Training Log Archive: arg

Home to downtown, then around the waterfront - stopped in at the Oak Bay Tea Party, then at UVic where the 24hr relay was on.

Commute to work

Work to downtown and then home via Johnson to Shelbourne.

Back to Mt Newton and the hilly crit - did 20 laps and I'm not sure what the total time was - I'm guessing.

I had the usual trouble with getting to the race due to work commitments - jumped into the car and drove (drove!!!! I should have been on the bike and that would have counted as a great warm up) to the race. I had 14 minutes of warm up then right into it.

Hot. The one thing I stuck to today was to hydrate and I started early this morning. I also stuck to my plan to not pull the pack as much as I have and I hung back, although I did pull about 4 laps.

I could feel gravity working against my legs mid way thru and therefore hung back, but then a couple made a break and I set off after them in a half hearted pursuit: no one else followed and I figured buh, let them go - they might blow up in this heat. They didn't. I had a hard run last night in the heat and this might have been a factor, cuz I didn't feel strong on the bike, especially when climbing. I had to get off the saddle more than usual just to give my legs a break.

My sprint at the end was luke warm - I thought I had opened up a decent lead but I was out sprinted within my group of 4. It was nice to stop. Oh, yeah, an uphill sprint of course - was like slo-mo!

Running with the PIH-ers in Mt Doug: 3 laps of various tempo's of I can't remember what length. Hard tho', especially for me getting back into running.
Some steady uphill grunts, and then bursts of downhill.

Quick run thru Mt Doug from Blenkinsop side - up L'il Mt Doug, then around south base, crossed the entrance, then ran towards Glendinning, then back to Blenkinsop.