Thursday May 31 |
 | Mountainbike 2:10:44 [3] 16.0 mi (8:10 / mi) +800m 4:24 / km | |
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| great ride at tiger with yumay, av and hayes, felt a bit under the weather at the end though... |
Wednesday May 30 |
| Orienteering 21:33 [4] 4 km (5:23 / km) +50m 5:04 / km | |
| (injured) |
| Local O event from SAMM at Robinswood park, two courses, took a 2min break inbetween... I had a very good second run where I only lost 17 sec to eric, but my first one was slow due to very tired legs from the weekend.. however it got drastically better towards the 2nd half.. the terrain was open and not too challenging, but due to the fast running speed it was great nav practice keeping on it at all times... on a not so good note, i am officially an idiot running at full speed with a sprained ankle, it is swollen again and hurts like hell... and here I go telling Matt he should not run when his knee hurts.... hmm |
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| C • 2 minutes rest.... 4 |
| Trail Run 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| warmup cooldown from to car and around a bit.. |
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| C • 10 mins? 1 |
Monday May 28 |
| Mountainbike 2:30:35 [2] 18.0 mi (8:22 / mi) +1015m 4:25 / km | |
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| yumay and I stayed at hood river wiht matt and alex and kim and peteris, headed out to ride post canyon and the whopee trail, incredible biking trails man do i wish we had those near seattle!! anyhow we had a great time and even my severely sore muscles and two very large and pussing heel blisters could not diminsh the fun... |
Sunday May 27 |
| Orienteering 11:40:30 [3] 41 km (17:05 / km) +2100m 13:36 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| BM24h night loop... got in, had my two nasty big blisters on the heel taken care of, taped up my sprained foot like a mummy, and hobbled out into the night.... missed the first checkpoint by one reentrant, funny enough again the one and only mistake Vlad made in 24h (excactly like last year's race, the first CP after the break)... moved slow at night due to terrain, us being tired, and thinking we d clean the course anyways... then in the early AM it looked like we d have to miss some, but around 3.30 am we picked it up in a very impressive manner and ran/powerhiked the last 7h... always great when you finish the race on a high note. |
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| C • It is the same for me. At aro... 2 |
Saturday May 26 |
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| Event: Big Muddy Ranch Rogaine #4
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| Orienteering 10:56:00 [2] 53 km (12:23 / km) +2300m 10:10 / km | |
| (injured) shoes: Montrail Hardrock #1 |
| Big Muddy 24h Rogaine at Antelope, OR, with Vlad again like last year, and a stellar performance from both (I felt very solid on foot the whole 24h, and Vlad felt better than last year, especially during the daytime hours)... Vlad again naved and did a superb job, but this time I did too for most of the race and was able to give plenty of good feedback. We finished 2nd overall, cleaning the course except for two CPs (one was never there to begin with and one was way too dangerous at night lodged inbetween cliffs so we gave up). MOMAR beat us, they had an even better race and finished about 30min ahead of us. I had one really scary moment when I fell into a deep ditch at nightfall and re-tore my ligament, its been torn so much that I was able to continue, but now my foot is elephantocious and there is a lot of blood lodged at the side below the skin, showing the sprain even better.. oh well, a couple of days rest are in order anyways.... |
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| C • Missing CP 3 |
Wednesday May 23 |
| Run 10:00 [2] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
| (injured) |
| test run 1mile
holy cr@p, this mornign i woke up wiht my elbow swollen to the size of a grapefruit, now I have a big cast on my arm.. brusitis... weird, now i am supposed to run the big muddy 24h with the cast.. |
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| C • Oh no! 7 |
Tuesday May 22 |
| Roadbiking (commute) 1:08:00 [3] 22.3 mi (3:03 / mi) +50m 1:53 / km | |
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| my taper bike ride became a zone 3 ride, i woke up in a very bad mood (after having gone to bed with one), work and the greencard crap is really getting me down, so I just biked it out... felt good... |
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| C • All out 6 |
| Roadbiking (commute) 1:09:12 [1] 22.3 mi (3:06 / mi) +50m 1:55 / km | |
