Training Log Archive: getawaystix

Circumnavigation of Sanibel Island. Sorted a somewhat respectable tandem from a local outfitter (most boats down here are wide sit-on-tops).
5:42 moving time
8.7kph avg. speed

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Beach run on Sanibel Island. Hip flexors were not very happy

On the Orange river w/ J VanDorp who's down for a weekend of training pre-Abu Dhabi

JVD on my road bike, while I drafted on my Dad's hybrid, kinda funny.
avg. ~34kph

Finally got around to posting my log from the AR World Champs.

http://www.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_7034/p...

It was one of the most difficult races for me mentally, since I kept f'n up the nav on the mtb legs and I was getting quite frustrated. Many thanks to my team-mates for putting up with it all.

It was a great course, with many highlights and it was cool being back at the Champs with such great competition (my last go around was in 2005). I'm pretty sure this was one of the deepest fields I've ever raced in, lots of talent from many teams I've never heard of. I didn't mind the loopy nature of the course, but would ultimately prefer point-to-point. They also looked after us quite well, with pick-up & transport from/to the airports & decent room & board (clean rooms, & good food).

It's too bad the online coverage was lack-luster (not many updates & a poorly updated leaderboard). This really shouldn't happen at the World Champs, which is supposed to be the biggest showcase for AR. In my opinion, when the contract is given to the host organization for the ARWC there should be a minimum set of standards provided that they're expected to meet (maybe this exists?). This would include proper online coverage. How hard would it be to develop a template website that each host of the ARWC could (or should be required) to use each year? I know Sleepmonsters and Trackme360 already have templates of this nature available.

It would also have been nice to have a standard set of rules & regs.? Rules & Regs were provided in 2005, so I'm not sure why Geoff Hunt doesn't mandate these for all World Champs? The pre-race briefing was pretty laughable, there were tons of questions, but Antonio (the Race Director) kept telling people to refer to the guidebook (which we were about to receive) where all our questions would be answered. They finally cut the meeting (with many unanswered Q's) with directions to find Antonio if we still had questions after reviewing the guidebook. A few hours later at dinner you should have seen the mob around Antonio with everyone trying to ask questions, again quite laughable, but also unfair, since I'm sure not everyone asked the same Q's & some teams would have ended up with information others wouldn't have. I think this all could have been avoided with a rules & regs. document distributed ahead of time.

Many thanks to Grant at Untamed for getting our team there by hosting a North American qualifier and providing awesome prizing, I'm looking forward to hearing his plans for Untamed in 2012.

The fella's from XPD Australia were also on hand touting the ARWC 2011 course. Point to point, 6 to 9 days, in Tasmania, sounds enticing.

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Orange River, easy paddle

22min, 11k warm-up (30 kph avg.)
24min, 15k up tempo (38.5 kph avg.)
22min, 11k easy spin
No wind, flat roads

marking k's for interval runs

5 min. warm-up
40 min. 10k tempo
5 min. cool down

Gotta add some swimming for Abu Dhabi, gonna get schooled by Van Dorp & Wells.

Orange River to Caloosahatchee River & back.
10min. warm-up, 1:15 up tempo, 5min. cool down

Out & back to Sanibel/Captiva Islands.

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