Training Archive: SebbaIn the 7 days ending 2008-05-04:
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Sunday May 4 | ||
| Cycling (dirtworks 50km) 1:59:00 [3] 50 km (2:23 / km) +1200m 2:08 / km | |
| Smashed it!
Not sure exactly what i came but i think it was around 8th. they had 4 start waves for the 50 (100s started 2hrs earlier) and you could choose which wave you started. I went the first one. First 10km is flat along a road out of St Albans and the usual beginning of race over enthusiasm meant there was a long peleton charging along pretty solidly. I sat behind Dari and got in some last minute sledging before the action begun. There is only one big climb which is straight after the flat fast bit. felt like there was about to be a big split in the group as people realised it isnt a sprint. Got up in the top 10 to be there for the climb. Lots walked heaps of the hill which is good for me cos i loose less time than if its rideable. Got to the top and headed off for the 25km ridge run. Was in a group of 4 but 2 of the dudes i reckoned were going to just sit on and be dead weight. made the call to jump off and bridge to the lead group i reckoned were a minute or 2 up the road. BIt risky but i thought if i could get there it would set up a good day. Rode on the rivet for 5-8km and got within 10secs at one point but just couldnt get there. was hurting pretty bad so gave up and chilled out to try and let the legs recover. one dude went past me but didnt see any others coming. rode through 2 guys who dropped off the back of the lead group. Lots of little climbs and short, steep rough descents which i struggled with but would catch up on flats and up hills. There was a massive downhill at around 35km and i went to change gears at the back but my rear d was lifeless.....shit! Turned out i'd snapped my cable right where it attaches to the derailleur! Still had my front gears but was hurting a bit and any climb would have put me away i thought. Knew the last 10 odd kms were dead flat back along the river and when the descent stopped and we turned into a nice wide, flat, gravel road i knew id got lucky and was off the hook. popped it in the big gear ad started pumping out the big ones, Jan style. Rode away from the guy who had been just behind me. Past another dude then caught up to another guy but he jumped on. He looked like a pretty strong rodey and we worked together swapping turns and working hard along the river. We caught two more guys who jumped on but cracked on a little rise 2km out. Unfortunately so did I a little bit and mr Rodey got 10m and i couldnt catch him. Really happy with my ride, wasnt expecting to go so well. MIxed emotions about whether going solo along the ridge was the right thing to do. I think it was cos if i stayed where i was we would have just bunched up with about 10 dudes who were just behind at the top of the climb (including Dari) so although it hurt a bit and i never caught the lead bunch it helped me in the end. Everyone got a cold beer at the finish and watched some of the carnage from the 100kmers finishing. Good memories of my first 100km when i could barely talk after the finish. Have a super sore lower back which i hope loosens out ok | ||
| C • top effort 3 | ||
Saturday May 3 | ||
| Cycling 1:30:00 [3] | |
| turned the legs over out terry hills way along mona vale rd. Felt pretty good so decided to keep going past the Akuna bay turnoff. I wish i hadn't cos the road goes shitty and narrow real quick and i realised short of going to the coast i was just going to have to turn around i ride back up the hill.
Looking forward to dirt works 2moro | ||
Friday May 2 | ||
| Running 43:00 [3] | |
| Ducked out of the office in the arvo for a quick jaunt. domain, hyde park, down to LMC, opera house and back to the office. | ||
Thursday May 1 | ||
| Running 58:00 [3] | |
| stingers run with jose, andy, prong and robbie. Ran two creeks. awesome fun at night with the lights. Prong and i did a few surges. glad i didnt stack it.
Pizza and beers back at the flat, because i am that good a bloke. | ||
| C • running colour 2 | ||
Wednesday Apr 30 | ||
| Cycling 40:00 [3] | |
| beaut morning.
either i'm getting soft or it unseasonably cold for sydney. a bit of truth to both probably. had a few friendly words with some local drivers who tried to run me over. | ||
| Cycling 42:00 [3] | |
| Cycling 31:30 [3] | |
| jumped straight on the trainer when i got home.
rode through friends and did ints in the ads. geez ads seem to last a while when you're destroying yourself. | ||
Tuesday Apr 29 | ||
| Cycling 40:00 [3] | |
| 'mute. nice but cold. | ||
| Cycling 35:00 [3] | |
| class finished early. pounded the pacific highway. really enjoying the better power transfer with the stiffer frame. Need to get some carbon shoes and them i'm laughing | ||
Monday Apr 28 | ||
| Cycling 39:00 [3] | |
| commute. nice its finally stopped raining in sydney. | ||
| Cycling 40:00 [3] | |
| home-mute.
fairly brrrrr in sydneyville tonight. gonna be an arm-warmer filled winter commuting me thinks. took a different route home and got completely lost in artamon. at least i think i was in artamon but i really had no idea. | ||