Training Log Archive: britty327

Talked to Toby last night at awards. He said he is on the race planning board for PQ 2015 along with some other old school racers. Sounds like permits are the same, but CPs will be different. Ropes and whitewater will be the same. They also have an interesting concept for race filming which would be amazing for live tracking if it comes to fruition. Look for an update to their website around Nov1.

Event: BT Epic
 

Warmup

BT Epic in Steelville MO on Berryman and Ozark Trails. This was my first endurance type bike race ever and first bike race of the year. I was actually nervous! Been awhile since I've had the butterflies. Breaking in the Era in style, and BT was the perfect venue for it. The trail, woods, and weather were gorgeous. High of 82F forecasted, so it was much warmer than we'd been used to for the fall. I lined up somewhere in the middle of the pack and used the road section to get warm again. Passed a few ladies here. Once on BT, the trail was fairly busy for the first 5 miles or so but then spread out. Such good flow! Good mix of rollers, long sustained hills, smooth vs. rocky trail, and a couple road sections. It was hard to push on the roads though, as most, like me, felt they used the road to recover. I was surprised that I felt like I was riding well all day. Super confident on that bike. I was riding the edge of both my ability and the cramp cliff the whole time, never getting out of control and never fully cramping, but I was close. Used CarboRocket, Sustain and gels/chews. It destroyed my stomach after the race, but I had no idea what would work for me. First CP was 25mi in at Berryman Campground. Did a quick camelbak swap. I saw another female a few miles before this but couldn't catch her, and she rode away. Never saw another lady the rest of the race. A few min after the camp, a contact blew out of my eye. I'm blind without them, so it added a lil excitement to the 2nd half. It screwed with my depth perception and I took some suboptimal lines to plow into rocks, but I ended up just riding more by feel. Totally missed a couple switchbacks though and slammed on the brakes. ~30mi in, my quads and ITs got grabby, and I started pushing more food and electrolytes. The last 15 or so miles, I just tried to stay consistent and hold it all together. Triceps cramped a lot. For some reason, I seemed to always have a guy or 3 tucked in behind me who were content to stay there and not pass. Would have been nice to follow someone else's wheel and lines. The followers did keep me focus and pushing the pace though. Passed a lot of guys in full cramp pushing up the 3 Sisters. With ~5mi to go, I heard a female voice down in the reentrant below (behind) me. Redoubled my focus and finished strong. Turns out Em was hot on my heels! Ended up 5th. Good confidence boost for me. Awesome event, beautiful venue.

C • shredtastic 4

Got a bike fit and final tune before BT tomorrow. Twinge in L IT band, which I noticed in the bottom of the pedal stroke. Lowered the saddle a tad, and it went away. Still feel it on starts and downshifting. Prob tight from all the plyos in the last wk. Roll/stretch after.

Foot leg back smash

Laps around the station in the grass fields.

JJs, seal jumps, inchworm->pigeon, skip jump rope x100, wall walks, goblet squat w/pause

1) Ladders
2a) Lateral Parallette Hops 4x20
2b) Ab Rollouts 4x5 super slow
3) Row Sprints 6x :30, 1:00 recovery
Avg 155m

1 hr w/Lauren. Focus on everything connected to neck, low back, glutes, erectors.

To Danvers on Evelyn. Rode through all the leaves I could find.

Day 2 of a 48. OT

Pre: 3-month breathing x10
1) Deadlift: 5×5 135-185-185-195-195
2) BB Bent-Over Row: 4×10 95-95-105-105

8min AMRAP
5/ea DB Hang Power Snatch (35)
5/ea 1-Arm Push Press (35)
10 Box Jumps
10/ea DB Rows (40)
3.5 Rounds
Finish: 2xMax Band Pull-Aparts (35ea)

Bad sleep the past few nights. Caught up with me today.