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Kort oppdatering fra Finland:
I dag løp jeg verdenskuppen i Tuusula. Det gikk dårlig, Jeg slo leggen min på vei til første post, så bomma jeg en god del, og stivna på slutten. Resultatet taler for seg selv – nr.72.
Jeg kommer med mer oppfattende info snart. Til helga skal jeg løpe Jukola i Kytäjä. Ettersom jeg bommet nok for hele uka i dag, satser jeg på å prestere mye bedre under Jukola.
Forrige uka reiste jeg til Trøndelag og Levanger for å løpe årets NM sprint og medfølgende CraftCup. Det gikk ikke helt etter planen, dessverre…
Målet mitt i NM sprint var å komme til finalene, men jeg var klar at jeg er en treig løper for tiden og kvalifisering krever 100% innsats både fysisk og teknisk. Full speed, no mistake – da kunne jeg hatt noen sjangs for å kjempe om den 10.plassen i kvaliken.
Selve sprinten (både kvalik og finale) var faktisk noe som nærmet seg den gode gamle kortdistansen – såvidt jeg veit er en sprint 12 til 15 min, men folka i Levanger hadde litt lengre løyper i år.
Jeg sleit med kvalifiseringa, bomma en del og var ikke helt pigg i de bratte bakene underveis. Resultatet var bekreftet av speakeren mens jeg spurta fra siste post til mål : “Her kjæm Ivo Danailov fra Kristiansanjd, hanj e laangt bak finaleplassanj!”. Takk skal du ha.
Helgas CraftCup gikk ikke noe bedre. På lørdagens mellomdistanse “sovnet” jeg flere steder og glemte å sjekke retninga. På søndag var det mye bomming, og jeg klarte å prestere med “Årets største bom” – flere ganger underveis.
I går var jeg med på den tredje etappen av Kristiansand Sprint-O. Der gikk det like bra som i helga, og jeg fant ut at det er noe rart med teknikken min i det siste (eller kanskje jeg kan skylde på at jeg gikk i 17.mai toget og var sliten?). Jeg må finne ut hva som er galt. ASAP!
Holmenkollstafetten is the biggest relay in the world. It’s organised through the streets of Oslo – from Bislett Stadion to Holmenkollen and back. The relay consists of 15 legs with different length and type – from short legs on track to long legs in steep hills. This year’s edition had over 1900 teams in the different classes.Tiomila is over, and our team finished 32th.
Waking up at 1 a.m., I asked the traditional question : “How’s the team going?”. When I heard that the team is in the lead, just some seconds behind Nordberg on the 3rd leg, my next question was “What about the second team?” – but the reallity was that my teammates on KOK-2 ran really good and we were among the best 10 teams in the middle of the race.
I ran the 7th leg, and got a good starting position as nr.17. The 7th leg was supposed to be kind of middle distance, and it was exactly like that. I started together with Delta’s first team, but after the first control we split our routes. The rest of the course I was running all alone – me against the Swedish forest.
Unfortunately, I didn’t feel as strong as I wanted, and the tactics “Let the orienteering control the pace” was not exactly the best one there. I ran too passive through the course, and made some small mistakes on my way. The biggest one (more than a minute) was straight after the new open area which wasn’t marked on the map. I knew about it, but I didn’t manage to understand the situation in the forest.
I came to the change-over as nr.20. The team finished on the 32th place, which made us the next-best second team in Tiomila. This is also my best ever Tiomila result, so after all I’m happy with the trip to Sweden. Well done by all my teammates on the second team (the first team doesn’t need to hear that – they are always doing well in big relays, so their performance wasn’t surprising to me).
Check out the map with the GPS-tracking in my map archive.
Early tomorrow morning we’re flying to Sweden, where the teams will take part in the first important relay this year – Tiomila.
I’m going to run the 7.th leg on KOK’s second team, and I’m looking forward to it! The first team is All Stars, but the second is also a strong one, with 5 Tiomila winners in the team. According to the schedule, I’m heading into the forest at ca. 4:30-4:40 a.m., so stay tuned :)
The Tiomila preparations went with many ups and downs, for example the last couple of days: On Saturday I ran the local Torridalsløpet, where I didn’t manage to find the flow, and my legs were heavy from the begining. With almost 10 minutes of mistakes, I nearly lost my faith one week before Tiomila. Fortunately, I made a great run on the night training yesterday, where I felt I mastered the Kvåse-terrain for a very first time (after 3.5 years of trying).
I’ll try to post some Twitter-updates from Sweden.
