Training Log Archive: 007

Somehow got talked into running the last leg for a Finnish corporate team called S-Yöosuustoiminta. I started in the second mass start with about 1000 people, 2.5 hours after the winning teams had finished! So there were lots of people in the forest the whole way, and alot of mud and tracking.
This was by far the longest course i have ever done- 15.1km with 550m climb and 33 controls, so I was quite daunted to start with because yesterday was pretty tiring!
My navigation was good except one mistake on the first control. So many people everywhere, sometimes I found i had to do my own thing sometimes to avoid running in slow single file, other times I just followed the line. RC was usually pretty straight.
I didn't start particuarly hard but tried to pick up the pace up a bit after 45mins and was happy to feel good the whole way though not particuarly fast. heart rate didn't go up much during the whole race but my legs still felt pretty nimble and strong by the end, I must be getting forest fit!
The team came 652nd, on my leg i was 45mins behind the fastest guys ;)

SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

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Event: Jukola 2012
 

Venla relay with our Aussie team of Anna, Laurina, Fel and me. We were very happy to finish 93rd overall out of 1200 teams, and all of us ran well to catch up more places on each leg from our initial starting number of 354 :)
My run was ok, one silly mistake on the long leg to #8 and made a few more little mistakes on controls towards the end where i got a bit distracted. Also i still felt somehow like I was holding back a bit more than I would at home. It was an amazing fun race though and I really enjoyed the terrain.
On my leg I was 59th, 15mins down on Minna who was 4mins ahead of the second girl.

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Jukola training map, took it pretty easy.

Some easy O intervals from BJs flat on my own. Tried to orienteer faster then yesterday but the forest was quite thick.

Forssa games short middle race. 3.4km
Fun to finally have a race! In some part I felt like i was racing really well but on such a short course I couldn't get away with the mistakes I made..
Goint to #4 got confuzled in some really thick forest and came out differently to expected and proceeded to make a really stupid route choice from there rather than continuing on line, lost 2mins. Then lost a further minute at #7 just approached control without care and was in the wrong spot.
The forest was very hard to run through and Minna's speed throught it must be amazing! She won in 21:40 and the winning time was supposed to be 25mins.
11th place /40
Route gadget: http://www.olfellows.fi/cgi-bin/gadget/reitti.cgi?...

Jukoa training. 6km course.
Navigation was good and got all controls cleanly but felt a bit hesitant in the forest and inefficient running, didn't take it super hard.
Lovely map with awesome bare rock which was fast, but the forest soft and slow.

Run to the start of the sprint.

Urban sprint in Helsinki suburb. Not super technical course so fast running and no real mistakes or hesitations. One slower route choice but good enough to win me a cake, 4sec ahead of 2nd :)

Easy late night run in Finland from BJ's flat after a very lazy day. Legs were still sore in the morning but ok by the time i ran. Stretched and massaged a bit.
Beautiful soft sawdust trail in the forest which lit up in the dark, running felt effortless.