Training Log Archive: silkychrome

Event: Bonk Hard Berryman 12+hr AR
 

start at 0630. finished around 2145? cutoff was 2230. for a 12hr race. Gary usually gets his time estimates right but this one was way off. no team cleared. we skipped 3 CPs at the end and still got 2nd/3rd overall (2P and Not 2P). fun day in the woods though. great to have Carrie back, and superb effort from our 6th man, Brad.

TREK 1, separator, CPs 1-5, 5k, wore Hokas, did not get stung by bees

BIKE 1, CPs 6-10, 17 miles, mix of doubletrack/gravel/pavement, had to fix a flat.

PADDLE 1, CPs 11-12, 7.5 miles, with bikes in boats. Brad and I got stuck in a tree but he saved the day, and the $$ bikes. super impressive.

TREK 2, CPs 41-42, 3.5k, these were free-choice CPs worth 2 pts, we chose to attack on foot from the west just before paddle take-out at CP12

BIKE 2, CPs 13-14, <5 miles
(the end of BIKE 2 was the most we knew about the course at the start.)

TREK 3, CPs 15-23, plotted on the clock. very physical! took us 4 hrs at hiking pace, but super accurate nav by David. brought us back to the paddle take-out (CP12)

PADDLE 2, CP 24, maybe 4-5 miles?? brought us back to the bike drop (CP14). rained on us the whole time but no bikes in boats! whee!

BIKE 3, CPs 25-29 plus 2-pointers 38, 39, 40. had to plot these in the rain which took forever. we had a sweep route but skipped 27, 28, 29 due to time cutoff.

we hiked all the treks and most of the bike/paddle effort was moderate for me. Jeff and I had mini races for the CPs which was super fun. the boys still did a lot of extra work especially towards the end. a little bit longer day than any of us had planned for which led to sharing headlamps and calories in last 4 hours. but we held it together, and got er done. proud of the team and stoked for Nats x2.

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C • report 2

morning shake-out joggy before travel to Rolla w my faves.

into work, late.

home.

into work.

the long way to WF and then home.

EZ cruise around the hood. weird sequence of thoughts, all set to a soundtrack of "royals". vivid memories of one of my campers from TPOC, Lia, the ultimate badass. then stopped at WU to watch some of the women's soccer game. i've had the itch to play again. maybe in november.

C • Just skimmed 'the extra mil... 3

cruisy cruise around the citay

rear hub rebuilt
new cascadias picked up
75hrs race food obtained
laundry done
dishes done
yep.