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Saturday Jul 21, 2018 #
3 PM
Road Running 42:33 [3] 4.53 mi (9:24 / mi) +26m 9:14 / mi
shoes: Sense ProPulse (Salomon)
Quick run after a day of removing wall paper
Thursday Jul 19, 2018 #
6 PM
Road Running 39:36 [3] 4.01 mi (9:53 / mi) +70m 9:22 / mi
shoes: Sense ProPulse (Salomon)
From the new front door :) #homeowners!
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018 #
6 PM
Road Biking 56:19 [3] 12.02 mi (12.8 mph) +158m
Recent flooding has made the trail pretty treacherous for my road bike
Sunday Jul 15, 2018 #
12 AM
Rogaine race 10:13:00 [3] *** 16.57 mi (37:00 / mi) +794m 32:12 / mi
17c shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4 - GRAY
... continued from Saturdays log.
73 - We anticipated this being the trickiest control of the entire race, so we really took our time and were very deliberate. Syd was starting to get very tired, so I took more of a lead role on this one. It was slow going, but we got there. We followed property boundaries, looking for the next yellow blaze from the one we were at all the way around in a U shape, and then East to the corner (3 blazes), and then pace counted S to the control and hit it almost right on!
78, 74, 52 - no real problems, but really looking forward to our rest break at HQ. Seemed to take forever to get through these last couple.
HQ - Goal of 35 min, left at about 40. In no particular order: Sat, changed shirt, took shoes off, lubed, ate pringles, drank pepsi and gatorade, filled water, refilled snacks, snoozed for a few min, got slightly chilled, took more ibuprofen, got sprinkled on. Should have: changed socks and probably shoes.
After leaving HQ at ~3:15AM the train derailed until the sun came back up. Lost our entire buffer on the next 2 controls, got rather demoralized, and heightened pain in shin.
64 - we relied on my pace count and bearing, both of which were well off. Explored every tributary before decided to find the main stream junction and realizing we were far short. I think my pace counting was short because my steps were shorter trying to stave off shin pain.
82 - drifted off my bearing, which looked good for the first half. Then thought we found the right trail bend, but ended up hitting another trail instead of the control. Eventually found the hill that was the spur and we were able to find the flag. Then exiting, we headed straight west to the trail, and planned to go north from there to the road. We never found the trail and started going in circles, sometimes heading E instead of N or W, and getting pushed around by swamps and garbage woods and making assumptions about where we were from that. I think the swamps weren't quite perfect on the map, but that is no excuse. I've never been so frustrated leaving a control looking for a road. Eventually we decided to just bash through whatever was in our way going straight N and we had to hit the road, which we did and finally got there. We had spent so long wandering in who knows what direction we weren't sure we had come out on the road where we wanted too, and took a long time to verify where on that road we were. What a disaster.
71 - Once we verified where on the road we were we found the corner of state land and hit the control without too much trouble. Syd was having a down time, so I tried to stay positive and give her a pep talk and took over navigation for a bit. Decided to modify our plan since clearing wasn't going to happen any more.
51 - trail, no problem. Sat down for a few minutes again here. This is where the sun came up. Our navigation immediately improved, but our speed slowed mostly due to the building pain in my shin.
61, 41, 62, 81, 40, 70, 80 - no real problems and syd started to feel a lot better.
88 - the road walk from 80 to 88 did me in. My shin started to hurt really bad. I picked up a walking stick which helped take a little of the pressure off, but once we got back in the woods it wasn't as much help on uneven ground and we slowed to a limping crawl.
69 - I gritted my teeth and made the call to go to 69, but then at 69 I had a bit of a breakdown from pain, frustration with pain, lack of fueling, and decided I was done. We hobbled back to HQ to finish a few hours early instead of continuing the loop to collect points. Its a good thing we went, as it secured us 3rd place!
After stopping at HQ one or the other of us was having a down time, which resulted in also getting worse about fuel and electrolytes. That coupled with my shin pain really slowed us down. I have no clue what caused the shin problems, I don't remember whacking it on anything particularly hard, and I've never had this kind of problem before. I am wondering if some combo of shoes, socks, and ankle tape was putting undue pressure on it. Ibuprofen helped for a long time, but by the end I couldn't bear to swallow it any more (chewables?), and I think its inevitable that pain at 6 hours will be worse by 20 hours (although heal pain did go away entirely).
Notes:
- More real food. Since the intensity was lower I could stomach bars more easily, and got hungry a few times.
- Water stops were perfectly placed to run Nathan with 70 oz bladder even in the heat, which was a lot more comfortable than OutThere with 100 oz.
- Lube everything at the start and often (feet, neck, cheeks). I did a lot, but could have used more. Chafage on outside ankle from rubbing on shoes, especially on side hills, which I had not really experienced before.
- Legs felt fantastic given climb and distance, and could have kept going. Shin pain was limiting factor, and hopefully that was a one off problem.
- Might be worth taking more of a break and sleeping for a few minutes, given how terrible we did after the break. Would need to evaluate that plan in the future.
-Map ink started to rub off in map case. I've never had that problem before. Maybe tape it stationary in the map case? Different kind of bag? Result of waterproof paper?
- Nathan can work for ~15 hours. More than that would be a stretch.
- Don't tape ankles if not planning to run. Twisting didn't seem likely at our pace.
- Re-stocking with bonus snacks (pringles and pepsi) at HQ was fantastic.
-Physically (legs-wise) I think clearing this course would have been tight, but possible for us. Shin pain and night navigation doomed us.
