Training Log Archive: abiperkIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2022:
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Thursday Mar 31, 2022 #
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Wednesday Mar 30, 2022 #
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Road Run 48:02 4.42 mi (10:52 / mi) +89ft 10:40 / mi
ahr:145 max:168 shoes: La Sportiva Mutant - coral
90 degrees and breezy, high sun
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022 #
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Monday Mar 28, 2022 #
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Strength 21:04
ahr:102 max:132
Sunday Mar 27, 2022 #
Paddle 2:37:30 3.89 mi (40:29 / mi) +100ft 39:32 / mi
ahr:84 max:109
Time includes stops for lunch and snorkeling.
Saturday Mar 26, 2022 #
Road Run 53:55 5.59 mi (9:39 / mi) +59ft 9:33 / mi
ahr:147 max:173 shoes: La Sportiva Mutant - coral
Thursday Mar 24, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift ) 1:16:18 [3] 22.42 mi (17.6 mph) +575ft
shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Strength 19:46
ahr:111 max:139
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022 #
Kayak Erg 1:30:17
ahr:135 max:163
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022 #
Climbing 1:01:03 +6ft
ahr:87 max:139
Bike - Roads (Zwift ) 44:58 10.96 mi (14.6 mph)
ahr:109 max:134 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Saturday Mar 19, 2022 #
Adventure Racing 19:07:18 67.93 mi (16:53 / mi) +10577ft 14:43 / mi
ahr:117 max:171
After a short prologue that had Brent running to a small beach and back, we set off on bike. A complicated trail system made for a few tense moments with several teams criss-crossing each other and doubling back, as everyone tried to get their bearings. Joel and Brent pieced it together after a couple false starts, and we made our way through without too much trouble. We ran into mayer22 and company at the last CP, troubleshooting some issues with Earl's bike. They ultimately managed to finagle a fix, but I know he was down most of his gears for the rest of the race.
From there, we had a small foot loop, and then back on our bikes for a linear mostly-road ride to the fingery and expansive Philpott Lake, for what was meant to be a 20+ mile paddle/trek.
Before the race, RD Michelle Faucher had warned of a potential portage in an early update and then tempered that language in a later one. She suggested that they might come in handy but that a team could still complete the course successfully without them. We opted to bring them with, just in case, and when we looked at the map we saw what felt like the perfect opportunity to put them to use -- a 5km rolling stretch, largely on road, which would cut off more than 10km of paddling. So, as other teams put on the water, we loaded up the boat and our gear on Joel's powerhouse wheels and he and I maneuvered the setup through the neighborhood while Brent studied the map. We got a few funny comments along the way, but all in good spirits!
Team Odyssey took the same approach, leaving ten minutes before us. With Joel's wheels, we caught them about a kilometer from our put-in and traveled together until the first CP.
We hit two points from land and then got on the water for four hours of paddling, trekking, and precision nav. It was so fun criss-crossing with teams from every direction - you know it's a well-designed section when everyone is taking different routes and different approaches and there's no "right" way to do it.
We had the wind at our backs for almost all of it, and didn't envy the teams that fought headwinds for much of the trip down the lake to the rogaine.
We pulled off the water just after 6pm - knowing at that point that we were in front but unsure whether our lead was ten minutes or an hour - and transitioned quickly to a 30km-ish bike loop, a mix of road and trail out to and back from a giant dam. We started with the trails to take advantage of the waning daylight. Our hope was to get all the way to the CP25, the dam at the southern end of the loop, before turning on our lights. We ended up making it around almost to CP27 before needing them, the later sunset seven hours south of home a welcome surprise!
The next section was a shorter paddle with 5 CPs. It was a gorgeous night, and the full moon meant that we went largely without lights. But the winds made the bigger crossings pretty harrowing, and we found ourselves adjusting our route intentions and making plans to abandon our boat and gear and swim/run the couple kilometers back to shore in the event of a flip. We got back to TA pretty wide-eyed.
