29.1.2006
TERÄ'S MARATHON TRAINING


Training season has been different from last year. Last year I concentrated on the important trainings and didn't care about training amounts. This winter I've tried to train more and match my limits and even go a bit beyond them. I've managed to do that and got some problems too, but that's a life of a sportsman. Also my studies have taken a lot of my energy as I knew. Still one month and I have less studies, but then it's already time for the new o-season. It comes so soon...I love it.

Today we did something orienteers usually don't do. We ran a whole marathon for the sake of testing our limits. Normally on Sundays we (Terä) have a long cc-skiing training together, some 3-4 hours, but over a month ago I had this "nice" idea of running a marathon. At least, once in a lifetime. I have now run it with Jones and Nandi. Others thought it's not very reasonable, which I agree. I wanted to run it anyway and weather was perfect, sun shined and -2C.

Despite "some" pain in my legs I have a good feeling. The marathon route was 5 loops, each between 7-10km, planned by coach Breikki (the head of Jyväskylä marathon school). All of the loops to different direction from the meeting point near University. We had there Terä's energy drink, that we enjoyed after every loop. Our speed was 5 min/km and it felt ok, although legs were not fresh after yesterday's "town-orienteering". At the end of marathon legs went on and on, but they felt numb. It was worth it. FRWD-data: 42763m (that means we ran 43-44km), climbing 445m, time 3,5 hours. Jyväskylä is a hilly city.

Sometimes it's nice to do things you are not used to. You can do them a couple of times in a month, not more. Those things make you tougher, at least mentally. For me a tough training session is the source of motivation too.

TERÄ'S MARATHON (FRWD-DATA)


-jani-