Saturday May 26 |
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| 8 hr. solo Mansfield |
| MTB race 8:15:00 [4] | |
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| a long and very enjoyable solo journey through the forest in Mansfield - felt really strong the whole day - got in 12 laps and just started to fade in the last one...I tried very hard to do the last lap like it was and OCup, but after the first climb, my thoughts changed with the tired legs, so I coasted through. Rocky met me halfway around the lap and brought me home! (thanks lady...it was SO good to have company for the last push!!!) I finished in 2nd place with a very strong 1st place competitor just 1.5 mins. ahead. I knew she was there as we had been battling the whole way, but in the end she got me. I was told she was there halfway through the race, and that I was 5 mins. back - closed the gap to 40 secs. at one point, but then let it slip to 1.5 mins....ah well, I am still pretty jazzed about 2nd!! Great day out there. |
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| C • Yay, Crash!! 5 |
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| I tried to fuel myself on only a liquid diet today - and it totally worked!! Used heed/sustained for the first 2 laps, then switched to Perpetuem for the remainder - awesome - kept a steady intake of 1 gel per hour and 3 electro. tabs as needed (often...) had a banana at one point, but never wanted solids - the fluid gave me all the good stuff I needed! |
Friday May 25 |
| MTB 1:10:00 [2] | |
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| easy preride at mansfield - the course is pretty level until the last 3K when it turns upwards for a good 1.5K - gonna hurt after the 5th pass, not to mention the 10th, 12th, and dog willing the 13th... |
Thursday May 24 |
| MTB 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| albion with dave, kevin and el jefe...really fast pace for the most part cuz dave is like a whippet...hot night out there with lots 'o bugs! |
Wednesday May 23 |
| MTB (Jake) 50:00 [2] | |
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| took the jake down to albion for some easy double track spinning - place was packed!! Then up to Palgrave where I ran into the Caledon Cycling crew - there must have been 20 of them! The hills were alive... |
| Trail run 50:00 [2] | |
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| followed the bike up with a run in the valley - tried to keep the HR down to 70%, but too many hills made this hard - better route next time. |
Tuesday May 22 |
| Trail run 40:00 [3] | |
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| warming up for the bike - through palgrave east - felt a really good spring in my step after a day off, so maybe pushed a little harder than I should have - AHR 80% |
| MTB 1:10:00 [3] | |
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| rode down to albion for the northeast section and some north side pines...then to palgrave for some double track spinning - includes recovery spins from speed work... |
| MTB 35:00 [4] | |
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| time trial efforts on Salty Steven - first one at 18 mins., 2nd at 17! next time I'll have to pick a better trail for this cuz it's just too twisty to ever feel faster...AHR 146 max. 175 97% |
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| C • Salty Stephen 1 |
Sunday May 20 |
| MTB 2:30:00 [3] | |
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| epic day in the Kolapore Uplands wih a big group of 8 hooligans - just enough moisture to make this a pretty trecherous ride and cold enough to freeze the...well, you know....I had several near misses - added some air conditioning to my shorts, and a nice swollen jaw...much needed apres in the village watching the downhill. |
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| C • Oh-oh 2 |