Training Log Archive: kensr

Balance Bar 24 hr, Ringwood, NJ
Comfortable pace, except mtn biking where my lack of experience made it a struggle. Otherwise felt good throughout. Nav and route choice dead-on all day (and night).
Excellent 15 km o-course on expanded Ringwod map. Then 32 mile bike section with some good control placements. Brutal 4 mile hike-a-bike (never been rock climbing with a 35# bike strapped to my back before). Kayak 9 miles and final 16 mile night trek.
Companion team to Bernie Bretton's Team Murphy's Law -- both more or less together until kayak section, where they picked up 20 min on us.
Ended up 3rd all-male team and 16th overall of 53 teams.

Balance Bar 24 hr, NYC. On the aircraft carrier Intrepid. From the pier, up 6 flights of stairs to the flight deck. Down the deck to rappel ropes for a rappel ~60' into the Hudson (the ropes stopped 15' short of the water). Then swim 100m to a cargo net where we climbed up to the elevator platform -- really brutal on the arms! Sprint up to the bow, zip line back into the Hudson. Swim to a barge and climb a rope ladder to the deck. Then a run back to the start/finish.

Wall weights 2 sets 75/40

10.26/.25 --- Pleasant Valley/Grn Mtn Tpke loop CW, then 1 lap around Pines.
20:55/43:00 and 3:17