Training Log Archive: abiperk

Post-race: My left IT band is pretty banged up (though improving) and I have some gnarly tendonitis in my left wrist (not improving so quickly, likely in part because of the 30-pound toddler that needs some love). It took me 48 hours to be able to get down more than a couple bites of food, but yesterday I was finally able to start eating.

I've spent a lot of time thinking and reflecting about my own experience during the race, and the experience with the team. I'm a bit baffled by the nutritional issues and disappointed that I wasn't able to get on top of them. Lots of takeaways from this race and lots still to sort through. And as always, grateful for my teammates for keeping us together and getting us across the line in one piece.

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Stretching and yoga with the XC team. Also jogged around the track a bit, which felt surprisingly nice.

We left the pub around 6pm and got nearly up to the top of Carrantoohil (the highest mountain in Ireland) before we pulled out our headlamps. It was still rainy, windy, and foggy, and the knife edge peak was a little tricky, but we picked our way through it, and then across the ridge, and finally to the last CP and down the other side. We lost 5-10 minutes on Carrantoohil looking for the actual punch (the clue was 5m east of summit cross, and it ended up being 5m north. Wouldn't have been a big deal, if not for the conditions), but otherwise it was relatively uneventful.

We followed the arrows back to the road and trekked the final kilometers on road into the final TA, where we'd time out until daylight.

90 minutes on a bench inside a bright room.

Lazy canoe into the finish. Our 8th place position was set, and we wanted to enjoy the sun - finally!