Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Knee's a bit sore today, but not as bad as I feared.

Hey, I made Pedal magazine's coverage of the 24hr race:
http://www.pedalmag.com/index.php?module=Section&a...

C • Cool shot! 1

Knee's not 100% and I still have a cold, but it was too nice not to blast down to Albion and around. So much more flow than the 24hr- I love it when you can just hammer over the roots rather than slide out every time you touch one.

Ran with Char on the last part of her record-smashing 894km Bruce Trail run.
I figured if she can keep trucking with all her blisters and cankles, I can suck it up for an easy trot. Knee wasn't too bad at that pace, and Char and I had a good chat while pacing. Bulletdog joined the crowd for the last 8km too, along with Trav, Baloney and a gaggle of others who had helped along the way. She did it by 4:34 PM, taking 23 hours off the record!

See how the knee feels tomorrow.

Workout #2 + leg strength and some extra core.

Lap of Island Lake with Bash. Hard work in the tubby whitewater canoe on a windy day.

How could you not canoe on Canada day?

Bah- sore throat and feeling sluggish today. Also some poison ivy from trail work. Think I'll skip the morning training.

Commute to work and home on the Omega via the newly cleaned-up singletrack with Bulletdog. Nice cool evening!

Easy run home in the Treks. Knee's not too bad after all the racing on the weekend.

C • Maybe the MRI cured it 2

Misc warmups and cooldowns all weekend.

Foggy and humid night lap. At least I knew where the tricky roots were this time, and lights and bike worked perfectly. Second half of the course had dried out a bit. I caught a lot of riders, but a few screamed past me on the singletrack especially. This was the only time I had to get off on the final big climb, when I slid into a rut.

Having a much better lap- I had the lines figured out around some of the nasty roots and was able to ride them- until I got a flat after the Goat Path. Not fated to break an hour. Got it re-pumped pretty fast and it held, and brought in a respectable 1:04. Wonder how fast it would be without the flat?

Note- according to my HRM download it was only about 3 minutes stop, so probably not a sub-hour lap.

A couple of the guys weren't feeling like riding, so I took the Victory Lap. Usually pretty laid back on the post-noon lap, but there were some hard riders out. Finally sunny, but roots still like oiled plastic, and gummy rutted clay here and there.

Our non-competitive Sloan team (Sloan Wobbly) had fun, which is what we came for. Some fairly new riders got lots of experience in tricky conditions, but at least not a muck-fest like last year.

3-Pin's Sloan Steady were pretty consistent, with Julia bringing in strong laps, Tom doing well, and 3-pin going under an hour twice on a single-speed. 3 of his 4 laps were faster than mine!

Kudos to the amazing Crash too, or should we change her name to Crush?