Saturday Dec 1 |
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| Event: Castlewood 8 Hour
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 | adventure race 25:00 [3] | |
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| good team, good training both physical, mental and team dynamic, and fun to be moving through the old stomping grounds, that in general seems quite remote or wild considering all the development all around. Its a great conglomeration of parks and reserved use lands along the river with a wonderful variety of hills, meadows, streams, floodplain. we had our setbacks but no severe injuries, illnesses or mechanicals, and that alone is worth a lot.
much improved course from last year, since the bike never went into the the most burby part of the burbs, but skirted the burbs and was on the way to a wild area, also earlier in the race when there was less traffic. Heavy on mountain biking, which is ok but more orienteering would have been nice (of course:))
the time is for transitions |
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| C • ooooh! 2 |
| biking 38:00 [3] | |
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| rode cross bike home from bike shop with pack, after returning moutain bike |
| running race 30:00 [3] | |
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| running from the picnic shelter, under the railroad bridge to the wooded flats, then along the river, through the tunnel, up the steps, along the ridge and back down along the rangers house to the transition are where we got our o maps |
| orienteering 1:35:00 [3] | |
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| this might have been our best segment. we were moving well, working together well, did run out of steam a little at the end. scary moment personally, at the end i felt really hypothermic and wondered if i was going to bonk out. addition of a fleece and turning the pedals helped a lot. |
| biking 1:42 [3] | |
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| mountain biking on the roads, flattish to start, then up some very pronounced hills on St. Paul Rd. back over to the river. Some leg difficulties 'cramped' our style here. we encouraged each other, and tried to be helpful, but we weren't really effective at moving as a team. more expertise and willingness to use tow and drafting capabilities would have helped us. still, at the river checkpoint they told us we were 'just' a half hour off the leaders.
then checkpoints on trails, again first flat, then up and down steep terrain. we tried cutting the trail pushing our bikes, and found that we did theoretically make up ground, but the whole team wasn't comfortable bushwhacking and it probably took more out of us than it was worth.
the mountain bike terrain was very rugged. on a personal note, i was very glad that i had had multiple mb practices w/ Bill and others, and felt gratified by my confidence and skill level. It was easy to see how these trails could be very intimidating to someone unfamiliar w/ them. |
| paddling race 1:55:00 [3] | |
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| finally some real paddling!!! i did find that the leaf raking was actually not a bad tune-up for this. it was cold and windy on the river, and the paddle seemed to drag on. many seemed to have more power in their strokes and would pass without any apparent exertion. |
| biking 56:00 [3] | |
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| the final bike segment on rugged mountain bike trails around the main park valley. we were feeling tired and a little demoralized i think, walking bikes quite a bit, but kept pushing within our capabilities, and hung in there, happy to finish. |
Friday Nov 30 |
| yoga 10:00 [1] | |
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| biking 10:00 [2] | |
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| quite a big load of recyclables to park! |
Thursday Nov 29 |
| yoga 25:00 [1] | |
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| running 30:00 [3] | |
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| lull in work, so ran over to neighbors house and helped w/ yard work (my yard is too small for a lot of yardwork. and my plan is to make it look like a tiny patch of woods eventually) |
| yard work 45:00 [2] | |
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| raking and mulching |
| biking 15:00 [3] | |
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| to and from metro stop to REI w/ saddlebags awkwardly slung over my shoulder. Bolts on frame stripped, so they replaced bolts w/ thru bolts. Lost my top gear to a bolt head tho. |
Wednesday Nov 28 |
| biking 45:00 [3] | |
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| bike to pickup place,drive to meeting in Eureka, back from drop off (fathers house) |
| biking 10:00 [2] | |
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| neighbors house, being out in nature weather, cool windy and some rain drops |
Tuesday Nov 27 |
| biking 10:00 [2] | |
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| to neighbors house |
| paddling 45:00 [2] | |
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| Fake paddle - raking leaves to loosen up upper body for Saturday. Pathetic to be logging this, because it shows me how little honest labor i do, (though biking for transportation could be considered the equivalent of 'honest labor') but it does affect my energy level/resources, so it is useful for me to track. |
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| legs and everything else very tired, had planned to ride to trailnet demo of litespeeds and merlins but decided it prudent to desist from those materialistic impulses. shucks. |
Monday Nov 26 |
| biking 35:00 [2] | |
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| NH and back. Drizzle on way back, not really that bad, I was warmly dressed and not pushing or riding very long so it wasn't too hot. |
| walking 40:00 [1] | |
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| almost forgot this again. often its very brisk walking, rushing to get back and break the logjam of people leaving the chapel. |
| biking 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| to fathers house for dinner w/ alpine shop stop, and then back. pack and winter cycling boots. |