Training Log Archive: Wildsky

Day Two

Glenn's Fabulous Western Washington Stage Race

I'm still firmly in the lead.

Today's stage was a short paddled followed by a long easy low elevation run.

Today was the day for wildlife. One fox on the beach in the morning and a black bear in the afternoon.

tomorrow stage inspired by Robin. bike with a bad ass paddle

early morning paddle. pushed off at 6:3o. the water was glass, the tide was out. worked the shoreline against the current. great morning.

wanted a nice flat long run. I dropped the girls off at camp ion Duvall and headed to North Bend. Did an out and back on the CCC road/trail. Started at the gate and ran out to the the middle fork campground. easy going and flat. negative split. 2:04/1:58 and that was with a bit of a slow down right at the end. Felt great the whole time. overall time was slow but just wanted to be on my feet and take it easy. TraIl is real nice and in great shape.

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25...

Inspired by DJ

I have been wanting to do this for a couple of years and never got it done. DJ did it so i had to try.

Started at the intersection of Tiger Mtn and Hobart Rds. Headed up TMR about a mile to a little connector that links up with the poo-poo rd. Turned east and headed for Iverson.
Took Iverson to the main tiger mtn road.
Up to the towers at the end. Passed Preston in 28 minutes (from Iverson connector) I kept it in the middle ring the whole way.
Through the towers and looped back (DJ do you know where the road continues too) (18mins from the gate to the top tower) DJ, I didn't have any gears to spare.
Back to preston and down to the road.
Turned right up to the saddle
continued up to the top of of ???(Tiger Mtn) (32mins to the saddle). i was bonking on the way up and need to stop for a rest.
saw the trail that drops of the north side and connects with preston. On the way down I saw a guy riding up. Most mtn bike riders out there don't just ride hills so I asked him about the trail and sure enough he was going to ride down it. To me it looked steep and cheap but the guy was on a hardtail and said it was good. RVG? next time we're trying it.
Anyway back down the main tiger mtn road to the inverson connector and they out the road to poo-poo point. I was really bonking and out of water on the final climb.
Hung out and watched the gliders
on the way back i took a right and an old road down. passed some horse people and they said take the trail so i would stay away from some nudist colony. Big mistake this horse trailwas a disaster and I took and nice digger in mud invested horse crap. nice way to finish.

my entire route is here

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=25...

C • Where the road goes 4

Last day we paddled across lake wenatchee to climb dirty face. On the way across we saw a large group that was rocking it. I saw at least one 4 person boat. We attempted to talk to them but they moved off at a very fast rate. Later I found out the it was a elite paddle camp. The GH team was there as well as Steve Wort.

Climbed drityface with mathew. once again I carried the box of rocks to even the score. Pushed him hard up the hill and he didn't really complain. he ran down most of the way. great views and lots of bugs.

day tow mtn bike. I had a 10lbs box of rock in my pack to even things out a bit. Had to tow Mathew on the fire road climb. His lower back was hurting. need to get him riding more and maybe get him a bigger bike. He rode the singletrack real well.

since the canadian race was called off I took off with Mathew up to the mtns. First day paddle on lake wenatchee

first time out in the surf ski in a while. nice morning tide out and wind picked up a bit

loop. bottom bracket going out so i nursed it a bit. Wanted to break 2hr. nice day bit of rain.

So our team for the best of the west AR fell apart. Bit dissapointed. It would have been a great race. So now I am focused making next week a 7 day stage race. Thinking about he following legs in no particular order

double hurricane ridge/gold creek run
suntop double/first half WR50 run
st helens road ride/ run around the mtn
DJ's tiger ride/tiger run
tenerific/bessimer ride followed by mt si run
paddle from fall city to muklteo then ride back

Any takers?

C • what happened? 2

spin class. legs felt tired. I took yesterday off.

slow paddle with JVG and Aaron. was hoping to get a full day of training in

Practiced ascending with JVG and Rinn at Ravena bridge. Wanted to get the gear dialed in. climbed half the time with box of rocks in pack.

C • What's up on the schedule t... 4

Event: 2009 Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival
 

Took the dolly dipper out in the necky double.. Made him paddle hard into the wind

transition and out for a run around the block. Mathew continued with me on his bike. Left him at his friends how for a night out.

tiger ride. short iverson connector warm up then out to west tiger back preston and up and over the hill and back to the car. Bit slower than last week with RVG.