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| felt great riding home even though it was zone 1, easy riding, great ride... |
Monday May 21 |
| Swimming 30:00 [2] | |
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| boy o boy my first swim in like 2 weeks... cant quite motivate myself to train for a race I only have about 10% chance to take part in now... long live the united states of america... my.a.. yep that one... |
Sunday May 20 |
| Trail Run 1:31:02 [2] 8.0 mi (11:22 / mi) +360m 6:12 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| run at cougar with brian morrison and alan gaston... they were too fast so after 30 min i let them go..crazy, brian just ran double si on friday (in 47 and 48 min!) and mc donald forest 50k on saturday.. i am such a wuss... |
Saturday May 19 |
| Trail Run 4:30:00 [2] 16.0 mi (16:52 / mi) +700m 9:14 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| Got to check with Glen on the exact times and distances... got up at 4am, started running before 5.30, wonderful run/hike/nav.. the course is done! |
Friday May 18 |
| Trail Run 3:52:00 [3] 10.0 mi (23:12 / mi) +730m 11:45 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| Course Checking and Vetting of the upcoming 4th Dimension Rogaine (www.4thDAR.com) with Glen Rogers, a phantastic evening run (since I accidentally locked my bike on the car and gave yumay the keys we had to run it all instead of run/bike).... ran until about 10pm, so the last one was in the dark but Glen did a really thorough job and found it right away... |
Thursday May 17 |
| Mountainbike (commute) 1:17:55 [2] 22.3 mi (3:29 / mi) +50m 2:09 / km | |
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| wish i could say it was a great ride, but i hacked up about a gallon of snot from my lungs and nose, so it was a bit less enjoyable than usual... but hey, i m getting better... |
| Mountainbike 2:01:12 [3] | |
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| ride at tiger with AV and chip from manny's... poopoo point back, iverson, great ride, superb weather, and AV gave me some good tips and pointers to improve my technique... |
Wednesday May 16 |
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| Third consec day of zip, nada.. good taking some off days.. feeling about 80% better now, tomorrow I m up for some fun again... |
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| C • Sick days 3 |
Monday May 14 |
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| Totally stuffed up, will give my body a couple of day's rest... it deserves it. |
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| Updated:
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Sunday May 13 |
| Mountainbike 2:00:00 [2] 10.0 mi (11:59 / mi) +600m 6:17 / km | |
| (sick) |
| Appx for the Sunday AM session, got all but 6 CP locations done... phew... lots of work on the computer too, probably another 5-10 hours.... |
Saturday May 12 |
| Mountainbike 4:00:00 [2] 20.0 mi (11:59 / mi) +750m 6:41 / km | |
| (sick) |
| Appx time on the bike marking the CP locations for the upcoming rogaine... |
| Trail Run 2:30:00 [3] 6.0 mi (24:59 / mi) +1000m 10:14 / km | |
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| Appx hiking sections, including a grueling hike-a-bike up a cliff... will certainly cross that off the list... |
Friday May 11 |
| Roadbiking 1:11:28 [1] 20.5 mi (3:29 / mi) | |
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| easy spin with yumay to kenmore and back... could not ride hills yet with her swollen ankle, so we kept it flat... |
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| C • Yumay's ankle 2 |
Thursday May 10 |
| Trail Run 1:01:30 [3] 6.8 mi (9:02 / mi) +10m 5:36 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| run down to the 5MM and back on the samamish river... |
Wednesday May 9 |
| Mountainbike 3:27:00 [2] 49.0 mi (4:12 / mi) +660m 2:31 / km | |
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| from seattle to kenmore, redmond, issaquah, high point way, and up to CP2 at BEAST (retrieving wiht matt).. great long ride... |
Tuesday May 8 |
| Roadbiking (commute) 1:07:30 [3] 22.3 mi (3:01 / mi) +30m 1:52 / km | |
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| #50, woke up at 5 but worked from home until 7 that it would be much warmer to cycle... wanted to take it easy but i got so invigorated by the sun that after an easy start i kept going faster and finished pretty speedy.. |
| Roadbiking (commute) 1:02:45 [3] 22.3 mi (2:48 / mi) +30m 1:44 / km | |
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| WHOA! planned on an easy ride but then got on the burke after work and immediately saw this carbon-laden-daddy-paid-for-it college student going 20-22mph up the trail... caught up and then alternatively fought our way through the strong crosswinds, dropped him after a while... halfway around 34min... going south was crazy... i sometimes was going 31MPH down the sammamish river trail... the wind was blowing so hard it was bending the trees... |
