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Sunday May 25, 2014 #
Paddle (kayak) 1:33:42 [3] 6.0 mi (15:37 / mi)
Nice warm day out on the river. Alternating every 5 minutes between hard race and steady pace. LOTS of people on the river today. I passed a couple about 5 minutes before my turnaround point, which gave me good motivation for the trip back... rabbits! They were actually making an effort, so it did take me a while to catch them.
I got back to the triage with 3 minutes to go in my last interval, so I went up the Chippewa a bit and took a few minutes to cool down back to the take out.
I got back to the triage with 3 minutes to go in my last interval, so I went up the Chippewa a bit and took a few minutes to cool down back to the take out.
Road Bike 1:05:04 [3] 18.2 mi (16.8 mph)
Headed NW on the rail trail for an out and back on this one.
10 minutes warm-up - this was really slow. Wow. I was thinking "How could I ever keep up at Slaughterfest if this is all I can muster for a warm up?"
20 minutes tempo/hard - into a slight headwind. Started out aiming for >18, which eventually turned into 19 and then 20. I guess it was just a very slow warm up for me today. I did feel good, though, and the motivation was high. I think looking at heart rate stresses me out and distracts me. Either that, or I just focus better on these types of workouts than I did last year.
Anyway, turned around at the 9 mile marker and headed back in Z2... keeping a fair effort, but sustainable. It started at 16 while I recovered, then built to 17 and then 18. In the last 2 miles, I saw this dude ahead who I was catching pretty quickly. Just as I said "on your left" he sped up. *eyeroll* Oh, this game... can't be passed by a girl. A little while later, I caught back up to him, this time passing him. Shortly thereafter, he came flying by me. OOoooh, big man in cargo shorts... you can kill yourself for one mile to make it back to the tridge before the girl who's cruising in Z2. Congratulations. I went to pass a dude on a mountain bike and started mocking the other douche, but actually ended up riding in with mountain biker dude, Ryan. Turns out he rides with a lot of the guys I mountain bike with. Nice.
10 minutes warm-up - this was really slow. Wow. I was thinking "How could I ever keep up at Slaughterfest if this is all I can muster for a warm up?"
20 minutes tempo/hard - into a slight headwind. Started out aiming for >18, which eventually turned into 19 and then 20. I guess it was just a very slow warm up for me today. I did feel good, though, and the motivation was high. I think looking at heart rate stresses me out and distracts me. Either that, or I just focus better on these types of workouts than I did last year.
Anyway, turned around at the 9 mile marker and headed back in Z2... keeping a fair effort, but sustainable. It started at 16 while I recovered, then built to 17 and then 18. In the last 2 miles, I saw this dude ahead who I was catching pretty quickly. Just as I said "on your left" he sped up. *eyeroll* Oh, this game... can't be passed by a girl. A little while later, I caught back up to him, this time passing him. Shortly thereafter, he came flying by me. OOoooh, big man in cargo shorts... you can kill yourself for one mile to make it back to the tridge before the girl who's cruising in Z2. Congratulations. I went to pass a dude on a mountain bike and started mocking the other douche, but actually ended up riding in with mountain biker dude, Ryan. Turns out he rides with a lot of the guys I mountain bike with. Nice.