Orienteering 21:41 [5] *** 3.62 km (5:59 / km)
spiked:4/5c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
With the Jukola test race looming tomorrow, I figured it was worth trying to see how it would feel running hard through the woods, keeping an eye on my cold and on my shoulder. Tonight's training was an all-club relay training. Everyone who turned up was split up into teams, with each team consisting of 1 H21, 1 D21/H35/H17, 1 D17/H14/HD50, and 1 D14/H12/HD60. The H21's run the first leg. When they come back, they tag the next runner (the D21/H35/H17) and run the whole course along with them. Then these two tag the next runner and follow along with him/her, and the same for the final leg. The whole team needs to cross the finish line in order for the result to count. Obviously, this was more of a get-to-know-your-clubmates type of training than a serious thing, but it was still fun.
Right from the start I knew that I wasn't 100% healthy yet, as breathing was hard and running did not feel good. We more-or-less stayed in a pack, though somehow I found myself at the front with Albin and Michele after Lars, Tomas, and Ulf missed various controls. Of course, it was our turn next. I misread the control description (as did Albin, it turns out), and we both circled around looking for a flag on a hill, when it was really on the cliff below. Oh well. Ended up about 1 minute behind Ulf, who snuck by us, in the end. Then the pace slowed down, as I got to jog along while my teammates, all the way down to 10-year-old Sixten Jonsson, took turns navigating. It was actually fun to watch a 10-year-old navigate and remember the kinds of mistakes I used to make (much more recently than when I was ten!) In the end, Sixten took an excellent route choice to the last control, getting us ahead of two other teams, whose ten-year-olds were running off in the wrong direction, so it was a nice finish. :)
Orienteering 56:20 [2] 5.5 km (10:15 / km)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
The rest of the relay - jogging behind the rest of the team.