Training Log Archive: Timato

Event: Eco-Endurance Challenge
 

Back again for the E2C with M&M. I felt going into the race we had a better plan for our course than last year. The only section I wasn't sure about was a few checkpoints in the middle. Looking at Phatty's route for them I think he had a better idea than us, but oh well. The first 9 hours went really well for us, although as always at about 3 hours into the race I felt like A$$. As the sun set and I dry heaved a bit I felt a lot better and we were really able to nail the nav. Our major setback occured when darkness hit and we discovered that M&M's lights didn't work at all. She even had a spare battery and that didn't work either. Luckily we were able to borrow a small flash light at the aid station, but even this wasn't helping a whole lot. Our pace during the night slowed to a crawl in the woods and at about 5 in the morning I realized we were now way behind on our route and needed to cut out back to the road and start to drop on checkpoints. At the same time I was also very cold with both my hands and feet feeling like ice and I was starting to shiver pretty bad. Audrey was also very cold so we decided to shorten our route and head back to the car to warm up. We ended up 8th overall which I'm still impressed with considered we stopped at around 7 in the morning and our pace from 9 pm on was dreadfully slow.

Some things I need to remember for next time

Food: I had packed 4 bags of about 1200 calories with the intention each one lasted 6 hours. Actually each one lasted about 4.5-5 hours, so I probably need one more bag
Things I really enjoyed eating were:
- Tamari almonds
- Chocolate covered peanuts
- Powerbar gummy things
- Chips
Things I missed
- Gu gels (power gels are just not the same)
- Cheese
- Yogurt in a tube (stupid Tim for leaving this at home)
Things I didn't enjoy
- I had too many gummy/jujubes and missed the package of real fruit chews I normally bring along

I should also bring more dry foods as I think this helped my stomach rather then filling it with liquids.

Clothes: Next time I need more clothes with me. I should bring over mitts for my hands and a second long sleeve for the night. I'm glad I brought my rain jacket rather than the fast and light.
Lights: It would be a good idea to through a small headlamp in the bottom of our pack just in case. This wouldn't weight too much and would be very helpful in cases like this race.

Good things about the race
I was really trying to get more salt in the race and I think this helped. I also tried to monitor my water intake and this helped when I went to throw up and wasn't spewing like a water hose. I'm starting to wonder if the Nuun is part of my upset stomach with it being fizzy.

C • I've always mean to pick up... 5

Light run with Mrs. Tiny so she could test her new trail runners and I could test my hamstring before the weekend. Hamstring felt ok so I think this weekend should go ok.

Upper body and core.

4min times 5

Legs, arms and core.

Warm up

Stars training at Huron Natural Area.

Upper Body and Core.

C • see link on my log from yesterday 2

My first ever Wild Boar Adventure Race. Was teamed up with CW and we had a great time. Course was a lot of fun and we moved well through the whole day. Looking back on our route we probably should have left one in Albion which would have given us more time to pick up 2-3 on the final leg. Great race put on by Goose.

Legs, upper body + core.

Spent Friday night at Phatty's so he took me to the pain cave with some Redcord.

Upper body and core only.

Got out late in the afternoon after my parents went home. Weather was great, but wind was tough at times. Great to be out riding in shorts and bike shirt this early in April.

Event: Salomon Dontgetlost.ca Giant's Rib Raid
 

Raid the Rib. Ran out of gas after the dog bone matrix and just struggled to get to the finish. Probably running 50 miles 2 weeks ago wasn't the best idea.

Run around the park before continuing on to work.

Upper Body only and a lot of core work.

A light run in the park after work. Legs felt good overall, a bit of soreness in my right knee near the end, but I was done before I could see if it got worse or not.

Lost a close one which like the Leafs may mean the end of our playoff chances. I noticed that I was getting tired quickly tonight, which I'm assuming is still a result of last weekend.

Very lite run today. My legs felt very tired from a combo of last weekend and yesterday.

C • April Nav 1

A great tough class tonight.