Training Log Archive: Sid

Summers Solstice 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race at Albion Hills. Thanks to Bash and 'Bent for inviting me as a relative inexperienced single track racer!! Excellent team, put together with a mix of experience and youth.
Bash had got us an great campsite adjacent to the track just along from the Caledon Cycling corner. VO2MAX, Logan, 'Bent and AD got us off to a great start but I was able to give a few spots back to the field. My first lap was tense with faster riders behind a lot, though most were quite forgiving. Wore C3 Caledon colours. One fall turning up hill to let 3 by caused me to side slip and hit my shoulder on a tree. I have an excellent abrasion scar which will look good in the pool but physically is not even tender. Gear changing got erratic and after one nasty shift, started to get a lot of slippage in middle middle. Nice cheer by the group on the way by the camp. Slowest time to that point in our group but fun was what it was all about!!
'Bent went over the bike after and found I had bent my derailleur hanger again. 'Bent has a marvelous collection of bike store tools and soon everything was back to working order.

We won the game and played well defensively.

Set the GHO Sprint Championship courses using my mountain bike. 25 controls set up. Beautiful and nice forest trails. Most competitors were of the same opinion as me that the vegetation was a level more green than on the map. Part of the problem was that the reproductions were a bit faded compared to the original. 15 + participants and a quite heated competion. See results at "http://ghocanadagho.blogspot.com/"

MTC swim with Coach Ken. 1000m pull warmup breathe 7, Swim with fins, 25m free and 25m back 0:20 rest. 1150m pull, breath 3,5,7 & 9, 6 x 100m on 2:30 pace and 150 cooldown, 50m light fly, 25 m scull back, 25m scill forward, 25m breast and 25m double arm back.

Felt not bad though legs were still tired from the weekend. Pull and fins was slow but swim was okay once my form returned. Got down to 1:50 for the 100's.

Bench orienteering worked on Nav Stock, COF Conference and GHO Sprint.

Nav Stock Long Course. Started out fine and was heading to 3 but got completely behuddled when I ended up 100 m north of the control. This area is my own personal Bermuda Triangle, getting lost here in the Snow Raid. After 1.5 hours of random searching saw Hans and others and asked Randy Kemp where I was? Hit control in 5 minutes and was off with 1:20 to complete the course. Hit controls well from there on until coming back to 10 and ended up lost in the triangle again. From previous wandering, finally figured out where I was and hit 10. Meet Mark Adams collecting controls and he mentioned I could finish if I was quick and beat Nina to the controls. Hit 11 and decided to pick up the controls as I must be the last out there. Finished without seeing Nina but meet Sue with the 4 remaining controls. Learned Pierre was still out there. Yeech!! Anyway, Jim, Sue and Jeanette got things straightened out and Nina, Pierre and Mark returned.

Brutal day out in the Copeland forest!!

C • Too Adventurous! 5

Long #2 - Splits