Training Log Archive: O Steve!In the 7 days ending Feb 23, 2018:
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Friday Feb 23, 2018 #
xc classic skiing 3:05:25 [3]
Kortie 29K Classic....
After a poor year of ski result for me I was just hoping to crack the top half of the field and feel good at the finish....The COL loppet and Gatineau Loppet, as well as one day of the Canadian Ski Marathon were very rough for me and demonstrated a real decline in my abilities.
Happy to report that I started in the back of wave one (to avoid being pulled out a to fast a pace).seemed to move up during the event and finished in the top 39% of the field and top 38% of my age group while managing to ski with good technique at a pace that left me spent at the end but a situation I dictated instead of the course dictating to me.....was happy to reach my goals for this event after significant apprehension...
my hope for the future is to stay at this ability level for a few years, but I reached my max potential for skiing in the mid to late 90's and the aging process is real if you been at it as long as I have...I have more places and more events I want to travel to and ski....Onward!
After a poor year of ski result for me I was just hoping to crack the top half of the field and feel good at the finish....The COL loppet and Gatineau Loppet, as well as one day of the Canadian Ski Marathon were very rough for me and demonstrated a real decline in my abilities.
Happy to report that I started in the back of wave one (to avoid being pulled out a to fast a pace).seemed to move up during the event and finished in the top 39% of the field and top 38% of my age group while managing to ski with good technique at a pace that left me spent at the end but a situation I dictated instead of the course dictating to me.....was happy to reach my goals for this event after significant apprehension...
my hope for the future is to stay at this ability level for a few years, but I reached my max potential for skiing in the mid to late 90's and the aging process is real if you been at it as long as I have...I have more places and more events I want to travel to and ski....Onward!
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018 #
Note
trying radical resting to see if I can help myself go a little better for the 29K korteloppet on Friday...dont plan on anything till after...
Sunday Feb 18, 2018 #
nordic (ice) skating.... 1:24:17 [3]
Skating the Rideau canal again after 28 years. I did some skating in some Winter Triathlons here back in 1990-91. Awesome experience on the worlds longest skating rink. Kari and I had fun as we skated to Dows Lake and back before the ice went to shit in 40F weather....we were so lucky with our timing...
Saturday Feb 17, 2018 #
xc classic skiing 2:51:30 [3]
Gatineau Loppet 27K....very hard/tough ski for me as I was totally spent 8K out from the finish...luckily the major downhills got me home . I felt like the course handled me instead of me handling the course. The climb to 18K did me in and I was just barely holding on for the last third after feeling it pretty good one third in...very mediocre result but on the plus side I held it together and skied to the finish relying on technique despite my shaky legs. Only one fall that could have been more since my legs were full of lactic acid half way through the course so I am happy I managed the tricky downhills well despite my weary legs/quads.
Not sure if aging or my recent sickness and/or knee issues have made this my new norm but I is 10% slower than I have ever been.....hopefully the kortie will go better but I will have to reassess what is realistically possible due to recent ski results. Looking to just break in to the top half and not feel totally cashed/done 8K-10 from the finish.....
Not sure if aging or my recent sickness and/or knee issues have made this my new norm but I is 10% slower than I have ever been.....hopefully the kortie will go better but I will have to reassess what is realistically possible due to recent ski results. Looking to just break in to the top half and not feel totally cashed/done 8K-10 from the finish.....