Training Log Archive: Matej

A Long course training in Briones set up by my dad. I ran the first four controls at race pace, but then began getting persistent cramps in my left calf that slowed me to a jog/walk. Although the terrain was typical Bay Area brutality, some important lessons were reinforced:

- If choosing between a straight route that goes through a steep re-entrant and a roundabout route on roads and paths that is twice as long but has little climb, the roundabout route tends to be faster almost every single time.

- Never run blindly out of the start without looking at the map. It's incredibly easy to overlook a good route choice to the first control and not realize it until halfway up the first hill.

- If the map in question happens to have 7.5 m contours, know that the map has 7.5 m contours before starting the course!

- When orienteering in the Bay Area, think like a cow, especially when crossing steep re-entrants...

C • Cramps 2

C • Think like a cow! 2

Warm up (~10 minutes)

5x400m with a target time of 70s, with 2:20 minutes of rest (walking, stretching, jogging) in between.
Splits: 70s, 69s, 71s, 74s, 73s

Warm down (~10 minutes)

And I thought Wunderlich was brutal...