Friday Apr 12 |
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| Event: The Peeeeeeeeeg
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 | Easy running 7:00 [2]1 km (7:00 / km) | |
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| Checked on #142. |
| Warmup 10:20 [1]0 km ( / km) | |
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| Stretched while waiting for James and Joe S who were supposed to man the model area but made a parallel highway error. |
| Orienteering 57:03 [4]6 km (9:30 / km) | |
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| Flying Pig 6, Day 1: Blue. Ran at near max intensity (hr = 176..188), made few errors, but ended up quite slow. Two reasons: getting over the 50-miler (ankles still swollen), and ran in running shoes = was sliding around and had to diagonal on the uphills; O-shoes fell apart at Annadel last Sunday and Gale was not around yet. |
| Easy running 6:40 [2]0.9 km (7:24 / km) | |
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| Checked on a control site for Saturday with Mike Minium. |
| Orienteering 23:12 [2]1.9 km (12:13 / km) | |
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| Put out 6 controls/units for Saturday (stands were already out there). |
| Running with weights 49:27 [1]2.6 km (19:01 / km) | |
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| Control pick-up at Whip Poor Will (5 stands, bags, units). Met Eric who went out and found his compass. Me: "Why don't you pick up some, why do _I_ have to do this?" Eric: "Because you're training for the rogaine, stupid". |
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Blue Sprint - Splits |
Wednesday Apr 10 |
| Easy running 3:49 [2]0.8 km (4:46 / km) | |
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Tuesday Apr 9 |
| Easy running 10:03 [1]1.4 km (7:11 / km) | |
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| All that still hurts is the no-skin part on my injured foot where the tendon tape was. |
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| Yuack! Stomach flu! |
Sunday Apr 7 |
| Orienteering 1:04:51 [1]4.9 km (13:14 / km) | |
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| BAOC event at Annadel. Brown. Walked amost the whole thing. Won by 35 minutes (Penny ran Blue; Gary Kraght, Orange; and George Minarik was event director). |
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Brown - Splits |
Saturday Apr 6 |
| Easy running 7:53:09 [3]43.2 mi (10:56 / mi) | |
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| American River 50, part 1. 2500' climb for the course. Started at 9-9:30 pace, settled into 8 or just sub-8 running pace after the first hour, which was still more like 9:00 overall pace with 3-4 minute breaks I took at each aid station, plus bushroom stops. Got to the 27.4 mark at 4:09:35, took a 13-min break. The paved bike trail (with shoulder) changed into a single-track at 30 miles, and I slowed to an about 12-min overall pace. The quads started to tighten at about 5:30 but got better by 6:30; the problem was no doubt due to the sub-3 hours of sleep I got after my Amtrak adventure, and because of the stupid bicycle stuff I did the week before. At about 6:50, things suddenly unraveled. The tendon started to hurt, there were a few cramps, and I got problems maintaining balance. But until the 7-hr mark, I was continuously passing people; I was only passed by 2 or 3. I ran/walked the next 4.5 miles to the 43.2 mile aid station and declared that I was quitting. I was way off my target of sub-8 hours, not feeling very well (but not really bad), and feared more problems with the tendon. It was 76 degrees. I was still just behind the top 100 in placing. |
| Rogaining 1:46:30 [1]4.4 mi (24:11 / mi) | |
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| American River 50, part 2. After having been fed about 20 g of NaCl by the aid station staff for my dizziness, I started to understand what they were saying: there was no way I could drop out at that aid station. There was no vehicle access and I HAD to go on to the finish. So I did, after an about 17-min break lying on a cot; I walked the next 4.4 miles in under 2 hours and was passed by about 150 people in the process, including some 75-year olds and a 60-year old female. |
| Medium pace running 32:02 [3]2.4 mi (13:21 / mi) | |
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| American River 50. Uphill finish from the last aid station, where I unsuccessfully tried to drop out again. I felt a ton better than 2 hours before. Passed the 60-yr old lady back in the finish chute. Overall: 10:29:12, 266/421. |
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| Lessons from my first finished ultra:
(1) Tight is death. Must be loose. Will run lunches.
(2) There is such a thing as too much drinking. (I did about 13 liters in the first 8 hours, nothing during my final walk. I felt better and better as I was walking.)
(3) There is also such a thing as K/Na imbalance the other way (I ate probably 7-9 bananas in the process and avoided Gatorade. Bad.)
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