Tuesday Jul 31 |
 | Trail Run race 10:00:00 [4]25.0 mi (24:00 / mi) +3000m 10:52 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:0.5 shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| 1st leg of MAR. Really hot (90's) but we chose a low shadier route to the 1st CP getting in ahead of all teams to take early lead. Fell a couple of times but all having a good time at this point. Ridge was stunning along the Bridgers North of Bozeman and some of the footing was a bit dodgy. Hard run in at finish on road for a few miles and feet starting to hurt already after really steep descent to CP2. |
| Mountain Bike race 6:30:00 [4]18.0 mi (21:40 / mi) +1200m 11:09 / km | |
| slept:0.5 shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| 1st MTB stage and we got the CP's well. Matt was feeling sick all this stage and we stopped a good few times as his stomache was heaving. I towed Julie way to hard on this stage, for all the uphill and probably blew myself up for the next few days, freaking hard going. |
Monday Jul 30 |
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| Event: Mountain Adventure Race
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| (rest day) |
| Rest prior to MAR, getting gear sorted. |
Sunday Jul 29 |
| Trail Run 30:00 [1]3.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
| slept:5.0 (rest day) shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Gentle run in Bozeman to get legs stretched and aclimitise to heat and elevation. |
Saturday Jul 28 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| 11hr travel To Bozeman with Matt - aargh! |
Friday Jul 27 |
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| rhr:40 slept:5.5 weight:165lbs (rest day) |
| Was going to bike part way but took me 45 mins to get out of house. Still coughing up a load of crud in the morning which is most unpleasant and demotivated me hugely. Need to start resting as the legs have been tired the last 2 days. Big race starts 4 days today and I've got to pack my kit tonight - aargghh! |
Thursday Jul 26 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 36:00 [2]11.0 mi (3:16 / mi) +20m 2:01 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.5 weight:165lbs |
| Marymoor to work. |
| Mountain Bike 23:00 [2]7.0 mi (3:17 / mi) | |
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| Spin down to the bike shop to get some parts. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 36:00 [2]11.0 mi (3:16 / mi) +20m 2:01 / km | |
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| Work to Marymoor and car the rest. Would have been quicker to go the whole route by bike... |
Wednesday Jul 25 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:25:00 [2]19.2 mi (4:25 / mi) +50m 2:44 / km | |
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| west lake again, easy pace. Picked Rog up who was running to work and chatted for a while till I got cold, hence slow time. |
| Road run 40:00 [1]4.0 mi (10:00 / mi) +100m 5:46 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.5 weight:165lbs shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Took Dan from work out on the trails near office. He blew up on 1st hill which is only a baby. Very gentle pace and kept stopping to move him along. Amazing what a difference not being fit makes. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:15:00 [2]19.2 mi (3:54 / mi) +50m 2:24 / km | |
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| West Lake, lovely out but slow on the bike. |
Tuesday Jul 24 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:15:00 [2]19.2 mi (3:54 / mi) +50m 2:24 / km | |
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| I was naff today, no energy and coughing up tons of crud, plan is to cycle gently throughout the week until Friday then 3 days of nothingness before the race. Should be good. |
| Road run 40:00 [1]5.5 mi (7:16 / mi) +20m 4:28 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Very gentle jog along the river, put a few bursts of speed but nothing to write home about... |
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| C • very gentle? 2 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:13:00 [2]19.2 mi (3:48 / mi) +50m 2:21 / km | |
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| Easy run home. Did let a roadie pass me who obviously sprinted past me then slowed down, had to pass him just for the fun of it on the next hill. |
Monday Jul 23 |
| Gym 35:00 [2] | |
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| 10mins kayak trainer, rest weights. Tired and lethargic. |
Sunday Jul 22 |
| Trail Run 2:25:00 [3]14.5 mi (10:00 / mi) +700m 5:24 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.0 weight:165lbs shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Cougar trail run, stopped a good few times to lay arrows and wait. |
Friday Jul 20 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:06:00 [3]19.2 mi (3:25 / mi) +50m 2:07 / km | |
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| West lake to work. |
| Mountain Bike 1:10:00 [5]21.0 mi (3:19 / mi) +50m 2:03 / km | |
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| Full speed from work to NWOC to meet Matt for a paddle, full on 5 on the effort-o-meter. |
| Kayak 1:45:00 [3]7.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
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| Paddle from NWOC round Arboreatum round Union bay and back. Good paddle and just missed the really heavy rain. |
Thursday Jul 19 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [2]19.2 mi (3:38 / mi) +50m 2:15 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:5.5 weight:165lbs |
| Slow ride in on the MTB. |
| Gym 31:00 [3] | |
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| Kayak trainer, difficult to get motivated on those things. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:06:00 [3]19.2 mi (3:25 / mi) +50m 2:07 / km | |
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| Back along West Lake, slight headwind. |
Wednesday Jul 18 |
| Gym 45:00 [3] | |
| slept:5.0 |
| Kayak trainer.