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| C • Take em down 3 |
Monday May 7 |
| Run 15:00 [2] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| ran to proclub |
| Run 30:00 [3] 3.5 mi (8:34 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail Continental Divide |
| treadmill run during circuit training, anywhere from 11 min/mile to 6 min/mile... lots of changing around |
| Upper body/Strength 30:00 [4] | |
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| killer strenght training during circuit training... yumay wanted me to go and i was hesitant first.. but it was good.... |
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| C • Gym Training 2 |
Sunday May 6 |
| Mountainbike 3:49:45 [2] 47.0 mi (4:52 / mi) +700m 2:54 / km | |
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| riding out to issaquah to test the BEAST #2 course... biked the bike portion and rode back..., great day for a workout... |
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| C • Calories 9 |
| Trail Run 36:30 [4] 2.7 mi (13:31 / mi) +640m 4:50 / km | |
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| ran/speedhiked up to tiger #3, with a big ole pack carrying my bike gear.. |
| Trail Run 40:00 [2] 3.8 mi (10:30 / mi) +100m 6:03 / km | |
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| down and up to tiger #2, then via TMT and seattle view trail down to the issaquah trail and eventually out to the plateau and back to the bike... |
| Portage 10:00 [3] 0.5 mi (19:58 / mi) | |
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| Amaruk portage back, tough... |
| Paddling (Amaruk 2p) 1:10:00 [2] 6.0 mi (11:40 / mi) | |
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| Paddled from the Sammamish Slough up to the mouth of Lake Sammamish until the currents became so torrent that I had us turn around.. Yumay begged me to try to continue but I disfavored a potential capsize of our blue whale (like last year twice)... was a great outing though, pretty tough getting out, super fast back... |
Saturday May 5 |
| Roadbiking 4:06:05 [2] 97.5 km (2:31 / km) +810m 2:25 / km | |
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| NLake Wash loop, out to cougar, down to I-90, through seattle to the locks, via UW and bothell back..., with yumay... bejing duck for lunch in chinatown.. yummy! |
Friday May 4 |
| Trail Run 52:00 [3] 5.5 mi (9:28 / mi) +60m 5:41 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| luch run with bill at the arboretum... forgot how much fun those were... |
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| C • Arboreteum 4 |
| Trail Run 45:00 [1] 4.0 mi (11:14 / mi) | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Lime#2 |
| totally out of whack... run/hike with yumay before i called it a day... thought i was getting sick but now i feel considerably better again... |
Thursday May 3 |
| Mountainbike (commute) 1:24:15 [2] 22.2 mi (3:46 / mi) +30m 2:21 / km | |
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| exp.style ride to work... pack was weighing a cow and a half... brought all the food, clothing, to stock up... |
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| C • 1 |
| Mountainbike 2:02:00 [2] 17.0 mi (7:11 / mi) +600m 4:01 / km | |
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| Team Ride @ Tiger, AV, Ruri, Yumay and I showed up... big ride.. fire road to Iverson, back via singletrack, up via connector and then to preston, but took fire road that circumnavigates the singletrack and then via long way around to NW timber... |
Wednesday May 2 |
| Roadbiking (commute) 1:15:23 [3] 22.5 mi (3:21 / mi) +40m 2:04 / km | |
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| to gym and from gym to work |
| Swimming 30:00 [3] 1.5 km (20:00 / km) | |
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| swim @ima |
| Roadbiking 26:45 [1] 8.0 mi (3:21 / mi) +10m 2:04 / km | |
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| to bus and home from bellevue... |
| Trail Run 46:08 [3] 5.7 mi (8:06 / mi) +10m 5:00 / km | |
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| first run since twisting my ankle.. felt good, ran fast-ish... |
Tuesday May 1 |
| Spinning 1:00:00 [4] 12.0 mi (4:59 / mi) +500m 2:45 / km | |
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| awesome spin cycling class at proclub, pseudo hills and intervals... phew.. almost threw up and drank two bottles of water in 1h.... |
| Swimming 20:00 [3] 1 km (20:00 / km) | |
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| ez relax swim afterwards... |