Training Archive: Flying ScotsmanIn the 7 days ending 2007-08-04:
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Saturday Aug 4 | ||
| Mountain Bike race 30:00 [5]7.0 mi (4:17 / mi) +300m 2:21 / km | |
| slept:0.0 shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond | ||
| Busted my ass after a sudden surge in energy, maybe it was the chicken bits? Actaully towed for the 1st time in days after Matt and Glenn had towed my ass a lot over for 1.5 days. Tried to catch up with Go-lite and made it at the entrance to the finish. They were about 15 sec ahead and VERY KINDLY WAITED FOR US and BOTH TEAMS CROSSED THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER. Joint 1st place, except we were unranked so obviously didn't count. Totally shot. | ||
| Note | |
| Expedition Race Recap:
Unsure of lengths and times - guestimates until I see the map for sure. Approx 275 miles and unknown elevation, it was a bunch. Lessons: Shoes - bring a pair 1 size too big for MTB and trek when feet swell up. Hat - Wide brimmed essential - my good! Pills - Ibuprofen and Caffeine are your friends, use as required. Tow - don't bust a gut early or it will hurt Bike seat - plush and comfy over weight any day Water - bring way more than you need in MT and fill up often when possible Food - anything other than bars is a treat - my tounge is raw. Bunch of other stuff but I'm too knacked to think about it right now. | ||
| C • tongue 2 | ||
Friday Aug 3 | ||
| Kayak 4:30:00 [2]20.0 mi (13:29 / mi) | |
| slept:6.0 | ||
| Felt like a million dollars after the horrible time I had after trek. This section should have been mandatory duckies instead we we assured that necky amaruks were suitable. My arse they were, this was a class II / III river with tight turns and low rocks. Knocked Rogers boat quite a bit which I was really upset abouit doing. Glenn and Sarah (his daughter subbing for Julie in the kayak) rolled and bailed once and gave themselves a bit of a shock.
We then capsized about 1 hr later in a really tricky section and the boat got pinned on a rock. Paddles went down stream but Glenn got them thankfully. I was under for a bit but got out OK, bit of a fright and my watch stopped working at exactly that point, 09:28! Got the boat of the rock and carried on. Never though it was possible to roll a Necky, just shows the extremes required. Wrong tools for the job and I blame the race directors for this. Like steering a Hummer down Icicle Ridge singletrack, nigh on impossible. All said though it was a blast and finished off with a nice rappel after portaging the kayaks for a short distance. Due to low water the rest of the kayak section was cancelled so we got moved forward a few miles thank god. | ||
| Mountain Bike race 12:30:00 [4]75.0 mi (10:00 / mi) +2500m 5:38 / km | |
| slept:6.0 shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond | ||
| Really hard MTB section with some none existent singletrack with some super hard bike whack and hike a bike, The burn was in full effect and my feet were busting and ASS was rawer than a steak tartare. Couldn't sit for more than 30 sec due to the Ritchey WCS seat's lack of cushioning, this will be #1 lesson of expidition race. The whole duration with Go-lite timberland to and fro and we finally shook them on the technical singletrack out of cottonwood canyon. Glenn and Matt binned a few good crashes here and I went over the bars 3 times in 1 hr from being really tired. Enjoyed the singletrack except for the thunderstorm rain that passed through. Really wanted the race to end now. What I found strange was after Glenn basting me to finish fast on the mega trek and busting my ass, he now started to faff around as if he wanted Timberland to finish ahead, Matt was kind of the same which I found wierd since we had busted guts to get to where we were for no apparant reason. Stopped in Arbys for iced tea and chicken bits and gave the lead back to Timberland (they were ranked though unlike us). | ||
Thursday Aug 2 | ||
| Trail Run race 17:00:00 [2]40.0 mi (25:30 / mi) +3000m 12:51 / km | |
| slept:0.0 shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 | ||
| The hardest trek of my life due to the extreme pain in my feet. Trek was around 10K ft for 25 miles and my fingers and feet swole up beyond fat suit size, really uncomfortable. Views were astounding on the ridge looking to Yellowstone and over the whole ridge we were on. The 1st 5 hrs were in dark with a full moon and we could see without headlamps, one of the coolest AR things I've done. Full on bear spray but never saw any. The ridge went on for hours and seemed never ending. I had comtemplated quiting before this but got strapped into it by Glenn who did a great job on my feet after numerous attempts had failed with blister pads. Glenn was strong on this leg and 95% of the race. The last part from Windy pass onwards floored me. I have dreamt this before a few months ago and it was wierd seeing this and knowing how the end of this trek was to play out. Matt and I both had bad doses of SLEEPMONSTERS seeing all kinds of wierd stuff. At the end of trek I did some chores then went to lie down. Before this could happen I collapsed and went into full meltdown crying my eyes out for some reason I don't remember. Couldn't sit or stand without falling over and also couldn't speak - like I had had 15 pints of the good stuff. Had 2 hrs nap thanks to support crew sticking me in my sleeping bag then we missed the dark zone cut off so thankfully I got a good nights rest. | ||
Wednesday Aug 1 | ||
| Mountain Bike race 8:00:00 [4]18.0 mi (26:39 / mi) +1000m 14:08 / km | |
| slept:0.0 shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond | ||
| Continuation of MTB leg with a really nasty hike-a-bike section. All at night but actually quite nice. Still strong and towed like a bull (stupidly). | ||
| Trail Run 8:00:00 [3]15.0 mi (31:59 / mi) +2500m 13:06 / km | |
| slept:0.25 shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 | ||
| 2nd Hike looked like a 4hr on paper but was actually really hard going and I was starting to suffer. Julie and Matt both hurting too, Matt with stomach and Julie wanting to quit. Beautiful scenery and mountain bowls but way longer than we thought. My feet started to blister on heel and big toenail starting to go black and mushy. Balls of feet hurting like sh1t on the way down. | ||
| Mountain Bike race 3:45:00 [4]20.0 mi (11:14 / mi) +1000m 6:03 / km | |
| slept:0.0 shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond | ||
| Easiest stage of the race but I was hurting after towing Julie on the previous stage. Managed the 1st part OK but Matt had to tow my ass back to TA big time. He was moving fast again thank god. Bomber single track made things fun again. Julie had quit before this stage so we were unranked but continuing with the aim to finish in the same maner as is we were racing. | ||
| Mountain Bike race 30:00 [3]5.0 mi (6:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi Vagabond | ||
| Quick spin to the start of the MEGA hike section. | ||
| Trail Run race 3:00:00 [3]1.25 mi (2:23:58 / mi) +200m 59:46 / km | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide#1 | ||
| Start of the mega hike from Hyalite to Windy Pass to Porcupine Ridge. | ||
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 | ||
| Event: Mountain Adventure Race | ||
| Note | |
| (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. | ||