Thursday Jul 31 |
 | Hike hills 42:00 [3]2.0 mi (21:00 / mi) +520m 7:13 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Boots |
| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack after finally receiving my P2 rating. |
| Paragliding (Flight #81) 14:00 [0] | |
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| Tiger N. Grey weather and was expecting to sink out quickly but ended up getting some nice ridge soaring over the kingdone.
TOP LANDED for the 1st time which was way cool. For those that don't know that means I landed where I took off. |
| Paragliding (Flight #82) 9:00 [0] | |
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| 2nd flight from Poo-Poo since I top landed. Just went straight down as the rain was coming in. Made it down just in time although I was going up in elevation as I went out over the valley. |
Wednesday Jul 30 |
| Swim 25:00 [3] | |
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| Swim at the Y. |
| Mountain Bike (BEAST Vetting) 2:00:00 [2]15.0 mi (7:59 / mi) +450m 4:33 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| F'in hell, I suck right now with navigation on the bike. Couldn't find some of the controls due to lack of reading the passport properly and managed to add on probably 3+ miles extra + a bunch of climbing by missing turns and going straight on the bike course and not doing the trekking section - duh! Guesstimate on the elevation and distance.
Nice to see all the familiar faces and meet some new ones. |
Tuesday Jul 29 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 58:00 [3]18.5 mi (3:08 / mi) +80m 1:55 / km | |
| slept:7.5 weight:170lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| 7.5 hrs sleep on a school night - wow!
West lake to work - felt tired so took it easy. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 58:00 [3]18.5 mi (3:08 / mi) +70m 1:56 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home. Rain started with a few miles to go and a headwind today too. Still better than taking the car though! |
Monday Jul 28 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 55:00 [4]18.5 mi (2:58 / mi) +70m 1:50 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:5.0 weight:170lbs shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| West Lake to work. Put the boot down for around 15 mins and the lactic acid built up really quickly in the legs. Must work on higher intensity more often. |
| Racquetball 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Against Ron. He beat me 2-1, had to happen sometime but getting beat by M60+ is still hard to take, I mean really hard... |
| Road Bike (Commute) 57:00 [3]18.5 mi (3:05 / mi) +70m 1:54 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home, bit of a headwind but nice nonetheless. |
Sunday Jul 27 |
| Hike 1:00:00 [0]4.0 mi (14:59 / mi) +80m 8:47 / km | |
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| Walk around Issaquah with family inc some running to go get the car. |
Saturday Jul 26 |
| Road Bike 1:00:00 [4]19.8 mi (3:01 / mi) +200m 1:50 / km | |
| slept:6.0 weight:168lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| Issaquah out past Hobart. Put the foot down on the hills on the way home. |
| Hike hills 41:00 [4]2.0 mi (20:29 / mi) +500m 7:10 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Hike up Poo-Poo after the cycle for an early morning flight. |
| Paragliding (Flight #80) 8:00 [0] | |
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| South launch with a fair bit E. Tricky and got knocked around in the cut but OK after that. S landing. |
Friday Jul 25 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:12:00 [3]24.0 mi (3:00 / mi) +60m 1:51 / km | |
| slept:5.5 weight:167lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake to work from Front St with Lakemont CC. Again I didn't pull the group. Legs are not really twitchy right now. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:15:00 [3]24.0 mi (3:08 / mi) +50m 1:56 / km | |
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| East lake home. Stopped at the velodome for some speed sessions but there was a big track meet on. Some serious eye candy with all the fancy bikes there - wow. Speeds are savage too, well over 30mph for 4k time trial. |
| Hike hills 36:00 [4]2.0 mi (17:59 / mi) +500m 6:18 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack. Beat the bus up. |
| Paragliding (Flight #79) 12:00 [0] | |
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| Bumpy ride down today. Got above launch but hit some nasty sink. Got thrown around quite a bit and the harness was loose too which was somewhat disconcerting. No wing deflations today though.
