okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Friday, December 03, 2004
Train on the hills
If you can read Swedish, take a look at Alternativet's interview with Mats Troeng. Among other things he talks about the need to train on hills to get yourself ready for the world champs in Japan.
Troeng talks about planning to include 1500 to 2000 meters of climb each week. You don't hear many people talking about their training in terms of climb/week. You hear people talking about mileage or hours or number of sessions, but climb/week isn't so common.
Troeng might need to get himself a watch with an altimeter function. I've found that having a convenient way to count the climb helps. If you measure climb, you start doing more and more climb. Reminder to self -- get new battery for watch.
Troeng lives in Uppsala. Uppsala is flat. Flatter than much of Kansas, in fact. But there is a narrow hill running through the town. It is some sort of glacial feature. Troeng's club has a hill loop (click on the map for a higher resolution). The loops starts where the red and blue lines meet on the north side of the map. You start by following the red line, then return on the blue line.
I've run on the map for Troeng's hilly loop. It is a neat little area; just a short jog from Magnus and Sanna's (and Moa's) home. I ran a short course with plenty of climb.
posted by Michael |
5:53 PM
