Monday Dec 31 |
 | weight machine 31:52 [1] | |
| ahr:101 |
| 3 sets, medium weights, 12-15 reps done quickly..... |
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| since its new years its time to review the best and worst of 2007....
(cant do it all at once so this will be an ongoing series this week)
Best race result of the year: Adventure O....we managed to finish first in our division over some more fit and younger (for me anyway) competition with some solid, and at times, cautious navigation while maintaining a smart pace....lucky also because "Off The Map" saved us from a passed control on the river....it wasnt a perfect race but our first race as newlyweds was one with good memories and interesting stories...
Worst race result of the year: Wild Adventure Race Spring Sprint...finished 5th in our division and that really wasnt the thing, I was ragged on the first O section but Kari COULD NOT get the safety bag line over the raft during the special test and we wasted 15 minutes on this and problems strapping the seats into the new inflatable kayaks....but problems did not end there....kayaking in the wind we never found our rythym and went into the bike leg "middle of the pack" or worse....a great bike leg put us back in contention in 3rd place....after minutes of searching we then gave away the tough control location to the team behind us to put us in a tie for 3rd when I decided to try and "hail mary" route choice to gap them and get on the podium...the idea wasnt bad but the execution was missing...after a butt slide to the beach where I ripped my pants we ran the beach in Hudson looking for the goat trail to lead us into the reentrant control location......alas we over shot it...ended up in someones back yard and had a sketchy, time wasting, where are we? back track to get the final control only to lose another place by seconds and finishing 5th to end our day of a comedy of errors.... |
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| Best O result of the year....Leb Hills East Red course....we moved well and did not have any major mistakes.....it seemed like a good day but it turned out even better....looking at results we finished 8th of 28th, beating some others I dont usually beat and finishing as close to Pete as I ever have...
Worst O result of the year....the Minnegoat at Telemark ate my/our lunch....hoping to go the full distance, the heat and booms killed that hope early and completely......despite a cautious approach we got sucked into following to the first control and wandered around with alot of others before locating CP 1....but the bad news didnt stop there, another missed control forced an early skip and another boom when I lost contact with the map and an unmarked trail completely took me off my game...forced to visit both CP's on Mt Telemark requiring a tough climb in the heat we were down to a hike which actually helped get the navigation back on track but the damage was done....we limped home and called it a day with a short course effort that completely did us in...... |
Sunday Dec 30 |
| xc skate skiing 3:16:50 [4] | |
| ahr:149 |
| Long ski...went out and did entire lap of the Loppet trail skiing from the apt, North to all the North trails at Wirth and skiing Butler, Bog, Brownie and a full lap of Cedar Lake before heading back North to the apartment....went easy and slow, single sticking the big hills, but it felt pretty hard anyway after 2 hours....guess I need to ski some longer stuff to minimize the suffering at the Birkie and other races....
perhaps my cold did not help either.....
with this workout I matched last year hours.... |
Saturday Dec 29 |
| xc classic skiing 1:17:54 [3] | |
| ahr:140 |
| one big loop at Hyland with Kari...the track around the lake was totally washed out but the other trails had great conditions.....still shaking off a cold and it seems I have relapsed a bit but with this snow and these conditions I refuse to take it easy.....Kari has really improved her technique and speed...today she made her Norwegian acestors proud as it seemed to be really clicking for her.... |
Friday Dec 28 |
| weight machine 30:07 [2] | |
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| 2 sets, light weights, 20 reps |
| Run 34:51 [3] | |
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| 1 loop+ of Harriet with Kari...includes cool down...29:14 on loop time....cold but love all the snow....... |
Thursday Dec 27 |
| xc skate skiing 1:00:47 [3] | |
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| skied from our apt across Wirth Lake and did an easy Public Gardens to Front nine and back loop back to our apts....I can now walk across the Parkway and double pole 30 meters to the trails West of Wirth Lake.....with the good conditions I've decided to put in some good snow time the next week to set me up for the ski marathons on my schedule.....perhaps if I get in decent skiing shape they will not hurt as much his year.....on a related note, I am 5 hours from matching last years training hours....very consistant without really trying.... |
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| ...still feeling the cold but if I keep pumping he pills I feel pretty good.. |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
| xc classic skiing 1:33:01 [3] | |
| weight:172.6lbs |
| one of those memorable epic skis....on the way back home, on Christmas day, Kari and I stopped off at Banning state park (right off I 35) for a quick ski on the classic only trails...after the recent snows the conditions were perfect and the scene amazing with snow covering the trees....we skied some groomed double track and some skied in single track down by a snowy river that included a few hole shots through a tunnel of low hanging branches that Kari excelled at...the recent snows have set us up nicely and our "Ski to Uptown" looks promising with about 12? people looking to make ski there way to the beer in Uptown......