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Thursday Jul 24 |
| Hike hills 48:00 [1]2.0 mi (24:00 / mi) +520m 8:15 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with paraglider pack. Rich and I binned the Bandera idea since the winds were not right. I'll have to save that for another day. |
| Paragliding (Flight #78) 38:00 [0] | |
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| Nice evening flight but no getting above launch. Got round the back of the kingdome for some nice views and Rainier was cool once I got up a bit.
Landed N right on the spot. |
Wednesday Jul 23 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:12:00 [3]25.0 mi (2:52 / mi) +70m 1:46 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:5.0 weight:170lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East lake to work with Lakemont CC. Stayed in the pack today - legs felt jaded for some reason. |
| Note | |
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| http://isspress.1upsoftware.com/ftp/B1-6.pdf
Check out this link for the next week - its about my paragliding hike and fly record. |
| Racquetball 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Against Ron (M60+!!)
Skunked him 15-0 in 1st game then lost 15-4!! Redeemed the situation by winning 3rd. Sad but you gotta beat up on the old guys sometimes! |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [3]21.5 mi (3:14 / mi) +80m 2:00 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West lake home + a bit extra as I left the car in a different location today. |
Tuesday Jul 22 |
| Note | |
| slept:5.0 weight:170lbs (rest day) |
| Got vendors in town today so no biking to work. Feeling pretty whooped today anyway so no bad thing. |
Monday Jul 21 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 58:00 [2]18.5 mi (3:08 / mi) +50m 1:56 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.0 weight:170lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to work. Took it pretty handy. |
| Road run 46:00 [3]6.5 mi (7:04 / mi) +20m 4:21 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Glycerin #1 |
| Run to Blyth park at lunch.
Out: 22:20
Back: 23:36
Legs got a bit tired since I've not been running a whole lot recently. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 54:00 [3]18.5 mi (2:55 / mi) +70m 1:48 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home - nice tailwind and felt quite strong even given the run at lunch. |
| Hike 38:00 [4]2.0 mi (18:59 / mi) +520m 6:32 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack. |
| Paragliding (Flight # 77) 28:00 [0] | |
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| Nice evening flight just as sun setting. Sank out quickly but found a tiny lift band to work for 15 mins getting back up 300ft. Straight down and landed N. |
Sunday Jul 20 |
| Hike hills 42:00 [4]2.0 mi (21:00 / mi) +520m 7:13 / km | |
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| HIke up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack. |
| Paragliding (Flight #76) 55:00 [0] | |
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| Nice flight from N Launch. Quite bumpy and saw a few collapses but I was quite careful with the active piloting to help prevent. Only came down due to time constraints - could have gone on for another few hours. Was down low at 1200 early on but scratched back and caught a nice thermal to 2400 whcih was pleasing. |
Friday Jul 18 |
| Hike 42:00 [3]2.0 mi (21:00 / mi) +520m 7:13 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack. |
| Paragliding (Flight #75) 12:00 [0] | |
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| South launch flight. No cun but there was lift which I couldn't find. Buzzed around the ridge then headed down. |
Thursday Jul 17 |
| Racquetball 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Against Shawn S. Close 1st game 15-13 but then I won the next 3 15-2 / 15-1 / 15-3.
