Attackpoint AR - performance and training tools for adventure athletes

Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

In the 7 days ending Jun 2, 2012:

activity

time

miles

Adventure Race

9:38:45

37.98

(15:14)

61.12

(9:28)

11 /

16c

68%

Orienteering

2:14:14

6.81

(19:42)

10.96

(12:15)

143

2 /

16c

12%

Walking

2:07:46

3.23

(39:33)

5.2

(24:35)

Total

14:00:45

48.02

(17:31)

77.28

(10:53)

219

13 /

32c

40%

[1-5]

11:30:25

averages - sleep:6 weight:200lbs

10:03

0:00

» now

Saturday Jun 2, 2012 #

6 AM

Adventure Race race (paddling) 1:36:51 [4] 5.67 mi (17:05 / mi) +7m 17:01 / mi
spiked:10/10c slept:6.0 shoes: Pirate Canoe

Opening paddle. Clean navigation thanks to calm Jeff. And we got to follow Waldo. The Huron River upstream of Pontiac Lake is tiny! Some poor team got their canoe wedged between both banks. We had to ram them as a courtesy.

C • Thirty miles, wow. 3

8 AM

Adventure Race race (River Trek) 2:33:14 [4] 5.74 mi (26:42 / mi) +21m 26:24 / mi
spiked:1/6c shoes: INOV8 285

River trek. Long road hike, then USGS 1:24000 for points along a river. It is hard to adjust to the lack of detail and scale. I walked out on a pronounced peninsula, sure it was roughly right, and saw the compass pointing south. There was no south-pointing peninsula on the map! So we struggled to relocate, hiked in the river for awhile, gave up to go relocate, and ran into some teams heading right to the flag. Sometimes luck is on your side.

11 AM

Adventure Race race (Road Bike) 1:04:54 [4] 16.51 km (3:56 / km)
shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er

Road bike from CP 12 to the single track. It went well, but the biking on the power line was tough. Surprise ruts and small ditches - stop paying attention and you are crashing. I saw a woman go over the bars when a rut consumed her front wheel.

12 PM

Adventure Race race (Single Track) 1:30:47 [5] 15.41 km (5:53 / km)
shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er

The section beat us down. Lots of steep hills, and without feeling confident about bombing the rocky rooty downhills....no chance to keep momentum. Clearly, this needs to be an area of focus - this was an easy half hour lost.

1 PM

Adventure Race race (Orienteering) 2:52:59 [4] 10.84 km (15:58 / km)
shoes: INOV8 285

So frustrating. No gas in the tank and constant cramping killed our speed. A brisk walk with some light jogging and I think you clear the course. Most points were not too hard, although PLRA w/ 1:15k is tough in itself. 25 was misplaced and I couldn't find it. I think 22 was too far south; it will be fun to check if I was right.

6 PM

Orienteering 25:00 [1] ** 2.1 km (11:54 / km)
spiked:2/2c shoes: INOV8 285

Someone asked about possible issues with two of the permanent points. I had been to R1 earlier this year, but I thought I would double check it. It seems about right. I flushed some wild turkeys who were guarding it, and that scared the crap out of me.

Y5 was down earlier this year, so I lugged a post hole digger out on this excursion, but some kind soul has placed it and it looks right enough. Saw a turtle nesting on the way back down the hill.

Not a lot of zip left after the race. I tried to jog a little, but my heart wasn't in it.

Friday Jun 1, 2012 #

11 AM

Orienteering 1:49:14 *** 8.86 km (12:20 / km) +143m 11:24 / km
ahr:140 max:184 14c slept:6.0 weight:200lbs shoes: Brooks Cascadia

Excellent training opportunity course courtesy of Mr. Guskov. Hopefully I now have all the mistakes out of my system for tomorrow.

Tuesday May 29, 2012 #

Note

NA Champs sound awesome, but the Ontario champs are half as far by car and manageable as a two-day event...

C • Kitchener is pretty close. 5

Sunday May 27, 2012 #

11 AM

Walking 2:07:46 [0] 3.23 mi (39:33 / mi) +48m 37:49 / mi
ahr:84 max:114

Disc golf. Surprisingly short distance wise. Not really surprised about low heart rate. Felt more grueling, thanks to the large margin of victory by dear brother; also, the stifling heat.

« Earlier | Later »