i found myself in a wasps nest. not so fun

out the back of magnus' summer house. the tracks werent overly mtn bikable, or more likely im just crap at mtn biking. not sure it really gave my ankle a break as it kept giving sharp pains when i put it down to stop me falling off. got really frustrated and angry at myself. did one complete bail off and landed in stinging nettle, ofcourse. sigh, ankle feels just as bad as on monday.

went down to the sea with magnus' mum for a swim. despite being ultra aware, i still managed to get stung by a jellyfish. my arm is now on fire damn it. but we found wild strawberries and blueberries to pick on the way home, so that made it hurt a little less.

with that and this morning, i have eaten sooo many blueberries today!

didnt go out tothe event with todd and magnus, stayed back and rested the ankle :(

evening race just by swe-nor border. staying with magnus and his parents at their summer house on the west coast.

started off with ankle alright, fine when warming up and walking throughout day. i made a mess of the 1st control, lack of warmup, diff scale and forest all factors. lost 1min and girl behind got there same time as me. 2,3,4 alright but then going downhill my ankle started to give pains. by 7 it was impossible to run properly. beata falk starting 2mins behind ran through me by 13, by which time i was limping and jogging it in. practically walked the finish. frick, will have to take it very carefully with ankle, hopefully i can get it runnable by next week!
not happy