Training Log Archive: mayer22In the 7 days ending Sep 12, 2016:
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Monday Sep 12, 2016 #
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Sunday Sep 11, 2016 #
Road Biking race 1:45:00 [4] 19.1 mi (10.9 mph) +1181ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Orienteering race 9:30:00 [4] 21.42 mi (26:37 / mi) +1625ft 24:50 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3 (Black #2
Had a little trouble at the start adjusting to the scale of the map as we were navigating out of the camping area.
Then we had a long trail stretch. I was getting sleepy and started to lose focus. We ended up on a parallel unmapped trail (never saw the intersection) and spent prob 15 min to relocate. Took to the next CP to really refocus. Mind stayed sharp the rest of the race.
In addition to my mind our bodies were starting to slow. Not enough long distance training, no races, no close competition, and no "taper" were the likely causes.
As we started talking about the end of the race and strategy the adrenaline kicked up our pace. So much so that we out paced our estimates. We ended up dropping 3 controls on this section. 1 of which we had already decided to drop. Another I apparently didn't plot of transfer to the park map. And another that we were worried we would spend too much time searching for.
We got back to TA and finished the last couple of CPs faster than planned.
Road Biking race 45:00 [4] 8.0 mi (10.7 mph) +1007ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
We finished 45 min before the deadline. Would have only been enough time to capture the 1 CP we were afraid of searching for and the 1 we didn't have plotted and maybe still would have left us with a little extra. The remaining bike CPs were still out of the question.
Saturday Sep 10, 2016 #
Adventure Racing race 29:15:00 [0]
w/Shrek Feet
Trail Running race 10:00 [4] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) +240ft 8:09 / mi
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Road Biking race 20:00 [4] 4.8 mi (14.4 mph) +530ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Orienteering race 2:15:00 [4] 5.65 mi (23:54 / mi) +858ft 20:53 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3 (Black #2
Nice terrain and trail network. RD mentioned it would have been nice to have ridden here instead, agreed, as they did at Nats in 2014.
Recovered from a minor error on the way to second CP. Turned up a creek before checking its direction.
CPs on map made it hard to see what was underneath. Ran some extra trail because of this.
Spent 15 min searching the wrong boulder field for one CP. Once we found the correct one we almost left before remembering to get the bonus CP which I am not sure why we went to it. It was labeled as cave but it was really just a small overhang barely big enough for one person. I found more interesting overhangs and tunnels in search of this one.
Road Biking race 40:00 [4] 8.5 mi (12.8 mph) +272ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Paddling race 4:25:00 [4] 19.05 mi (4.3 mph)
Road Biking race 1:00:00 [4] 11.0 mi (11.0 mph) +1010ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Misread a road on our last climb to the TA and stopped to talk to a local to correct our mistake. Lost ~5min.
Mountain Biking race 30:00 [4] 1.92 mi (3.8 mph) +400ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Orienteering race 7:55:00 [4] 13.27 mi (35:48 / mi) +2084ft 31:10 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3 (Black #2
We were given the option to take our bikes but without any mapped trails to the CPs we weren't confident it would be worth riding our bikes out there. This was the right choice given the info we had. Looking at the maps now I see some better routes. Probably should have taken a better look on Google maps before the race to figure this out. Would have been a nice MTB section.
Had trouble finding one CP and we ended up bailing on it. It was on a rock in a large boulder field. I think we were in the right spot but definitely possible we weren't. Had a major schwack getting out to an unmapped trail so not sure if we came out of where I thought we were or not. Took me some time moving to confidently relocate us.
Some pretty rough shwacks and climbs. Appreciated having our trekking poles.
Friday Sep 9, 2016 #
Mountain Biking 1:04:30 [1] 9.47 mi (8.8 mph) +871ft
shoes: Pearl Izumi X Alp Enduro III
Flat easy ride with the pups. Z was lagging a bit but doesn't show the limp at all.
Thursday Sep 8, 2016 #
Paddling 1:30:07 [1] 6.22 mi (4.1 mph) +38ft
shoes: Perception Swifty
Any lower and I probably would have had to walk through some of the ledges up and maybe even down. Was able to keep a good pace otherwise though.
Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 #
Commuting 38:12 [2] 9.53 mi (15.0 mph) +709ft
shoes: Giro Rumble
Road Running 44:34 [3] 3.76 mi (11:51 / mi) +1199ft 9:06 / mi
shoes: Asics GT-2000 3
West 3x5 Doubles
Commuting 27:29 [2] 8.01 mi (17.5 mph) +562ft
shoes: Giro Rumble
Tuesday Sep 6, 2016 #
Paddling 1:31:27 [1] 6.13 mi (4.0 mph) +39ft
shoes: Perception Swifty
Water was low. Was able to paddle all shelves pretty easily after finding the right spot. Did an extra mile out and back down by the munition plant.