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Saturday Apr 20, 2013 #
Adventure Race race 22:41:15 [4] 80.0 mi (17:01 / mi)
Shenandoah Epic 26-Hour AR
The weather for this race was perfect - we'd been dealing with cold rain for weeks now, so 60+ and sunny (during the day) was a welcome change!
We rushed around to be sure to get on the first bus and get a good boat, but then didn't even think to check to make sure there wasn't a "bubble" in the bottom, so we picked a bad one in that regard, which seemed to slow us down - Justin and I were working hard and still falling behind Phil and Mike who seemed to be just moving along at a steady, but not hard pace.
As expected, the course was hilly - even the parts that looked relatively flat on the map were hilly. There really wasn't much serious nav involved since most of the points were on trail. I am HURTING today... the long car ride home probably didn't help that, but it was good to sleep before the drive.
I ended up with blisters on the bottom of both feet kindof at the base of the toes. I think I was curling my toes on the rocks on a lot of the bike pushing sections as if I was trying to "grip" the rocks through my bike shoes, but didn't notice them at the start of the trek. It's a really strange place to get blisters, but I tend to get them there and need to figure out why.
Take-away: I need to train with my pack - especially running. I also need to search out hills and do things on them... like running and biking. Repeats on short hills aren't fun, but they'll get the job done better than doing all my running and biking on the flat land that surrounds me.
The weather for this race was perfect - we'd been dealing with cold rain for weeks now, so 60+ and sunny (during the day) was a welcome change!
We rushed around to be sure to get on the first bus and get a good boat, but then didn't even think to check to make sure there wasn't a "bubble" in the bottom, so we picked a bad one in that regard, which seemed to slow us down - Justin and I were working hard and still falling behind Phil and Mike who seemed to be just moving along at a steady, but not hard pace.
As expected, the course was hilly - even the parts that looked relatively flat on the map were hilly. There really wasn't much serious nav involved since most of the points were on trail. I am HURTING today... the long car ride home probably didn't help that, but it was good to sleep before the drive.
I ended up with blisters on the bottom of both feet kindof at the base of the toes. I think I was curling my toes on the rocks on a lot of the bike pushing sections as if I was trying to "grip" the rocks through my bike shoes, but didn't notice them at the start of the trek. It's a really strange place to get blisters, but I tend to get them there and need to figure out why.
Take-away: I need to train with my pack - especially running. I also need to search out hills and do things on them... like running and biking. Repeats on short hills aren't fun, but they'll get the job done better than doing all my running and biking on the flat land that surrounds me.