- map and control placement were mostly fantastic. Perfectly spaced water stops with plenty (18 gal) of water. A big thank you and props to Eric and Mary Smith for putting this race on, and we hope to make it back!
-Maybe give syd the punch so I don't get distracted by signing the intention sheet to avoid forgotten punches.
Results:
2650/3100 points (should have been 2690). First and Second place killed it.
46/58 controls.
3/18 OA (1/3 XO).
73 - We anticipated this being the trickiest control of the entire race, so we really took our time and were very deliberate. Syd was starting to get very tired, so I took more of a lead role on this one. It was slow going, but we got there. We followed property boundaries, looking for the next yellow blaze from the one we were at all the way around in a U shape, and then East to the corner (3 blazes), and then pace counted S to the control and hit it almost right on!
78, 74, 52 - no real problems, but really looking forward to our rest break at HQ. Seemed to take forever to get through these last couple.
HQ - Goal of 35 min, left at about 40. In no particular order: Sat, changed shirt, took shoes off, lubed, ate pringles, drank pepsi and gatorade, filled water, refilled snacks, snoozed for a few min, got slightly chilled, took more ibuprofen, got sprinkled on. Should have: changed socks and probably shoes.
After leaving HQ at ~3:15AM the train derailed until the sun came back up. Lost our entire buffer on the next 2 controls, got rather demoralized, and heightened pain in shin.
64 - we relied on my pace count and bearing, both of which were well off. Explored every tributary before decided to find the main stream junction and realizing we were far short. I think my pace counting was short because my steps were shorter trying to stave off shin pain.
82 - drifted off my bearing, which looked good for the first half. Then thought we found the right trail bend, but ended up hitting another trail instead of the control. Eventually found the hill that was the spur and we were able to find the flag. Then exiting, we headed straight west to the trail, and planned to go north from there to the road. We never found the trail and started going in circles, sometimes heading E instead of N or W, and getting pushed around by swamps and garbage woods and making assumptions about where we were from that. I think the swamps weren't quite perfect on the map, but that is no excuse. I've never been so frustrated leaving a control looking for a road. Eventually we decided to just bash through whatever was in our way going straight N and we had to hit the road, which we did and finally got there. We had spent so long wandering in who knows what direction we weren't sure we had come out on the road where we wanted too, and took a long time to verify where on that road we were. What a disaster.
71 - Once we verified where on the road we were we found the corner of state land and hit the control without too much trouble. Syd was having a down time, so I tried to stay positive and give her a pep talk and took over navigation for a bit. Decided to modify our plan since clearing wasn't going to happen any more.
51 - trail, no problem. Sat down for a few minutes again here. This is where the sun came up. Our navigation immediately improved, but our speed slowed mostly due to the building pain in my shin.
61, 41, 62, 81, 40, 70, 80 - no real problems and syd started to feel a lot better.
88 - the road walk from 80 to 88 did me in. My shin started to hurt really bad. I picked up a walking stick which helped take a little of the pressure off, but once we got back in the woods it wasn't as much help on uneven ground and we slowed to a limping crawl.
69 - I gritted my teeth and made the call to go to 69, but then at 69 I had a bit of a breakdown from pain, frustration with pain, lack of fueling, and decided I was done. We hobbled back to HQ to finish a few hours early instead of continuing the loop to collect points. Its a good thing we went, as it secured us 3rd place!
After stopping at HQ one or the other of us was having a down time, which resulted in also getting worse about fuel and electrolytes. That coupled with my shin pain really slowed us down. I have no clue what caused the shin problems, I don't remember whacking it on anything particularly hard, and I've never had this kind of problem before. I am wondering if some combo of shoes, socks, and ankle tape was putting undue pressure on it. Ibuprofen helped for a long time, but by the end I couldn't bear to swallow it any more (chewables?), and I think its inevitable that pain at 6 hours will be worse by 20 hours (although heal pain did go away entirely).
Notes:
- More real food. Since the intensity was lower I could stomach bars more easily, and got hungry a few times.
- Water stops were perfectly placed to run Nathan with 70 oz bladder even in the heat, which was a lot more comfortable than OutThere with 100 oz.
- Lube everything at the start and often (feet, neck, cheeks). I did a lot, but could have used more. Chafage on outside ankle from rubbing on shoes, especially on side hills, which I had not really experienced before.
- Legs felt fantastic given climb and distance, and could have kept going. Shin pain was limiting factor, and hopefully that was a one off problem.
- Might be worth taking more of a break and sleeping for a few minutes, given how terrible we did after the break. Would need to evaluate that plan in the future.
-Map ink started to rub off in map case. I've never had that problem before. Maybe tape it stationary in the map case? Different kind of bag? Result of waterproof paper?
- Nathan can work for ~15 hours. More than that would be a stretch.
- Don't tape ankles if not planning to run. Twisting didn't seem likely at our pace.
- Re-stocking with bonus snacks (pringles and pepsi) at HQ was fantastic.
-Physically (legs-wise) I think clearing this course would have been tight, but possible for us. Shin pain and night navigation doomed us.
- map and control placement were mostly fantastic. Perfectly spaced water stops with plenty (18 gal) of water. A big thank you and props to Eric and Mary Smith for putting this race on, and we hope to make it back!
-Maybe give syd the punch so I don't get distracted by signing the intention sheet to avoid forgotten punches.
Results:
2650/3100 points (should have been 2690). First and Second place killed it.
46/58 controls.
3/18 OA (1/3 XO).