Training Log Archive: Trav

Relay recap.
Well, that was harder than we thought. Especially for a few of us. But, before we get too blamey excusey on the the heat, know that Daven Oskving knocked off the full 100 miles yesterday in 15:33:34. A new course record. Genetic freakery aside, there was no way we winter runners were going to have an optimal go of it when it was just shy of the boiling point of water and 700% humidity (Wes’ estimate and so it must be true). So here are the results run through my Big Data Excel Number Cruncher (BDENC).

Team 1516

name....................Est Time Actual elapsed Heat penalty
Al Magi...................1:25:00 1:28:38 1:28:38 0:03:38
Mark Tarnopolsky...1:26:00 1:31:28 3:00:06 0:05:28
Marie Elliott............1:26:00 1:36:37 4:36:43 0:10:37
Stephen Miller........1:20:00 1:30:10 6:06:53 0:10:10
Jack Van Dorp .................1:37:10 7:44:03 0:12:10
Christian Michelson.1:24:00 1:39:48 9:23:51 0:15:48
Scott Ford................1:23:00 1:32:35 10:56:26 0:09:35
Mark Tamminga.......1:26:00 1:45:55 12:42:21 0:19:55

Average heat penalty 0:10:55

This was the winning team! Fully an hour and 27 min slower than predicted.

Team 1515
name Est Time Actual Elapsed Heat Penalty
Erin Kennedy 1:40:00 1:52:57 1:52:57 0:12:57
Mike Moore 1:38:00 1:52:38 3:45:35 0:14:38
Chris Piller 1:29:00 1:48:13 5:33:48 0:19:13
Duane Vaughan 1:35:00 1:59:35 7:33:23 0:24:35
Stephan DeWit 1:28:00 1:40:22 9:13:45 0:12:22
Mark Adams 1:27:00 1:44:01 10:57:46 0:17:01
Harper Forbes 1:30:00 1:33:17 12:31:03 0:03:17
Robin Hallett 1:55:00 2:32:18 15:03:21 0:37:18

Average heat penalty 0:17:40

Robin and I are going to submit a scientific paper on the performance degradation inherent to being the last runner on the first hot day of the year. Robin is going to submit a further paper on “in-race training” where the first half of the race is the total amount of training he does for the second half of the race.

Team 1517
name Est Time Actual Elapsed Heat Penalty
Dan Pauls 1:30:00 1:27:34 1:27:34 -0:2:26
Shannon Carpenter 1:35:00 1:43:25 3:10:59 0:08:25
Hans Fransson 1:35:00 1:45:37 4:56:36 0:10:37
Kristen Harrison 1:55:00 2:17:51 7:14:27 0:22:51
Paul Trebilcock 1:30:00 1:40:08 8:54:35 0:10:08
Wes Roberts 1:35:00 2:00:15 10:54:50 0:25:15
Patrick Saile 1:34:00 1:50:41 12:45:31 0:16:41
Mike Murray 1:30:00 1:43:47 14:29:18 0:13:47
Average heat penalty 0:15:23
Dan Pauls! The fastest time of the day for all three teams and the only one to go negative on the heat penalty (by the way, BDENC blows up when trying to work out the strange phenomenon of “negative time”.)

Many, many thanks for making this a pleasure to put together! It’s a great reason to get a bunch of really good people together who are also really good trail runners. Next year? For sure. Oh, but no more race organizer’s sacrifice. Whatever team I’m on? I’m running first. I’m looking at you Al.

Event: Sulphur Springs Trail Race
 

last leg of the relay. A hot day and a really tough run for me at the end of it all. It started off well...too well. My first kilometre was 3:50. Do I take that as a signal of amateur stupidity? Nah. I blow past Anvil and carry on. Hey, it's hot, but I got this. Except that once my heart rate hit 160, I could never get it below that danger point. It was all I could do to crawl up the hill in the end.

Still! A fabulous day. It would be interesting to hear from the others wearing GPS watches because this was not a full 20 k.

C • 18.5 6

Easier one with lots of stretches.

Nice little four burner repeat of skunk holler. Feel good for Saturday. Evil hot and unsettled though it will be.