Training Log Archive: BorisGr

To the gym and back

C • NYC 9

The usual strength stuff. Very sore from soccer. My inflexibility has gotten me think about the idea of trying out yoga, as a lot of people seem to swear by it. Anybody out there know what type of yoga i should try and how to get started?

C • yoga 6

Event: WCOC Pond Mountain
 

Not going to Pond Mountain because Kat hurt her knee at Ansonia yesterday. I hope it's nothing serious...

Showed up to play for the Yale Math Department in the grad student intramurals. First time playing soccer, especially on a real field with goals, in a very long time. It was so much fun!! I was very, very rusty and also lacked a lot of the agility I used to have when I played more soccer. Managed not to hurt too many people, so that's a plus. Would love to play some more, it's just such a fun game.

C • Hurting people... 1

Event: CSU Orienteering Weekend
 

Training at Ansonia on a course designed by Jagge. I started by shadowing Kat for the first half hour, but her knee was hurting a lot, so she stopped and went back. I picked up the pace a bit and cruised around the rest of the course. Ansonia was a lot of fun, as usual. Nice to have it as the closest map to me.
Course: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/index.php?u...

C • I hope you liked it. Was le... 1

Read on Kim Fagerudd's webpage today that he was selected to be on the Finnish Standing Team for the first time in a few years. What caught my attention was that he adds in the end that he thinks he was selected at least partly because he is taking a leave from work for the next ten months, making it easier for him to focus on training. Interesting that the leadership of the national team notices such things.

C • not surprised 1

Drove to West Rock and ran a loop around Wintergreen Lake and then north on the red trail all the way to the end at Farm Brook Reservoir and back. Saw a turkey, blissfully unaware of the upcoming slaughter of its kind.

C • It may have been aware 5

Biking a little on Kat's bike (on a stand) at home to warm up for stretching. Is there an actual danger to biking on a bike that is too small for me?

C • Danger 5

Short uphill intervals on the road up to the top of East Rock at sundown. 12x1 minute with 1 minute rest. Almost collided with a deer.

Nice training idea from Albin's website. A direction test, running first without a compass and then with. He did slightly better without: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph... .

Also, looking at the summary of his training year:
450 training hours
3058 controls found (of which 2795 spiked!)
53 races
and 3303 hours of sleep!

In 2007, my best training year, I was at about 2500 controls found over 165 sessions with a map, and my results were the best they've ever been. How many controls do US team members find in a year, and how do we increase that number without increasing the number of hours?

C • number of controls 9

A circuit around the perimeter of East Rock with Kat after going to a junkyard to look for some car parts. Sunny and cool, nice day. Almost all the leaves are down.