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Saturday Jun 14, 2008 #
Adventure Racing race 4:15:00
ESAR with Goose and Tiny
We had pretty much guessed the route for this one as we came up to train a bit in the area. Also, seeing all the bike racks at the B&B we stayed at on Lake Eugenia didn't hurt.
I knew this race would be hard, not only because we were starting with a ride straight up and out the Beaver Valley and I'm bad on hard starts, but also we were going head-to-head with Children's Wish, and Glenn had recruited superstar Dave Corner from Supplier Pipeline.
Our other competition Gazelle and Mique had sadly lost Janica to injury the day before.
At the line Gazelle made a disparaging comment about my bike breaking, and promptly got a flat. Don't trash-talk the 'bent! Goose gave him a pump to explode his spare tube, then gave him another tube.
A hard grunt up the big hill, and Tiny and Goose were both waiting up for me as we topped out in second place behind Anystyle. I was sucking wind for a good hour after the climb and took a couple of short tows on bike from the mighty Goose, (didn't work well) but I recovered during the latter part of the trek. Tiny was right on the nav, and kept up a great pace in the bush but CW was running right with us. We came out of the trek in first just ahead of them. We were hoping for a bigger and more complex trek to lose them, but no luck.
Back on the bikes, we traded the lead back and forth. Goose was a monster, towing Tiny and leading the charge. I tried to get ahead to let them draft me for what it's worth, but the Goose/Tiny express would blow by me on the uphills. Tiny had a small mechanical, which cost us 3 minutes or so, and from then on it was a hammer-fest. Our paddle went well (despite my usual leg cramps) but we couldn't reel in CW much. Back on the bikes down to the Beaver Valley ski hill, and the generous Goose skidded to a halt to pick up a shoe that a short-course team had dropped.
Next we had to light candles using our mandatory gear (?), drop the bikes and run the Bruce up the escarpment, along the top and down into Talisman. We could see CW the whole time but just couldn't reel them in. I was towing on this section, but at the end when Tiny saw that the last bit was a run through a Paintball shooting gallery he took off like Ben Johnson on steroids, leaving me as bait- Ouch! Quick stretcher carry and climbing wall, and we finished 2nd overall, 2 minutes behind CW, who ran a great race.
We worked very well as a team. At one point or other everyone took a tow or towed/ pushed. Tiny's very fast on the nav, Goose is a killer on the bike and boat and I could help out on foot.
Bash's rookie team was the first civilian co-ed! They had a great time, managed to film a lot of the race, and couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces.
We had pretty much guessed the route for this one as we came up to train a bit in the area. Also, seeing all the bike racks at the B&B we stayed at on Lake Eugenia didn't hurt.
I knew this race would be hard, not only because we were starting with a ride straight up and out the Beaver Valley and I'm bad on hard starts, but also we were going head-to-head with Children's Wish, and Glenn had recruited superstar Dave Corner from Supplier Pipeline.
Our other competition Gazelle and Mique had sadly lost Janica to injury the day before.
At the line Gazelle made a disparaging comment about my bike breaking, and promptly got a flat. Don't trash-talk the 'bent! Goose gave him a pump to explode his spare tube, then gave him another tube.
A hard grunt up the big hill, and Tiny and Goose were both waiting up for me as we topped out in second place behind Anystyle. I was sucking wind for a good hour after the climb and took a couple of short tows on bike from the mighty Goose, (didn't work well) but I recovered during the latter part of the trek. Tiny was right on the nav, and kept up a great pace in the bush but CW was running right with us. We came out of the trek in first just ahead of them. We were hoping for a bigger and more complex trek to lose them, but no luck.
Back on the bikes, we traded the lead back and forth. Goose was a monster, towing Tiny and leading the charge. I tried to get ahead to let them draft me for what it's worth, but the Goose/Tiny express would blow by me on the uphills. Tiny had a small mechanical, which cost us 3 minutes or so, and from then on it was a hammer-fest. Our paddle went well (despite my usual leg cramps) but we couldn't reel in CW much. Back on the bikes down to the Beaver Valley ski hill, and the generous Goose skidded to a halt to pick up a shoe that a short-course team had dropped.
Next we had to light candles using our mandatory gear (?), drop the bikes and run the Bruce up the escarpment, along the top and down into Talisman. We could see CW the whole time but just couldn't reel them in. I was towing on this section, but at the end when Tiny saw that the last bit was a run through a Paintball shooting gallery he took off like Ben Johnson on steroids, leaving me as bait- Ouch! Quick stretcher carry and climbing wall, and we finished 2nd overall, 2 minutes behind CW, who ran a great race.
