Training Log Archive: Gswede

Stubbed my toe this morning. Tried going for a run and the swelling made it too uncomfortable to continue. Gotta wait for it to go down.

Great temperature in the morning here. 10x1 minute at 95% with 30 sec recovery through terrain in CDC. Legs felt a little weird at the start, but loosened up fast.

Running to the course and back home.

Great middle simulation this morning.

Did everything as I would at NAOC and other large competitions. I had a start time (8:34) and a three minute call-up for my description and then the map. Ran at my classic distance physical intensity as per my coach's instructions...except for from 17 to finish when I picked it up a bit. I had to break the rules a bit.

http://3drerun.worldofo.com/2d/index.php?idmult%5B...

The 2d Rerun is from when the group did a mass start course. They had streamers then. There weren't any left for me :(

I'm looking forward to running 1300-1200 meters lower in the races these coming weeks. It won't make much of a difference physically, but, according to http://www.altitude.org/air_pressure.php, there's about 84-85% of the oxygen available at sea level up here. I'm sure my brain won't complain about having extra O2 available to it.

So, it looks like this is happening for this coming year.

Some of the best orienteers in Spain--a majority, perhaps--are coming together to rent out a house in Hoyo de Manzanares... and I'm going with them.

Hoyo is a great place for orienteering. Close to the city, but surrounded by countryside. I hesitate to say woods since it isn't really forest. The maps there are some of the most challenging we have in Madrid. Also, the "mountains" just north of town are high enough to get some serious hilly long runs in, without going overboard on the climb.

Let's see. A tentative list of who will be there: Andreu, Pau, Edu, Rafemu, me... and more possibly coming. With those athletes, we'll get to the level of a decent Scandinavian club. But the important part is we're all focused on a goal and prepared to help each other out to reach it.

I fear for the state of cleanliness of the house. I've lived in XC houses with eight guys before and seen how much some people struggle to clean, but I know we'll make it through that.

Very, very optimistic.

Trail running north of town.

Followed by 90 pushups, 20xPedestal, 5 minute plank.

Warm-up and cooldown.

It's a long way off. But if anyone is interested in visiting Spain and enjoying some great orienteering, I recommend the Spanish Championship for next year. http://ceo2017.es/?page_id=13&lang=en

It's in a beautiful spot in the mountains just north of Madrid. Definitely worth the trip.

Middle distance in Peguerino's northern rocky area. This is one of the two middle simulations I'll do this week. Essentially, doing everything as I would at NAOC. Warmup, routine, call-up, start time.

I was running very well...until my map disintegrated from 6-5 (I did it backwards) from my sweat before the course. I should have carried it in my hand and not put it in my backpack. Oh well. It was a good course until that interruption and that's what counts.

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