The final leg was a big linear trek, largely off-trail, through a complicated mess of spurs and reentrants. We knew there was the potential to lose hours on a single point, so we moved through it deliberately, Brent and Joel bouncing off the maps and me holding the pace count. We had one bobble, wasting about 20 minutes on a hillside awash in rhodo, but otherwise our strategy and execution worked well.
After running through the maze of trails that we'd traversed during the first bike leg, we hit the finish right after 5am for the overall win.
Our plan was to sleep for a little while and then head home in hopes of seeing Z in her first climbing competition, but the whipping winds prevented us from snoozing and we were delayed a bit as we waited for all the gear to make its way back. And so it was that we found ourselves snoozing in a gas station parking lot on the endless drive through Virginia, settling instead for a virtual play-by-play of the event and an epic recap over dinner.
Overall, we couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Perfect weather, a creative and fun course, and a great reunion to start off the AR season.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022 #
Bike - Roads 47:49 9.25 mi (11.6 mph)
ahr:106 max:127
Climbing 1:13:05
ahr:98 max:139
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022 #
Trail Run 42:27 3.87 mi (10:58 / mi) +406ft 9:59 / mi
ahr:152 max:183 shoes: Altra Lone Peak 5 (gray)
Bike - Roads 10:49 2.37 mi (13.1 mph) +174ft
ahr:135 max:151 shoes: Niner Air9 RDO
Just wanted to make sure my bike still works...
Monday Mar 14, 2022 #
Strength 20:55
ahr:105 max:126
Sunday Mar 13, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 1:05:02 17.18 mi (15.9 mph) +860ft
ahr:123 max:145 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Strength 20:20
ahr:101 max:138
Saturday Mar 12, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 3:19:17 59.29 mi (17.9 mph) +1837ft
ahr:128 max:178 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
S gave me until 8am before coming in and demanding attention. I'll take it.
Friday Mar 11, 2022 #
Climbing 47:00
ahr:109 max:137
Body Work 1 [0]
Thursday Mar 10, 2022 #
Kayak Erg 1:30:22
ahr:138 max:168
Road Run 56:13 5.01 mi (11:13 / mi) +550ft 10:10 / mi
ahr:149 max:183 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Strength 23:06
ahr:119 max:157
Wednesday Mar 9, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 1:07:54 21.45 mi (19.0 mph) +492ft
ahr:135 max:164 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Climbing 1:09:11
ahr:102 max:135
Tuesday Mar 8, 2022 #
Trekking 1:53:11 7.46 mi (15:10 / mi) +475ft 14:19 / mi
ahr:121 max:162 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Monday Mar 7, 2022 #
Kayak Erg 21:12
ahr:133 max:148
Road Run 57:19 4.25 mi (13:29 / mi) +581ft 11:56 / mi
ahr:124 max:156 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Sunday Mar 6, 2022 #
Road Run 48:08 4.29 mi (11:13 / mi) +404ft 10:18 / mi
ahr:143 max:173 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Climbing 1:10:52
ahr:110 max:146
Friday Mar 4, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 1:08:40 22.45 mi (19.6 mph) +686ft
ahr:126 max:158 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Kayak Erg 1:00:28
ahr:140 max:170
Strength 20:45
ahr:113 max:136
Thursday Mar 3, 2022 #
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 3:00:25 52.09 mi (17.3 mph) +2110ft
ahr:112 max:157 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Wednesday Mar 2, 2022 #
Climbing 1:06:24
ahr:96 max:170
Bike - Roads (Zwift) 1:10:09 21.0 mi (18.0 mph) +896ft
ahr:128 max:156 shoes: Wahoo Kickr Bike
Tuesday Mar 1, 2022 #
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Kayak Erg 24:15
ahr:131 max:158
Road Run 1:00:10 4.64 mi (12:58 / mi) +745ft 11:15 / mi
ahr:148 max:195 shoes: Hoka Rincon - Red
Strength 20:37
ahr:119 max:143