We worked very well as a team. At one point or other everyone took a tow or towed/ pushed. Tiny's very fast on the nav, Goose is a killer on the bike and boat and I could help out on foot.
Bash's rookie team was the first civilian co-ed! They had a great time, managed to film a lot of the race, and couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces.
Friday Jun 13, 2008 #
Cycling (Trainer) 15:00 [2]
Easy spin on the trainer watching stage 9 of the Giro.
A bit short on time as we had to do an emergency powertrain transplant on Bash's old bike for Hurtin. Thank goodness I have crates of spare parts lying around.
A bit short on time as we had to do an emergency powertrain transplant on Bash's old bike for Hurtin. Thank goodness I have crates of spare parts lying around.
Paddlng (Erg) 15:00 [2]
An easy spin here too. Nice to have 2 machines.
Wednesday Jun 11, 2008 #
Cycling 1:50:00 [3]
Nice scoot down to Albion Hills to ride with Scooby and Rocky. I'm not sure if I'm recovering or tapering right now!
Cycling (Commute) 45:00 [2]
Easy commute with Bulletdog.
Monday Jun 9, 2008 #
Cycling (Trainer) 20:00 [2]
An easy recovery spin in the cool basement on the trainer on a hot stormy evening, as I watched the first 8 stages of the Giro.
Paddlng (Erg) 20:00 [2]
I borrowed a paddling ergo from Mike Fekete, and tried it out for a bit.
Worked on technique and an easy spin workout.
Worked on technique and an easy spin workout.
Sunday Jun 8, 2008 #
Orienteering race 5:35:00 [3]
ahr:154 shoes: Brooks CP Silver
Navstock Raid with Hingo.
Hingo's been very busy lately and claims to not have trained. We figured this would be a race of attrition as the heat and distance wore out some of the orienteers who are used to shorter races, so we kept the pace reasonable and the hydration and salt high.
I managed to lose my compass with magnifier in the first section, and due to that and some inefficient route choice (in hindsight) we came out mid-pack.
We passed quite a few teams before the matrix, which I did without a compass. Ran into Scooby and Rocky here and quite often later- they were solid! The Walk the Line went fine thankfully, but I had to get Hingo not to stand beside the flag and read the map for long with teams right behind us:).
We towed past more teams who were walking up Horseshoe road, but managed to miss a turn in the photo-section, amazingly enough (No compass or magnifier and distracted looking for fake deer and totem poles), and ran well off the map before a hot run back up. Behind again. The very kindly Team RF's Logie sprained his ankle, so I gave him my emergency poles.
Back to the MC2 section, Hingo was feeling the heat so I did the climbs while he did the mud and then rehydrated. After that he was OK, and we had a pretty good clean run in the Southern Rogaine.
As predicted, there was a lot of attrition even at the top. We ended up 4th overall and won the Master's category. So much for Hingo's whining about being out of shape! We worked well together on the nav- good to race with him again.
I won't spoil the surprise yet about the winners.
Hingo's been very busy lately and claims to not have trained. We figured this would be a race of attrition as the heat and distance wore out some of the orienteers who are used to shorter races, so we kept the pace reasonable and the hydration and salt high.
I managed to lose my compass with magnifier in the first section, and due to that and some inefficient route choice (in hindsight) we came out mid-pack.
We passed quite a few teams before the matrix, which I did without a compass. Ran into Scooby and Rocky here and quite often later- they were solid! The Walk the Line went fine thankfully, but I had to get Hingo not to stand beside the flag and read the map for long with teams right behind us:).
We towed past more teams who were walking up Horseshoe road, but managed to miss a turn in the photo-section, amazingly enough (No compass or magnifier and distracted looking for fake deer and totem poles), and ran well off the map before a hot run back up. Behind again. The very kindly Team RF's Logie sprained his ankle, so I gave him my emergency poles.
Back to the MC2 section, Hingo was feeling the heat so I did the climbs while he did the mud and then rehydrated. After that he was OK, and we had a pretty good clean run in the Southern Rogaine.
As predicted, there was a lot of attrition even at the top. We ended up 4th overall and won the Master's category. So much for Hingo's whining about being out of shape! We worked well together on the nav- good to race with him again.
I won't spoil the surprise yet about the winners.