Training Log Archive: 'BentIn the 7 days ending May 5, 2007:
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Saturday May 5, 2007 #
Adventure Racing race 8:00:00 [4]
shoes: Brooks Cascadia Pivot
FAC Huntsville with Bash and V02Maxx.
Perfect weather for a race. We got a little messed up with misplaced CP1 on the bikes, but moved up to 6th with some great nav on bikes and 1st half of the trek.
We ended up bushwhacking parallel to the road/ trail for most of the 2nd half, but hit the TA OK. Wouldn't want V02Maxx to miss serious swamp/cliff/swamp trekking- running trails are for wimps! On the portage I got to do more thick bushwhacking as Mr. Canoehead, but we moved back up a couple with a good smooth paddle, and leapfrogged Dave H's team. On the advanced bike section I heaved too hard on my handlebars and snapped off the left half, so I did the nasty biking with one hand and bars held on with sticks, duct tape and zip ties. Ended up 7th overall, 4th co-ed. Good to see our buddies ESAR and Kinetic Connection just ahead of us.
Great to race with Bash again of course, and V02Maxx was awesome. He did most of the towing, not afraid of bushwhacking, good whitewater paddler, and he's just a kid! A really great course too!
Perfect weather for a race. We got a little messed up with misplaced CP1 on the bikes, but moved up to 6th with some great nav on bikes and 1st half of the trek.
We ended up bushwhacking parallel to the road/ trail for most of the 2nd half, but hit the TA OK. Wouldn't want V02Maxx to miss serious swamp/cliff/swamp trekking- running trails are for wimps! On the portage I got to do more thick bushwhacking as Mr. Canoehead, but we moved back up a couple with a good smooth paddle, and leapfrogged Dave H's team. On the advanced bike section I heaved too hard on my handlebars and snapped off the left half, so I did the nasty biking with one hand and bars held on with sticks, duct tape and zip ties. Ended up 7th overall, 4th co-ed. Good to see our buddies ESAR and Kinetic Connection just ahead of us.
Great to race with Bash again of course, and V02Maxx was awesome. He did most of the towing, not afraid of bushwhacking, good whitewater paddler, and he's just a kid! A really great course too!
Thursday May 3, 2007 #
Cycling (Commute) 25:00 [2]
Easy putt to work. Chainline's still wonky but Bash has been burning up the lines with UPS to get me hooked up. I suspect the FAC race will be less work than talking to UPS eight times.
Note- my arms and back are slighty sore from the teensy bit of paddling. All those weights, Link workouts etc still don't make me superhuman. Wish I was so hot and muscular right now.
Note- my arms and back are slighty sore from the teensy bit of paddling. All those weights, Link workouts etc still don't make me superhuman. Wish I was so hot and muscular right now.
Cycling 1:00:00 [2]
Nice ride down the rail trail to my environmental meeting, and a really great ride home in the dark. No wind, lots of frogs singing as dark fell.
Note- Bash indeed moved heaven and earth and got UPS to get the missing bike parts here last night. The store hadn't shipped exactly what I'd ordered, but I got it modified and installed before midnight!
Note- Bash indeed moved heaven and earth and got UPS to get the missing bike parts here last night. The store hadn't shipped exactly what I'd ordered, but I got it modified and installed before midnight!
Wednesday May 2, 2007 #
Paddlng 30:00 [2]
Some paddling practice on the mighty Lake Albion with Bash and 2 upcoming teammates- Flash aka VO2maxx and Angus, attackpoint name to be determined.
Cycling 1:15:00 [3]
A brisk ride around Albion with Bash, Flash and Angus. The new dudes are quick! An easier ride to work after.
Spectacular conditions, but my broken mid-idler's getting worse. None of the 6 replacements I ordered from 3 different sources has shown up yet.
Spectacular conditions, but my broken mid-idler's getting worse. None of the 6 replacements I ordered from 3 different sources has shown up yet.
Cycling (Commute) 25:00 [2]
Night ride home.
Tuesday May 1, 2007 #
Running (Commute +) 1:05:00 [3]
shoes: Ecco Receptor - 07
Took the short route to work so as penance Bulletdog and I ran the rollercoaster + some of Caledon Chase home. Feeling a bit tired- hope it's not Bash's cold.
Monday Apr 30, 2007 #
Cycling (Commute +) 1:05:00 [3]
Nice day for a bike commute- too nice to ride straight home, so a bit extra in Palgrave East and West.
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Sunday Apr 29, 2007 #
Orienteering race 1:20:00 [4]
shoes: Brooks CP Green
Tri City Urban Adventure Run with Bash.
A fun race. Short score-o, followed by a sprint which I did, then an aerial photo of U Waterloo, a Star and a line-o home.
The sprint went well and I moved us up 4 places to 2nd behind the speedy Mick. Bash's nav was great in U W, and the star went well but we couldn't catch 2 speedy teenage boys. We finished just behind the Hourahine lads for 3rd.
A fun race. Short score-o, followed by a sprint which I did, then an aerial photo of U Waterloo, a Star and a line-o home.
The sprint went well and I moved us up 4 places to 2nd behind the speedy Mick. Bash's nav was great in U W, and the star went well but we couldn't catch 2 speedy teenage boys. We finished just behind the Hourahine lads for 3rd.