Had to nap before work since I got so little sleep last night. |
| Trail Run 1:06:00 [3]7.0 mi (9:26 / mi) +330m 5:07 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Issaquah and part way up tiger mtn and back round down to exit 18 and school. Very gentle pace. |
Tuesday Jul 17 |
| Road run 48:00 [2]6.6 mi (7:16 / mi) | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.0 weight:165lbs shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Slow run, not getting enough sleep for ever it feels like... |
Monday Jul 16 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 30:00 [2]9.0 mi (3:19 / mi) +20m 2:03 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:5.5 weight:165lbs |
| Rog's house to work after dropping kayak off. |
| Trail Run hills 46:00 [4]4.0 mi (11:30 / mi) +350m 5:37 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Hill repeats on the only hill I could find with dirt on it at lunchtime. Only about 35 sec at full pace but was nearing 45 at times when I got tired since I was at full tilt for the 1st 6 or so. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 30:00 [3]9.0 mi (3:19 / mi) +20m 2:03 / km | |
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| Back to Rog's |
Saturday Jul 14 |
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| Event: TRIOBA 12-Hour Race
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| Mountain Bike race 2:45:00 [5]22.0 mi (7:30 / mi) +800m 4:11 / km | |
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| Pretty good bike for us, with some nasty bike whack. We were about 10 - 15 down on Dart. Stats are estimate so far. |
| Trail Run race 3:35:00 [4]12.0 mi (17:55 / mi) +200m 10:35 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Nav'd really well although we got stuck for 10 mins on CP 16 and another 15 on CP19. Otherwise damn good on a tricky nav course. Felt pretty good for the most part. Finished 1st around 20 in front of DART. Spats estimate. |
| Kayak 1:00:00 [3]5.0 mi (11:59 / mi) | |
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| Paddle test with Matt H. in Rog's Amaruk. Thanks for the boat Rog but I had forgotten how much of a tank those things are! Stable though. Matt's cadence is higher than mine which is a pain. Give him a longer paddle to slow him down of give me a shorter one. |
Thursday Jul 12 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Doing nowt today, resting for race at w/e. Got a bit of a sore throat, prob dehydration from yesterday. |
Wednesday Jul 11 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [5]22.5 mi (3:06 / mi) +50m 1:55 / km | |
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| This can be described as a ride of 2 halves. 1st 11 miles was mega hard in a paceline with Lakemont, the 1st MTB they have had keep up and I got worked big time. Remainder of ride was just slow paced recovery. No more for me after today until Trioba 12. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:20:00 [2]22.0 mi (3:38 / mi) +50m 2:15 / km | |
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| OMG, 100F! Can't stop sweating at home, this ride was super hot, hardly anyone out-wierd. Held back and took it v handy. |
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| C • weather crazy 4 |
Tuesday Jul 10 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [4]21.0 mi (3:19 / mi) +20m 2:04 / km | |
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| West Lake Samm on the MTB. Ti bike passed me on trail and I drafted which he got pissed at, prob because he tried to break away twice and couldn't manage. Then proceeded to pass a carbon Orbea, this bike is uber fast for a MTB when in susp lockdown and it p's of the roadies when you pass them! |
| Gym 40:00 [2] | |
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| 20 mins weights - shoulder / arms - low to mid weight.