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| Hike hills 43:00 [3]2.0 mi (21:29 / mi) +520m 7:23 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo pt with the paraglider pack. |
| Paragliding (Flight #74) 10:00 [0] | |
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| Using Bob's Jalpa DHV 2 wing again. Much better launch than the last time. Quick flight down while Paul and Emma were up top waiting to come down. |
Wednesday Jul 16 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [3]25.0 mi (2:47 / mi) +50m 1:44 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake to work from my house with Lakemont CC. Good pace on the line today and I pulled at 28mph for c.2miles which kind of busted me up a bit for the 2nd part of ride. Legs felt good even after the hard day yesterday. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:05:00 [3]20.0 mi (3:14 / mi) +150m 1:58 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to Chaplins to collect car. |
Tuesday Jul 15 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 58:00 [3]17.0 mi (3:24 / mi) +20m 2:07 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| Chaplins Garage to work. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 54:00 [4]18.5 mi (2:55 / mi) +70m 1:48 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home to meet up with the bro to go paragliding. |
| Hike hills 39:00 [4]2.0 mi (19:29 / mi) +520m 6:42 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack with Paul. He had an easy day and was crushing up the hill with a slightly lighter pack so I struggled to keep pace. F'in warm too. |
| Paragliding (Flight #73) 13:00 [0] | |
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| Watched Paul on his 3rd solo then my MUM who is 60 next month took her 1st tandem flight. She had a ball and was grinning ear to ear at the bottom. I launched straight after and flew around with her which was pretty cool. |
Monday Jul 14 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 57:00 [3]18.5 mi (3:05 / mi) +50m 1:54 / km | |
| slept:5.0 weight:170lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to work a bit later than usual. Super temps for riding in and pretty busy on trail. Just sauntered and never pushed hard. |
| Road Bike 47:45 [4]15.0 mi (3:11 / mi) +20m 1:58 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| Spin from Bothell to Lake Forest park along the Burke Gilman at lunchtime. Got into a mini race on way back since some guy passed me so had to catchup and put the foot down. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:37:00 [3]29.0 mi (3:21 / mi) +240m 2:02 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake home via paragliding park to see what the craic was. Pushed hard for 2nd part of journey. Got a suprise going up my steep hill. Some guy on a sit up and beg bike started up before me so figuring I'd catch up pronto and pass easily I set off. Couldn't catch up and only on the short flat part did I make any progress. On the 30% grade he was just sitting there pedalling away while I was in full sprint - turns out it was a damn electric bike! |
Sunday Jul 13 |
| Hike 42:00 [3]2.0 mi (21:00 / mi) +520m 7:13 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Hike up Poo-Poo pt with paraglider pack. Fairly warm out. |
| Paragliding (Flight #72) 34:00 [0] | |
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| Front launch in light wind from upper N. Got a nice thermal up to 2500 straight off the bat. Then took a nasty collapse not flying actively which sent me into a spin - somewhat disconcerting!! Got out of dodge and regained composure before thermalling up to 3000ft. Had stuff to do so had to come down which was a shame since I could have flown for several hours today. Wierd S landing since it was N up top. |
Saturday Jul 12 |
| Hike hills 42:00 [3]2.0 mi (21:00 / mi) +520m 7:13 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Hike up Poo-Poo with Bob's paraglider pack. Warm out at 85F. |
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| C • what time 2 |
| Paragliding (Flight #71) 23:00 [0] | |
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| Dicey launch but got away with it. The wing is a DHV 2 so quite a bit more sporty than mine. Turns really sharp and handles great. Got up above launch for a good bit but headed home since I was cooking the BBQ for a bunch of folk.
My bro had his 1st 2 solo's on my wing and was happy as a pig in sh#t!! |
Friday Jul 11 |
| Road Bike 1:22:00 [3]25.5 mi (3:13 / mi) +210m 1:57 / km | |
| slept:5.5 weight:170lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake and back again with Lakemont. Easy pace today since they are all STP tomorrow. Up the hill to the house. |
| Hike 2:30:00 [1]5.5 mi (27:16 / mi) +350m 14:09 / km | |
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| Beautiful hike at Sunrise, Mt Rainier. Amazing clarity on the mountain and could see 150 miles to Mt Baker. Hiked to Fremont lookout with Mum, Paul and Emma. Super day out with some glissading thrown in for good measure. |
