Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

A trip out onto Nåsten for a line-o with Sam. We ran out to start point of a line that Boris had drawn and then walked slowly along as we learned how to recognize features in this type of terrain. We didn't cover too much ground before we needed to turn back and head home, as we had a lunch date with Boris and Jan at a cafeteria type restaurant in the science park area of the university, Sven Dufva.

Running to the clubhouse to pick up the club car. Need to go get Boris a bed!

Pre-running a course that will be used for a local meet here in September. After a 15 minute run out to the start triangle I started in on the course and was able to pretty much keep track of where I was going throughout the course. The woods here are very soft and can quickly sap ones energy. I was about 2/3rds through the course when I decided that it was getting pretty dark, and then I had a real incentive to be clean on the course :) orienteering when it's light out is challenging enough. I managed to finish all the course before it got too dark to really see.

A couple of really silly mistakes and a couple of places where I was just not executing cleanly. I'd like to rerun this in a couple of weeks just to give it another shot once I've figured out the terrain a little better.

The 12.8k course took about 2 hrs 20 for me, and I was wiped by the end.

Slowly running home. Running on empty. I promised myself a bowl of cereal as a reward for when I got back. Sam and Boris had already finished their course and also their dinner :)