Training Log Archive: ebone

Rode from the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City to the botanical gardens at the East edge of the University of Utah. The ride was all uphill, and my legs felt fatigued.

Ran Montrail's "about 5k" Wasatch Wobble--which was much longer than 5k--towing Jennifer Shultis. We did pretty well, finishing maybe in the top 20% of the field. We went out somewhat too hard in the beginning, and I was lactic for most of the race, but I felt pretty strong anyway and finished with a decent kick. Jennifer did well as a towee, and we worked together well moving over rough and steep, roller-coaster trail.

Rode back to the Salt Palace from the Wobble site. It was a nice downhill cruise.

Rode back to the Motel 6 from the Salt Palace, via the Jordan River trail. I got a flat front tire a mile or two from the end and had to walk the bike the rest of the way. My legs felt okay, although I could feel that they are fatigued from the fairly steady and substantial training load recently. I need to take it easy next week.

Ran most of the way back to the Motel 6 in Midvale from the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City. It was a warm evening, and I drank only one water bottle full during the run, partly because my stomach was pretty bloated already with the large dinner I ate at the Outdoor Industry Association party. I felt fine for about the first hour, then it felt like work for the rest of the run.

Ran Montrail's predicted time 5k, towing Terry with the WeGo Team Link. It was really hot, and the course included a gnarly, orienteering type loop through rough grass and over logs/streams. We predicted we would run 28:44, but we didn't count on the course to be at all rugged. I mostly felt good.

Rode up the Klondike Bluffs Trail (near Moab) from the lower parking lot to the Arches National Park boundary. I towed Terry, who was mountain biking for the first time, for much of the way. When we stopped towing, I rode out and back a few times, since she was going more slowly and walking her bike on the steeper and gnarlier sections.

Rode back down the Klondike Bluffs Trail. I towed Terry a little on the dirt roads, which were the lower couple of miles of the trail.

Paddled down the Colorado River, from the boat ramp just upstream of the highway crossing North of Moab to Gold Bar. After a very calm day, I was chagrinned to have a stiff headwind for the first few minutes of the paddle, but it subsided once I reached the canyons. The downstream current was very slow in this meandering section of the river, and there were many surprize shallow stretches, submerged sand/silt bars where my paddles hit the bottom, which was hidden by the turbid water. The boat got stuck once, but after a few minutes of vigorously thrusting my center of mass and pushing off the bottom with my paddle, I managed to scrape free of the sandbar. My arms and torso felt okay today, but my paddling was interrupted by the irritation of the seatback leaning to the right side. I think the second seat is bound to break soon, like the first did--still, it's not bad for a $25 yard sale kayak.