Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

SI question. If I don't have an induction core to couple the master station to the units from which I want to read out the memory, what works as a good replacement?

I tried to use my keys and that failed, and then I tried nothing at all, and I managed to get just read out the download station and not the unit I had been trying to couple.

This may be moot because the units will be wiped clean sometime tomorrow, but if I get to them in the morning I might be able to do something.

C • Huh? 6

Sam says I should link blog entries to my Attackpoint log. She's been working hard on documenting our stay here in Uppsala.

just ensuring that Sam keeps feeding me

C • Tophers! 12

Jogging from the parking to the start.

Click on the image to view the Quickroute file in my DOMA archive (Thanks Mats for writing good software)

A fine day for orienteering. The Blodstensvägen ladies suggested that I should go to the training tonight, so I biked down after work to do some orienteering intervals. There was a nice crowd, and 9 men started together.

The faster guys waited for me every few controls, which was nice. I am getting better at running straight on these maps, but I still have plenty of work to do. The little inset that I show above is indicative of my whole course. I would be moving along with confidence, and then see a feature and be completely surprised, and slow down to figure it out.

C • Nice 1

Back to the bikes. Scrambled around in a tree liberating apples for the hungry people below.

To the clubhouse with Sam. Lovely day, legs are pain free.

Warming up on the forest loop just south of the clubhouse. Legs are also completely empty. Just barren husks that used to have muscles and energy but today they just felt wrung out. The warmup felt like a workout.

So the plan was 5 sets of (3mins, 2, 1) with 1 minute between intervals and 2 minutes between sets.

I ran off the very tail end of the men's group tonight, doing my best to coax some speed out of the legs. Felt good, just increda-slow. Luckily the club does intervals such that after each piece the group reforms before setting out on the next one.

After 3 sets everyone quit except for Olle, Micke, Oskar and me, and we gamely continued on. I was proud of our little group, and Micke even had enough energy to continue the last 1 minute interval until the top of the next hill.

I figure intervals with tired legs will build mental toughness.

Ran home, pallaed två äpplen, and then had a fantastic dinner with the Blodstensvägen orienteering group. Sam made risotto, Elisa made apple bread and Lisa and Sebastian made kladdkaka. I made it disappear :)

Half Marathon Mondays. So last year the men's team ran a half marathon every Monday at a pretty good pace, and it was very popular. Mats decided that it was time to restart that tradition, so I joined in with the group. This time it was Mats, Rassmus, Henrik and me. My plan was to keep up as long as possible and then to finish on my own.

This plan worked nicely. My legs were tired to be sure, but they were able to push from our starting pace of ~4:15/k until we got to be going about 3:55/k, and I really like running with the faster group.

Rassmus had gone on ahead and Mats had a plan of waiting until the 13k mark before chasing him down, so at 13 k I said goodbye, and almost immediately slowed way down. I then got confused and lost (inexplicably) in Gamla Uppsala and in the process added about 2 k and an extra hill to the route.

Super excited about next week's run, but I'm hoping my legs feel better so I can keep up longer :)