Training Log Archive: arcticQnIn the 7 days ending Oct 12, 2008:
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Sunday Oct 12, 2008 #
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Pinnacle Challenge, Newport, NH
Multi-discipline race (Pinnacle Challenge) 2:33:00 [5] 28.0 mi (5:28 / mi)
This was an excellent race! Can't wait to do it again next year...even as sore as I am today (monday).
Started off on a mass start "road" run (that was half on a rail trail and started on a grassy field) for 5miles, transitioned to a 6 mile mountain bike, which was decently technical and most on singletrack with some good hills thrown in. Then transitioned to a 13mile road bike, fairly flat with one good hill and a wicked headwind (both ways - no drafting allowed), then onto a 3.5mile trail run (similar trails to the mtn bike course, singletrack, rocky and rooty footing) then onto the finish!
I put a lot into teh road run since Tora was pacing me and I was worried about the other girls being stronger on the bike sections, so getting onto the bike was hard, and then harder to get going on the road bike, and then even harder to get going on the trail run! Amazing how that works. I think I had a good pace going, only getting passed by a few guys on the mtn bike, and then another few guys on the road, as well as one girl on a TT bike, which apparently would have helped my situation, but I passed her teammate on the trail run so it was all good.
Ended up 1st overall Solo Woman, crushing the course record! Won the road run and mtn bike splits for solo woman but lost 1.5mins to Jen Shultis on the road bike (no excuses but she DID have a TT bike... ) and a mere 30s to Matt Boobar's girlfriend on the trail run after I had wasted myself earlier in the race. Oh well.
I cleaned up with a half gallon of local maple syrup and $150! Awesome!
Results are here: http://www.team-pinnacle.org/race-results3.php?res...
Started off on a mass start "road" run (that was half on a rail trail and started on a grassy field) for 5miles, transitioned to a 6 mile mountain bike, which was decently technical and most on singletrack with some good hills thrown in. Then transitioned to a 13mile road bike, fairly flat with one good hill and a wicked headwind (both ways - no drafting allowed), then onto a 3.5mile trail run (similar trails to the mtn bike course, singletrack, rocky and rooty footing) then onto the finish!
I put a lot into teh road run since Tora was pacing me and I was worried about the other girls being stronger on the bike sections, so getting onto the bike was hard, and then harder to get going on the road bike, and then even harder to get going on the trail run! Amazing how that works. I think I had a good pace going, only getting passed by a few guys on the mtn bike, and then another few guys on the road, as well as one girl on a TT bike, which apparently would have helped my situation, but I passed her teammate on the trail run so it was all good.
Ended up 1st overall Solo Woman, crushing the course record! Won the road run and mtn bike splits for solo woman but lost 1.5mins to Jen Shultis on the road bike (no excuses but she DID have a TT bike... ) and a mere 30s to Matt Boobar's girlfriend on the trail run after I had wasted myself earlier in the race. Oh well.
I cleaned up with a half gallon of local maple syrup and $150! Awesome!
Results are here: http://www.team-pinnacle.org/race-results3.php?res...
Saturday Oct 11, 2008 #
Mtn Biking 1:30:00 [3]
Pre-riding the mtn bike and run courses for tomorrow's race. Walked a few of the run shortcuts so we didn't have to come out again.
Friday Oct 10, 2008 #
Swimming 30:00 [1]
lapppsss... the water felt thick today... don't know how that would be possible..but perhaps I am stronger and therefore able to kick harder and pull more water?? dunno.
Thursday Oct 9, 2008 #
Mtn Biking 1:00:00 [3]
Ride the trails in Newport to prep for teh Pinnacle Challenge. The director had said it was going to be technical so i was prepared for massabesic but with hills. Ended up not being too bad at all. Lots of rocks and roots in the beginning, witha stair climb up a ski jump and some gradual hills, then some sweet downhill sections for the second half. Should be good! trails were hard to see for all the leaves that have fallen already.. hopefully they'll blow away before the race so i don't have to guess whichway to go!
Wednesday Oct 8, 2008 #
Swimming 35:00 [2]
Felt so good to swim again, and especially on the sore legs.
Spinning bike 45:00 [3]
warmup, 4x1min intervals with lots of "rest" between, cool down, while watching Street Kings. seemed to be mostly just a spinning workout, pretty even.
Running 10:00 [4]
After the bike, we transitioned to a quick run around the block (which is just over a mile) just to get the body used to the feeling of switching for this weekend's race.
Tuesday Oct 7, 2008 #
Core strength (pilates) 1:00:00 [1]
Felt so good to stretch and warmup the sore muscles. My knee (the one i had injured in the spring) didn't feel good though. Not sure if it is becasue of the highlander, or a combination of that and the pilates putting pressure on it. (it feels a bit better today (Thursday).)
Monday Oct 6, 2008 #
Running (recovery) 32:00 [3]
ahr:135 max:165
Easy run in the dark around the north haverhill "neighborhood". up and down on roads, around whatever roads made loops. the route happened to be mostly paved which didn't feel good on the legs. Surprisingly though, i'm not as sore as I thought i would be. My hip flexor, especially on my right side, is quite sore but not as bad as the last highlander (2005?)
I'm definitely in better shape now and I think the amount of biking has certainly helped the hip flexors and general fitness.
I'm definitely in better shape now and I think the amount of biking has certainly helped the hip flexors and general fitness.