A look back on year 2014

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Written by Ida Bobach

Category: News Ida

Published: 23 December 2014

I wasn't one of them who summed up the year when the training diary had it's end in the end of October. Now 2014 is coming to its end and I thought it would be nice to have a little sum up.

The orienteering achievement of 2014 has just been awarded and I really think Judith deserved that award. With 19.2 % of the votes OK Pan Århus was 2^nd and that is really cool! We (the Pan girls) have had an amazing year and won 10mila, Venla and Smålandskavlen, and many different runners have been part of these victories. Only Maja Alm and I have been in the team for all three relays.We have a lot of really good young runners so I think we will be fighting for the top positions for many years still.

For me it has also been a great year where I had my first world cup victory and I won two silver medals at the world champs. The year did, however, not start that well. In the fall of 2013 I had big problems with my Achilles so I had to have a running break. I started up running really easy and in January and February I ran 4-6 hours a week. After a training camp in March where I probably ran a little too much (7 hours) my Achilles problems came back and it influences my training towards the European Champs. At EOC I really did not feel like my shape was good enough and that mind set really influenced my orienteering. I did stupid mistakes and I came home from Portugal with some middling results, 8^th at middle distance and 4^th in relay. But I think I learned a lot about my self from that championship.

After EOC I really wanted to have control of my Achilles problems and I started training slowly after having a short break. I did not feel so stressed about my training as I did before EOC, and it was probably because I knew that the terrains in Italy were a lot more technical demanding than the terrains for EOC and I did not have to be able to run really fast. Two months before WOC I did not really think that I would be able to run the long distance at WOC so I focused mostly on middle and relay. In the beginning of June I ran a long distance in Italy and I could run it all without pains and a week later I was 2^nd in the world cup long distance in Kongsberg. I started to believe that I could run the long distance at WOC and that I actually could do well. But I did not! I had a bad race and it seemed like I had forgotten how to run a long distance. Physically it had been quite good so I knew that I just had to focus on the technique at the middle distance and relay. And I had two good races and could bring home two silver medals from this year's WOC. Finally I had a medal again! After 2011, where I most surprisingly won a silver medal at the WOC middle distance, I have been chasing a medal, but I haven't succeeded until this year.

Training and my Achilles have been really good in the autumn and that have had a great influence on my shape. At the last world cup round in Switzerland I had my first world cup victory and I ended 5^th in the overall world cup.

Since the end of October I have been part of Tue Lassen's training project that is part of his master in Sport Science. We did three different physical test before the intervention and we did the same after the intervention. In the intervention period I had to run a lot of 30 sec. intervals. I was quite shore in my muscles in the beginning but after the 1^st week the intervals did not seem that tough. I haven't felt that I have been training hard and my performance wasn't quite as good after the intervention as it was before. I was in a really good shape before the intervention so I still think that my shape is good. I have 1½ week to try to peak for the world cup in Tasmania and I look forward to see how the 30 sec. intervals will influence my performance in competition. Hopefully it will be good!

If you came through the whole text and read this, I will just say “ Merry Christmas and happy new year!”

What an amazing year

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Written by Søren Bobach

Category: News Søren

Published: 31 October 2014

The training new year has come so it is time to sum up the season. And what a season this has been for me. Who would have thought that I would be the Sprint World Champion, not me.! 

It seems like everything has gone great this season and I think I deserved and needed that. I have had som many problems the last couple of years. After a really long break in 2012/13 I started all over in May 2013 where I could start run again. Since then I have been more structured and strict with my training and I think this is one of the reasons for my succes. But what does it take to become a World Champion.

For me it 'only' took 91h of running in 2013 and 167h of running in 2014 before the World Championships. So in total I ran 258h of running after having a break for about 6months with no running. Of course I have done some strenght and mainly crosstrainer alongside but it is quite interesting how little running I needed when you hear about people who run maybe 600h a year. I can't run that many hours. My bones would simply fall apart :( This is a big concern for me because I have a dream of medals on middle and longdistance aswell. So is my running hours enough for this? I wouldn't think it is but maybe I can do it. I think the last few months has showned that I'm much stronger on middle and long than I thought. My 3rd place in World Cup final really surprised me. I knew I was in good shape but not that good and then in Scotland where I managed a 8th position after a long and though training camp. So these past months has given me hope and motivation to train hard and keep dreaming.

I have tried to sum up my last two season in some key numbers of training. Then you can see how 'little' I train and compare with others.

As I mentioned I'm really motivated at the moment to continue my training and get even better. Until Christmas I'll be a part of Tue Lassen's training project so I'll be following the plan he has made for me. Hopefully I'll be in good shape for the World Cup on Tasmania in the beginning of January. I really look forward to go there for the races and get the opportunity to get away from the winter.

See you next season.!

Signed Asics as a new sponsor

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Written by Søren Bobach

Category: News Søren

Published: 18 August 2014

I can now announce that I have signed Asics as a new sponsor. I'm very pleased to have got this opportunity to work with them and run in their stuff. Now I don't have to worry about shoes and training clothes.