and Happy Holidays Everyone!!....
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Monday Dec 24 |
| xc classic skiing 2:00:12 [3] | |
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| ...while Kari prepared Klub (a norwegian potato dumpling dish) for the family, I snuck out to the Superior Municipal Forest after a 10" snow to continue my buffet of trail sampling before the norwegian food buffet...found some great skied in tracks, did 3 loops and got home in time for dinner at 5pm.... |
Sunday Dec 23 |
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| cold with fever.....oh well...happy birthday to me... |
Saturday Dec 22 |
| xc classic skiing 1:27:39 [2] | |
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| ...Afterhours ski trail near Brule with Kari.....weirdest snow I have skied on in a long time...32 F plus, fresh snow on top of wet snow turned the track into mash potato/snow cone skiing with little to no glide....with no grooming we skied in skied in tracks that compacted on each stride and required double poling on down hills.....last time i saw this kind of thing was in Sweden at the Vasaloppet where I had to classic ski 90K the hard way...(where I promptly puked with 20K to go and finished in the dark to torches lighting the way)...this time we could quit after some slow K's and go back and admire their intelligently built warming hut...(recessed warming lights in the ceiling with a timer, i felt like fast food fries...a curtain rod and drapes in the corner for economical changing area)....nice trails that I will come back and ski some day with better conditions.... |
Friday Dec 21 |
| xc classic skiing 1:07:46 [3] | |
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| Up in Duluth/Superior for the holidays with Kari family....time to try some new trails.....Lester Park after a drizzly rain....we almost did not ski but I knew we would regret it if we didnt.......we did a quick change in the car and hit the lighted trails with some warm evening conditions and despite the slow snow we had a good time doing 3 loops..... |
| weight machine 30:09 [1] | |
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| 2 sets, light weights,15-20 reps with Kari |
Thursday Dec 20 |
| xc skate skiing 1:15:45 [3] | |
| ahr:141 |
| Wirth Lake-Front Nine loops....they groomed across the lake to the west side of Wirth Lake to add a K or so of trail....I assume this means that the entire Loppet trail is groomed now or will be groomed soon...some sheer ice on the lake you have to double pole....looking good for a ski to Uptown for me to celebrate old man status on January 5th.... |
Tuesday Dec 18 |
| xc skate skiing 55:34 [3] | |
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| skated loops from Wirth Lake parking lot to the front nine and back...one hard loop in 13:58 at close to race pace to push it a bit....wow, the snow was faster today and they had shoveled a bit (likely for the race last sat) I have to admit I enjoy twisting courses with moderate hills for skating as opposed to very hilly courses that challenge my HR and balance no matter what speed I am going...... |
Monday Dec 17 |
| weight machine 25:39 [1] | |
| ahr:105 |
| 2 set, heavy weights, 10-15 reps |
Sunday Dec 16 |
| xc classic skiing 2:50:21 [3] | |
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| ok, stretched it out a bit and got a decent long ski in....actually did one easy loop+ with Kari and one hard loop on my own at WOB...so I actually did a loop at 2 intensity and one at 4 but I will just average it to a 3....they have done a god job grooming....its nice to be able to do a long loop...I was thinking that the outer loop at WOB is a perfect striding loop....great mix of flats and hills that force you to use every technique you know.... |
Saturday Dec 15 |
| weight machine 30:43 [1] | |
