Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Run fail- knee too sore after a few steps, even in Hokas, so just a short dog hike.

STORM with Tarno. Sean had mercifully shortened the course by cutting out a bike section made heinous by record rainfall.

We started in waves, presumably with the faster teams in our later wave, by chip time, so we went a few min behind the pack. We had a solid paddle, slowly moving up on the open water but in the river section we surprisingly managed to pass our entire wave. Tarno had brought wheels for the portage, so we made time there too on the flat parts.

Next on the bikes to trek section, where I ran in hike/bike shoes. We leapfrogged teams from earlier waves, and got caught by Attack From Above.
We saw Bash and Coach LD looking strong.

Back on the bikes just behind AFA but they pulled away a bit. Tarno was riding well now that his bike is fixed (he hadn’t ridden it for 2 years before WT) and was climbing like a goat, especially on a long muddy climb on a logging track.
Rough bikewhack down to CP4 and back. Nice bike trail section next that was more technical.

Next trek section was longer and I changed to running shoes and pack. We started with some co-ed teams from earlier waves, but slowly left them.
Tarno’s nav was clean, and we did a bushwhack which worked well, but I was hindered by my right knee hurting. At the end of the trek we were told we’d made up time and were 6 min behind AFA. We saw Bash and LD with big smiles on their faces.

Another bike leg, a really nice one along cottages and lakes, and on to the last trek, which was clean but I was held back a bit by my knee. Tarno did his traditional face plant right into a mucky puddle.
It looked like AFA was moving well there.

Final bike to the finish. We ended up second overall behind AFA, who definitely put more time into us. They were around 6 hrs I think.
Not sure who was next as we had to leave the site.

Good for Storm and Browner for putting on such a big event safely in a pandemic, after massive rains.

Great racing with Tarno- he was definitely in peak Tarno form, even if he got a sinus full of mud in his faceplant in the last km.

Bash and Coach LD won their category too!

Note- right MCL sore, maybe from running in bike shoes?

C • Sounds great 10

Partial workout 2 and rehab. Easy on the wrist before STORM.

Drove to work - So. Much. Rain.

Commute via rollercoaster, and singletrack and cc back.

Run with the dogs big guy’s reenergized in the cool weather after a slack summer.

Workout 1. Right wrist is still a bit sore from WT, so easy on the KBs and dumbbells.