Training Archive: O Steve!In the 7 days ending 2008-01-06:
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Sunday Jan 6 | ||
| Run 1:19:46 [3] | |
| Planned to do a long ski but the weather just did not look promising with all warm temps.....Kari and I did a run up and back on Summit checkig out all the sights....felt good because I took it easy... | ||
Saturday Jan 5 | ||
| xc classic skiing 2:17:16 [3] | |
| ahr:130 weight:171.6lbs | ||
| Ski from Wirth to Uptown with big group.....what do you get when you mix cross country skiing, the winding Loppet trail to Uptown, a group of fun people,great temps, good snow,decent grooming , schnaaps, pizza and beer?.....One of my best Birthday celebrations ever....everyone seemed to enjoy the day....I wish all training was like this.... | ||
Friday Jan 4 | ||
| xc classic skiing 41:26 [3] | |
| ahr:130 | ||
| ....skied short cuts over to bog and JD gardens..........hard pack, with shallow tracks...some wiped out....disappointing grooming.....doesnt look they have done much in 4 days.....with this snow you think they would be doing a bit more..... | ||
Thursday Jan 3 | ||
| xc skate skiing 50:00 [4] | |
| weight:172.8lbs | ||
| Tough part of ski workout skiing the Butler and the Bog....recorded 177HR as a max.... | ||
| xc skate skiing 48:01 [3] | |
| ahr:150 | ||
| skied Wirth Lake, JD Gardens, Front nine loop.....less hill but I pushed a bit...averaged 150HR for the entire workout....
decided with the good temps to leave work and get in some decent K's at a decent pace....hard pack trails with hit and miss track that could use a good grooming....Wirth doesnt keep it up like the former home course, French......hopefully they will groom for the weekend group ski..... | ||
| Note | |
| Best Split of the Year: I Managed to average 22.5 mph on the bike at the Chisago Lake Triathlon which came close to being my fastest avg speed on the bike in over 200 triathlons and 22 years of competing.......not sure why it went so well but I suprised my 49 year old self with a split that I would have been proud of 15 years ago...and all this despite training mainly on my mountain bike.....
Worst Split of the Year: So what happens when you rent a full blown racing canoe after having done the Tri-Loppet the year before in a slower boat with visions of hull speed that you can surf off of?....you manage to go 5 minutes SLOWER despite being in as good as paddling shape....its a mystery....after thinking I could paddle Kari into a pretty good shape for the overall womens field we found ourselves bleeding time abound the turns and ending up behind the eight ball coming up the bank..... | ||
| C • Birthday ski? 2 | ||
Wednesday Jan 2 | ||
| Note | |
| more best/worst of 2008
Most enjoyable event of 2008: Hiking Mt Katahdin...I'm new to hiking and bagging peaks but it has proven to capture my desire for accomplishment and adventure. Scrambling with Kari up a the steep rock slide to the saddle in a remote area of Northern Maine to reach the summit is a memory that keeps coming back to me and putting a smile on my face. Just under 8 hours to get up and down with a consistant effort was a perfect adventure for the two of us.With less emphasis on results and more focus on adventurous experiences I think this will become more a part of my future. Most forgetable event: The Nerstrand Trail Half Marathon was relocated to the roads after significant rain and we had set a challeging (but seemingly doable) goal to get under 2 hours. Not only did I figure out after 2 miles that it was not going to happen based on our mile splits it was a very difficult grind for me (and Kari) from mile 3 on....we suffered in silence in order to come in at 2:03...lots of effort for very little benefit...I am not sure what caused all the slow times (most repeat participants went slower) but it was not a race experience I would want to repeat.... | ||
| C • Welcome to 2008 2 | ||
| Note | |
| weight:173.4lbs | ||
| Im not huge on goal setting....I usually find that if I feel compelled to do something I dont need to set a goal to do it....its more a matter of uncovering events/experiences that capture my imagination and then letting my passion and interest carry me....with that in mind here are some things I hope/plan to do this year....
-average over 7 hours/week of training...did 7.17 last year....with planned surgery in March which will cause a dent, this is realistic.... -place in 2 triathlons this year, planning on doing 4...managed to place top 3 in AG in 3 of 4 "minor league" swim triathlons last year... given my "non specific" training I was very happy with my performances... -climb Pikes Peak...my first 14er...hoping to sneak a quick visit to my brother in Colorado Springs -Lose 2 lbs and maintain...would like to get weight back down to the 170 range (its been 173 lately, I have drifted up 2 lbs in the last year)...might help on my ski marathons coming up if I can do it now... -finish Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon in the Scottish Highlands novice division with Kari... -Finish a 12 hour Adventure Race with Kari....(and Dan and Rebecca?)....sounds easy but I am worthless after 8 hours... -Weight train and average of 1.7 or 88 times this year....use it or lose it at this age...and I feel better doing everything else when I am toned...major change here... -place in Division in both planned sprint AR's (would love to finish first in Adv O again but we might be living on borrowed time) -would like to plan and complete some unique adventure training events... (more later but this is good for now) | ||
| weight machine 28:48 [1] | |
| ahr:102 weight:173.4lbs | ||
| 2 sets, light weights, 15-20 reps | ||
Tuesday Jan 1 | ||
| Snowshoe 18:50 [2] | |
| Snowshoed with Kari over to the mountain bike trail from the apartment....pretty cold today... | ||
| trail running 50:16 [3] | |
| ...Kari recommended we ditch the snowshoes and carry them with us on a loop of the snowy mt bike trail at Wirth...great winter scenery....did the mt bike loop in 38:58 and then ran home......nice workout on a frigid day... | ||
Monday Dec 31 | ||
| weight machine 31:52 [1] | |
| ahr:101 | ||
| 3 sets, medium weights, 12-15 reps done quickly..... | ||
| Note | |
| 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.... | ||
| Note | |
| 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...... | ||