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| 2 sets, light weights, 15-20 reps.. |
| stair stepper 20:00 [2] | |
| ahr:120 |
| inside after weights..... |
| eliptical machine 11:24 [2] | |
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| wanted to see the last bit of an HGTV show so added this after the stepper.... |
Friday Dec 14 |
| xc skate skiing 48:40 [4] | |
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| skied the trails from Wirth Lakes to the front nine and back with a few extra loops...used my race skis the first time....they are missing the heel plate on the binding from last year but I hardly noticed a difference...interesting..........I felt a bit faster this time (the ski's?) so that was a bit encouraging...I pushed the accelerator a bit for a tempo ski and I still had a few balance issues but it was better.....the back nine was ruined for skiing by grooming but the front nine is nice....probably best to do some flatter terrain until I get my skiing grooved in a bit... |
Wednesday Dec 12 |
| xc classic skiing 1:05:48 [2] | |
| ahr:122 |
| Kari and I skied French after work....good conditions with a few washouts in the track but the grooming was good as always... |
Tuesday Dec 11 |
| weight machine 29:05 [1] | |
| ahr:103 |
| 3 sets, medium weight, 15 reps.... |
Monday Dec 10 |
| xc classic skiing 2:08:14 [3] | |
| ahr:132 |
| ...left work early to get some ski time in...bog, butler, front nine loop... |
Sunday Dec 9 |
| xc classic skiing 50:44 [3] | |
| ahr:149 |
| the front nine at Wirth.... |
Saturday Dec 8 |
| weight machine 34:01 [2] | |
| ahr:113 |
| 3 sets, heavy weights, 8-12 reps |
Friday Dec 7 |
| weight machine 30:21 [1] | |
| ahr:105 |
| 2 sets, light weights, 15-20 reps........ |
| xc skate skiing 53:11 [4] | |
| ahr:152 |
| skated the back nine and the front nine at Wirth....grooming on the back nine on the mt bike trail side was sketchy....they got to aggressive with the groomer and brought up dirt on most of the trail.......I used rock skis and that was a good thing....I didnt have to worry at all and the trail skated fine....the front nine is perfect....I dont know if I am older, or its my unwaxed 20 year old rock skis but damn it felt slow....and it was work.....seems that feeling of gliding effortless over the snowy hills has not been present this year.... |
Thursday Dec 6 |
| xc classic skiing 48:12 [3] | |
| ahr:146 |
| ...on the Wirth golf course on the East side of the Parkway....skied in the dark on the waxless (very slow)...did a couple loops.....wow, what a start this year....looks like my ski hours will be doing quite nicely this winter if we keep a ski cover like we have....amazing...... |
Tuesday Dec 4 |
| weight machine 26:52 [1] | |
| ahr:105 |
| 3 sets...heavy weights...8-12 reps.... |
Monday Dec 3 |
| xc skate skiing 48:18 [4] | |
| ahr:152 |
| ...took out the 20 year old Peltonens out and skied Butler and the Bog.....no need for intervals.......just skiing the trail gets my heart up with all the hills.....felt a bit awkward as I learn to nuance my balance again
....more snow tonight?.....could a good ski season be looming?..... |
Sunday Dec 2 |
| xc classic skiing 1:46:21 [3] | |
| ahr:131 |
| ...got the no wax classic skis and hit the trails at Wirth with Kari....got more than we expected as the snow was good and the trails had been rolled....we did the golf course the back nine and skied the Loppet trail over to Wirth lake and paralleled Wirth Parkway back to the apt.......we had some skied in tracks here and there and broke trail a bit also...also invented out own too ski back closer to the apartment....a good start to hopefully a ski season with consistant conditions... |
Saturday Dec 1 |
| Stairs 30:15 [3] +213m | |
| ahr:132 |
| 16 flights with 23lb pack..... |
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| C • trend ? observations of an engineer 2 |