Training Archive: Aimless

Running race (road) 32:44 [5] 4.96 mi (6:36 / mi) +200ft 6:21 / mi vdot: 49.9
shoes: Asics GT 2110

Monster Mash 8k. finished 8th. the days of winning free shoes are over. with about a mile to go I had two runners ahead in my sights when some cop at an intersection told me to stop. WTF? Stop are you kidding me? After hesitating a bit I just pushed through and ignored him. good workout. i need to get to the track before the turkey trot

C • You will go down 1

Trainer/Spin (spin class) 45:00 [3]

There was a sub teach and the guy sucked. did my own thing with some hard pushes

Trainer/Spin (spin class) 42:00 [3]

spin class in the back with lots of chic music. tried to hold a constant focused output

C • chic music 3

Note

Added bonus of nationals....staph infection. pustuals forming in my wounds.

C • Bonus 4

Running (road) 38:00 [3] 4.75 mi (8:00 / mi) +275ft 7:35 / mi
shoes: Asics GT 2110

easy recoveery run while boy in scouts

Trainer/Spin (spin class) 1:08:00 [2]

easy spin class/recovery

Swim 27:00 [2] 1 km (27:00 / km)

easy swim to stretch things out. warm up and then kick drills and deep water running

Note

USARA Nationals

Let me first say that it had rained 5-8 inches the day before that race so the course had to be drastically modified. However, it was hands down the worst course that I have ever done. In addition, while we made our share of mistakes, having manditory rules/routes that change during the course without letting all the teams know is BS especially for a national championship.

As for the location, the paddling was great. The riding was 70 miles of pavement and 30 miles of mud and all of it was out and back with little to no nav. How can this be for a national championship? The treking had one nice O course loop but all else was little stop your biking for a 3-5 k bike shoe run through a swamp and that is not what I consider the heart of AR.

give me the mtns any time. Give me a nice running section, give me a course where there is a balance between all skills and not just mud riding, flat fixing, and pacelining. techincal running and riding, hard but fair nav where were weren't swamp O

At least we beat Verve

The winners were X EMS. They had a great race and did well and deserve the win. When we were moving we were fast. We just kept making stupid mistakes that ultimately we couldn't recover from. Frankly my nav sucked during this race and with the quality of the competition, you can't win with bad nav.

It is easy for me to whine because we lost but I have to give them credit as they had flats and problems as well but got er done in the end.

C • Roads 3