Thursday Jul 10 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 55:00 [3]18.5 mi (2:58 / mi) +50m 1:50 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:6.0 weight:168lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to work. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:30:00 [3]25.5 mi (3:32 / mi) +230m 2:08 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake home and up the hill home. My steep hill is a leg buster after riding 25 miles. |
Wednesday Jul 9 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:01:00 [2]18.5 mi (3:17 / mi) +50m 2:02 / km | |
| rhr:42 slept:5.5 weight:167lbs shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to work. Quads are sore from running down Granite Mtn yesterday and I had real trouble getting moving today - uber slow. Beautiful out though! |
| Road Bike 40:00 [2]10.0 mi (3:59 / mi) +200m 2:20 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| Short loop at lunch to stretch the legs. Seven hills of Bothell route. Hot out and I took it pretty handy. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 53:00 [4]18.5 mi (2:52 / mi) +70m 1:46 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home. Great tailwind in the hot weather. |
Tuesday Jul 8 |
| Hike 3:00:00 [3]8.0 mi (22:30 / mi) +1160m 9:38 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 |
| Hike up Granite Mountain with Paul. Beautiful views up there and we had a good pace going up and ran down. Got some glissading for a few hundred feet which was kind of fun. |
| Kayak 2:00:00 [3]4.0 mi (30:00 / mi) | |
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| Kayak with Mum, Paul and Emma from NWOC around arboretum. Sunnier than hell but really nice on the water. |
Monday Jul 7 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 58:00 [3]18.5 mi (3:08 / mi) +50m 1:56 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake to work. Chilly but beautiful day out. |
| Racquetball 45:00 [3] | |
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| Against Shawn S. He's getting faster and had to work hard to beat him 2-0. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 53:00 [4]18.5 mi (2:52 / mi) +70m 1:46 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| West Lake home with a nice tailwind. |
Sunday Jul 6 |
| Road Bike 45:00 [1]9.0 mi (4:59 / mi) +150m 2:57 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| Mercer Island to arboretum with Paul and Emma - lovely out. Super easy pace. |
| Hike 25:00 [1]2.0 mi (12:29 / mi) +30m 7:25 / km | |
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| Walk around arboretum with family and some running back to the car. |
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| C • spelling 3 |
| Hike 1:00:00 [1]2.0 mi (29:59 / mi) +750m 8:37 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider. Parents, Paul and Emma came along. Can't believe my dad got up there and in pretty good time. He has arthritis and has been pretty much crippled since I was 4 so this was a real achievement.
I also ran back up to catch them when I'd flown down. |
| Paragliding (Flight #70) 6:00 [0] | |
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| Botched 3 attempts with some east wind. Forward launched finally and uneventul flight down. Must have been 50 people watching. |
Saturday Jul 5 |
| Hike 1:00:00 [1]3.0 mi (20:00 / mi) +100m 11:16 / km | |
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| Walk round Cougar Mountain with whole family minus dad. |
Friday Jul 4 |
| Hike 1:15:00 [1]4.0 mi (18:44 / mi) +200m 10:05 / km | |
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| Exit 38 to Twin Falls with the whole family - parents, Paul, Emma, Tanya and Lewis. |
Wednesday Jul 2 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:10:00 [3]23.5 mi (2:58 / mi) +50m 1:50 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake to work with Lakemont. Legs a bit jaded today and only pulled for a short stint - still at 25mph+ though. |
| Swim 30:00 [4] | |
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| Swim at the Y. I still tire pretty quickly with the swimming, amazing since I can last all day on a bike or foot. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:08:00 [3]22.0 mi (3:05 / mi) +50m 1:54 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake home. Super warm. Was tired but got going after a few miles. |
Tuesday Jul 1 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:12:00 [4]23.5 mi (3:03 / mi) +50m 1:53 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake to work from Veloce Velo on Front St. Meeting the Issaquah press for a chat about my 15 hike-n-fly's this evening too. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:09:00 [3]23.5 mi (2:55 / mi) +50m 1:49 / km | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond |
| East Lake Home. Nice paceline for a bit then pushed fairly hard along the lake. |
| Hike hills 41:00 [3]2.0 mi (20:29 / mi) +520m 7:03 / km | |
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| Hike up Poo-Poo with the paraglider pack.
Prior to this I had an interview with the Issaquah press about the 15 hike-n-fly thing. Hope the article comes out OK. I did mention MerGeo and the beast races since that was an integral part of my training over the past few years. Will keep you posted. |
| Paragliding (Flight #69) 6:00 [0] | |
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| No wind really. Weird inversion going on so no thermals at all. Sled ride down. |