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Friday Sep 30, 2022 #
8 AM
Adventure Racing 7:34:32 80.04 km (5:41 / km) +1190m 5:17 / km
ahr:124 max:172
Storm Trek Elite with Tarno. He’d raced hard last weekend and pulled a hamstring, but was game to race.
We started paddling at near zero temps and thick pea-soup fog, which burned off into a gorgeous fall day. We were able to move up and pass the wave before us, but Chad and Jay cruised by in their pro boat (and big engines).
Last time portage wheels let us run the portage, but this time the wheels fell off, literally. (The H2O is too wide for the straps we had).
On to the bikes, then the first trek. Tarno pinned the nav, but with his bad leg was not running like his usual Viszla style. Towing wouldn’t have helped.
Next bike leg was long and hilly. I was feeling good and climbing well but a miscommunication cost us about 10 min. Tarno put the hammer down a bit after that and we caught several of the teams that had passed us.
Next trek we had to mostly hike as Tarno was hobbling, so bushwhacked instead of running around. Again, nav was spot-on.
Back to the bikes. This far into a long hilly ride I started to feel it while Tarno seemed to get stronger, and I was dry and had to refill water. A mini coke from Tarno was a godsend. The riding was absolutely spectacular on a perfect day, even if we were both feeling the hills.
Final trek up the lookout wasn’t fun for Tarno but he toughed it out, then a final hilly ride to the finish.
We ended up winning Masters, but a bit further back overall than we hoped after last year’s 2nd overall. Great racing with Tarno - he’s tough.
Chad and Jay crushed it over an hour faster than us but lost their SI, and winning team of 2 male was about 5 -10 min ahead of us. I think the Weersinks and Attack from Above 4 person teams were 40 min ahead of us too.
We ended up 8th overall, in a strong field.
Bash and Coach LD came in strong, second in their category.
Final Storm the Trent was phenomenal. It’s run like clockwork, and the course and weather were superb.
We started paddling at near zero temps and thick pea-soup fog, which burned off into a gorgeous fall day. We were able to move up and pass the wave before us, but Chad and Jay cruised by in their pro boat (and big engines).
Last time portage wheels let us run the portage, but this time the wheels fell off, literally. (The H2O is too wide for the straps we had).
On to the bikes, then the first trek. Tarno pinned the nav, but with his bad leg was not running like his usual Viszla style. Towing wouldn’t have helped.
Next bike leg was long and hilly. I was feeling good and climbing well but a miscommunication cost us about 10 min. Tarno put the hammer down a bit after that and we caught several of the teams that had passed us.
Next trek we had to mostly hike as Tarno was hobbling, so bushwhacked instead of running around. Again, nav was spot-on.
Back to the bikes. This far into a long hilly ride I started to feel it while Tarno seemed to get stronger, and I was dry and had to refill water. A mini coke from Tarno was a godsend. The riding was absolutely spectacular on a perfect day, even if we were both feeling the hills.
Final trek up the lookout wasn’t fun for Tarno but he toughed it out, then a final hilly ride to the finish.
We ended up winning Masters, but a bit further back overall than we hoped after last year’s 2nd overall. Great racing with Tarno - he’s tough.
Chad and Jay crushed it over an hour faster than us but lost their SI, and winning team of 2 male was about 5 -10 min ahead of us. I think the Weersinks and Attack from Above 4 person teams were 40 min ahead of us too.
We ended up 8th overall, in a strong field.
Bash and Coach LD came in strong, second in their category.
Final Storm the Trent was phenomenal. It’s run like clockwork, and the course and weather were superb.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022 #
Running 53:00 [3]
shoes: Topo Terraventure 2.0
Commute with AD- night run home.
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022 #
12 PM
Running 1:02:24 8.25 km (7:34 / km) +191m 6:47 / km
ahr:144 max:164 shoes: Topo MTNracer 1B
Kolapore in dumping rain.
Monday Sep 26, 2022 #
Note
Scoot back to Caledon, bbq’d peaches for a Caprese salad (with LD tomatoes, fresh basil and arugula) for the Rosh Hashanah pot luck, then down to Toronto with the dogs.
Despite the sunny afternoon we set up a big canopy to eat outside on Mom’s patio.
With the 2 tables and sitting a bit apart we just fit under. (Bash was a bit exposed at the edge, but under an overhang)
Good thing, as torrential rain started, then thunderstorms.
The roof gutter overflowed and we had a firehose pounding down right beside Bash and me. It was so loud we had to yell to be heard. Poor Bash got soaked, the dogs were drenched, Mom had to eat with an umbrella over her- but we still had a good time.
Note to self- look into a bigger canopy.
Despite the sunny afternoon we set up a big canopy to eat outside on Mom’s patio.
With the 2 tables and sitting a bit apart we just fit under. (Bash was a bit exposed at the edge, but under an overhang)
Good thing, as torrential rain started, then thunderstorms.
The roof gutter overflowed and we had a firehose pounding down right beside Bash and me. It was so loud we had to yell to be heard. Poor Bash got soaked, the dogs were drenched, Mom had to eat with an umbrella over her- but we still had a good time.
Note to self- look into a bigger canopy.