Training Log Archive: Timato

Out training with Gally around the Hilton Falls area. Crazy the amount of fencing that has gone up to keep people off of some of the open areas.

Light run with Kristen before dinner.

Road out to Elora and back. Wanted to try a new route, road was pretty good to ride on.

Run into work.

On the way into work, hill repeats. 2 sets of 3 with a 2 min break inbetween.

Light run before work.

Good night at ball hockey as we played at Waterloo Rec which has the large size rink. Lots of running, which is one of the main reasons why I go. Had lots of energy the whole night.

Out for a ride after work with a co-worker. Was nice to get out with someone for a short ride.

Really pushed on this ride, felt really good to be out in the hot sun.

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Ran from my house up to King Street Cycle and back to pick up some stuff. Got there 10 min after they closed.

Run along the Grand River on my way into work.

Run home from work.

Iight run to strech out the legs.

Event: 2010 US Team Trials for WOC
 

A fun race with Bender. Started with an aweful paddle, but the rest of the day was a lot of fun. I was a bit worried about racing with Chris knowing the speed he can go at, but it wasn't too bad. On foot he definitly pushed me and the pace. A great day outside and really nice too see so many friends.

I wanted a low impact workout because my hip had some lingering soreness this morning. Jumped on the stair climber and climbed for 60 min.

A light run around my area to see how my hip feels. Felt fine after, but the next day some soreness.

Early morning run with Eddie in Hilton Falls. Hip was a little sore by the end which is something I haven't had before, will have to monitor it.

Decided to walk to work since it was so nice out and I figured it would help to stretch out my legs. Gave some thought to taking my bike on my walk for the added training, but after some reflection I figured that might be pushing it. I did just complete at 24 hour race so don't want to over do it.

May take the bike out for a short 20/30 minute walk after work, but that will depend on how I feel after work.

Headed out to Halifax with Audrey to do the Eco-Endurance Rogaine. I had heard good things about this event and when Audrey and I tried to go about picking a Rogaine to do this year we decided on this one.

This race is put on by the Halifax Search and Rescue group and you definitely saw that with all the safety put into the race. There were at least 6 different emergency points setup on the map where you could stop by a warm fire and to grab water if needed. Also the main road was highlited as being patrolled and when ever we were on this road it probably wasn't more then 10 minute between seeing an ATV or truck with someone looking out for racers in need. The race had 161 teams entered so there were also lots of people out on the course which made it a lot of fun to be constantly passing people going in different directions.

We started out heading south and took a long outside loop around the course. My goal was to get to the line-o section by around 4 pm to be able to complete it in the daylight. It turns out that the Line-O wasn't nearly as tough as in a GHO event and we should have taken a bit more time to pick-up a few more controls even if it meant getting to the Line-O in the dark. Came across the top of the map with a long section under hydro lines. The trail on this section went from flooded, to barely there back to easy to follow a number of times and made this very interesting to move along. We hit the Aerial Photot section in the middle of the night. We probably moved along here a bit slower because it was in the dark, but we were able to move through it without any issues. I really liked that section because of the change of pace it gave you in the middle of the race. The only major issue we ran into was at a small group of controls near the start/finish. I just couldn't figure out the hill tops were were trying to find and eventually we decided to bail and continue on with a plan to come back if time allowed. We then headed through the start/finish again and worked out way up the middle of the course to collect other check points. At some time along this point I realized 2 things. One, I'd missed one point with high point value early on as we worked the outside loop and two, we probably shouldn't have dropped any controls as it was probably doable to clear the course, or at least come close to that.

We came through the start/finish again around 9 am and now only had a few points we could pick-up without going to the far end of the course again. So first we went back and grabbed the 3 from the night before that I had botched up. Then as we worked our way out of the woods we realized we had just a bit less then 2 hours to try to get the one I'd forgotten the day before. We headed off with a 4-5 k road run around the main road, then headed into the woods to grab it and then had another 4-5 k road run back to the finish. We were able to do that in about 1:20 h and pulled into the finish still able to collect the 20 points bonus for finishing before 11:30.

Ended up in 4th place overall. The first place team cleared the whole course and were done around 8 am. Second and third also cleared the course, and finished around 10 am. Looking at it again I think we probably could have cleared the course, but I don't expect we would have finished before any of those teams. So we felt really good about our race and where we ended up. Also discussed a few ideas for next time to help us avoid making mistakes like forgetting to grab a control.

I'd definitely recommend this race to anyone interested. Race is really well run and finishes with a full roast beef dinner at the awards ceremony. Also the area is very interesting to navigate in with a healthy mix of trails, dense woods and clear cut areas.

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Event: Tenth Annual Eco-Endurance Challenge