20 mins kayak trainer |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:02:00 [3]19.0 mi (3:16 / mi) +50m 2:01 / km | |
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| West lake home - mega hot-still sweating in 97 deg. |
Monday Jul 9 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 1:07:00 [3]19.0 mi (3:30 / mi) +50m 2:10 / km | |
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| East Lake on AV's Yeti. Nice bike but man thats a hard saddle - yowser... |
| Road run 46:45 [3]6.6 mi (7:04 / mi) +20m 4:22 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Out and back to Blyth park, not all that fast and pretty hot out. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 56:00 [5]19.0 mi (2:57 / mi) +50m 1:49 / km | |
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| Pegged it home in the Yeti, she's good speed on road for a MTB. Rode for 7 miles with a roadie drafting at 26mph which was really hard to keep up, especially on the hills but the Yeti pulled through. Full marks AV! |
Sunday Jul 8 |
| Mountain Bike 1:20:00 [3]14.0 mi (5:42 / mi) +300m 3:20 / km | |
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| Trails around Dockton used for the X-terra offroad tri, like a rabbit warren up there but fun. Also a few mile son the road to get there. |
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| C • Where's Dockton? 2 |
Saturday Jul 7 |
| Mountain Bike 1:00:00 [1]8.0 mi (7:30 / mi) +150m 4:24 / km | |
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| Pulling Lewis in the cart with Tanya on Vashon. |
Friday Jul 6 |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 41:00 [2]11.0 mi (3:43 / mi) +20m 2:18 / km | |
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| Took the MTB and rode less since I was late up and the LOOK is out of action for a while. |
| Mountain Bike (Commute) 50:00 [3]13.0 mi (3:50 / mi) +20m 2:23 / km | |
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| Back through Redmond via REI to get some stuff for MT. |
Thursday Jul 5 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:08:00 [3]21.2 mi (3:13 / mi) +50m 1:59 / km | |
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| Easy ride in this morning since I'm going for a run/hike this evening.
Lovely out. |
| Gym 40:00 [2] | |
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| 20 mins Kayak trainier, 20 mins weights / stretch for shoulders / chest.
Some gymnast dude in the doing all sorts of wierd stuff in the stretching area.. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 59:00 [4]21.2 mi (2:47 / mi) +50m 1:43 / km | |
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| Pegged it home at a rate of knots. Broke a spoke in Marymoor so must be packing the poundsround the ass or else I have Lance legs! |
| Trail Run 1:30:00 [3]4.0 mi (22:30 / mi) +1160m 7:21 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Beautiful fast hike up Granite Mtn with Matt and Julie. WIldflowers out and fab views all round from the ridge and top. Ace way to spend an evening. |
| Trail Run 1:05:00 [2]4.0 mi (16:15 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Run down from Granite Mtn, got pretty dark in the trees near the bottow. Fab sunset on the drive home. Legs and everything felt fine even after a hard bike ride. |
Wednesday Jul 4 |
| Gardening! 3:00:00 [3]2.0 mi (1:29:59 / mi) +100m 48:24 / km | |
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| Did a shed load of work today in the garden and house. Total was around 8hrs but for the sake of training I'm putting 3. Lots of bark moved, sanded and washed over 1200sqft deck and generally tidied! Probably helped kayaking and hike a bike stuff! I'm actually ball-bagged! |
Tuesday Jul 3 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 57:00 [3]18.2 mi (3:08 / mi) +50m 1:56 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.0 |
| Nice morning for commute alont West Lake, legs ache like you wouldn't believe. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 53:00 [3]18.3 mi (2:53 / mi) +50m 1:47 / km | |
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| Blasted back against the wind and got a nice paceline going. HOT! |
Monday Jul 2 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [1]21.0 mi (3:19 / mi) +50m 2:03 / km | |
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| Very easy ride in, quads hurt like crazy after double SI yesterday. |
| Gym 45:00 [2] | |
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| 23mins kayak trainer, remainder light weights and shoulder exercises. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:09:00 [2]21.0 mi (3:16 / mi) +20m 2:02 / km | |
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| Headwind all the way home. Went slow as my legs are totally ceased up. Chatting to some other biker about RAMROD and AR stuff made a pleasant journey. |
Sunday Jul 1 |
| Trail Run hills 58:00 [4]4.0 mi (14:30 / mi) +1066m 4:56 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Up Si, held back a bit but nearly vomited at the top, 1st exercise in a few day due to feeling sick but the rest has done me good. Managed to run all the way except the last rocky bit. Time to the Viewpoint below Haystack. |
| Trail Run hills 34:00 [4]4.0 mi (8:30 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Down SI, maybe a bit fast since had 1 more up to go. Time started from just past the rocky bit. |
| Trail Run hills 1:03:00 [4]4.0 mi (15:44 / mi) +1066m 5:21 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Up SI, bit slower this time and had to hike bits. |
| Trail Run hills 33:00 [4]4.0 mi (8:15 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Down SI, good time even though it was round 2 and better than #1 even though legs were tired. |
| Hike 1:15:00 [1]4.0 mi (18:44 / mi) +0m 11:39 / km | |
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| Walk to the shops with Tanya / Lewis. Super hot outside. Actually felt good to stretch the legs after this morning. |