Training Log Archive: Rainbow Unicorn

Event: MNOC - Lebanon Hills East
 

Event: Land Between the Lakes Triathlon
 

Swim portion of Land Between the Lakes Triathlon. Swimming in the wetsuit is always such a plus in comparison to no wetsuit. Easier flotation, plus warmer body/muscles. Last Friday in Cedar was waaaaay worse than this swim....

Swim to Bike TA - 0:43

Bike portion of LBL Tri. Passed a few people on the bike, but got passed as well. Felt pretty good through the whole ride, but tried to push the pace a bit.

Bike to Run TA - 0:30

Run portion of LBL Tri. Went out with a quick pace and passed a few more racers. No one passed me on the run... Probably could have caught up to one or two more people if I had pushed the pace hard, but with no one behind me, I kept things at an even pace to reserve my kick for a bit of running at the O-meet later on.
Finished 16/116 overall in a time of 1:29:11, 14 minutes behind 1st and 9 minutes behind 2nd places.

Red Course at Lebanon Hills Regional Park. Ran a good course, but had a few route choice mistakes that could have saved a bit of time. Felt a bit sluggish out the gate due to my earlier effort in the day, and could definitely feel the slow legs on the hills. Luckily Lebanon doesn't have anything too major - if we would have raced at Afton, I would have been in for a world of hurt....
Notes:
Went into early depression on #1
Erred too far north on #5
Went to eastern hill on #7
Ian's route choice (trail) to #10 was choice (I accidentally went towards #1 for the first half of the leg)
Went from #12-#13 w/Todd
Spent about 20 seconds looking for #13 w/Todd
Ran into a barbed wire fence on my way to #14 (if it's there, my legs will find it)
Exit out of #16 was thick and slow
Good overall effort - maybe navigated better by running slower.

O-meet Control Retrieval - took it nice and easy....

Rode a lap at Lebanon w/Mo & Tom. Couldn't pass up the opportunity being in such close proximity to the trails. Good times, and an excellent way to cap off a magnificent day!

Red - Splits

Rode the bike loop of the Land Between the Lakes Triathlon in Albert Lea, MN w/ Andrea. Added on a few extra miles to/from the start area of the tri. Was a good time to chat it up, although the stiff winds made conversation tough at times. I think the winds were N/NW at about 20-25 mph. The ride home was a lot quicker!

Early morning swim in Cedar Lake w/Jesse. My wetsuit was in storage, so I was forced to go sans-wetsuit in the frigid upper 50 degree temps. Jesse was smarter than I, but I think he awarded me the brass cajones award post-swim.

Biked at Lebanon w/Mo & Tom. Perfect conditions - awesome ride.... Wiped out on a corner while Tom and I were kicking it on the X-loop. AR treads don't dig the corners and I slid out the new Ells - not happy to crash the ride, but at least my Garmin took the brunt of the fall....

Running portions of Tough Persyn. Jerritt did a great job of putting together this OWNT. Super-fun event that combined hills, sprints, a few special challenges, and dodge ball.... What could be more awesome than that?! Big thanks for a sweet weekday event!

Oh yeah.... And I had a 10 pound teammate through the entire event named Sand(y).

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Bike portions of Tough Persyn on the commuter bike.

Mo and I went for a morning run around Cedar/Brownie. It was SLOW and grogtastic, but nice to get-er-done early.

Last game of winter session = playoffs for 7th place. Yeehaw! We played short the first 15 minutes of the game before another player for the next game showed up to help. I scored 3 short-handed goals and we were up 3-2. I don't think we could have sustained without the help, but we played well considering no subs for short field soccer. I ended up scoring 5 goals in the game (what did I eat for breakfast?!) and we won 8-5. Pretty sweet game to finish the season with.

Bike errands on the commuter bike.

Switched the treads on my single-speed commuter bike from the winter studs to the summer slicks - the only thing holding back my speed is my ability to do cirles with my legs.

Completed a few errands on the ride and looped Isles just for fun.