Training Log Archive: Timato

J+J 8-Hour Mtn. Race

8-hour race in Kingston. The race started ok for me, I found a steady pace and the first four laps I was about middle of the pack. This is how my 24 hour race went as I tended to catch more people as the race went on. Being only 8 hours I didn't know if I could expect the same or not. I definitely found the trails pretty tough to ride, there were basically no hills just a lot of deeply rooted single track. It was really hard to get any flow at all because you were constantly riding on roots. By about lap 6 I was feeling pretty tired, but I also knew it gets easier in the final 2 hours.

Anyways this ended for me as I was going out for lap number 8. Roughly 10 min into the lap I heard a loud pop and then my rear tire went flat. At first I thought I just had a flat and I was going about changing it. As I started to pump up the tire I realized that my flat was actually a tear in the tread so I had to walk it back to the car. I hadn't brought much with me in the way of replacement parts (just some extra tubes) so I decided with only 2 hours to go that I'd pack it in and call it a day. I was sitting in 6th at this point. If I'd been more competitive or it had been earlier in the race I'd have probably tried to borrow a spare tire, but it didn't seem worth it at this point in the race.

Overall had a great time and got a good ride in for the day, ended up riding 84k overall. I'd definitely consider going back to this race. Very low key, but still very well run.

C • Tire 9

Light run this morning with my new road runners. Realized as I was heading out that even though I thought I bought the exact same shoes as my old ones these were actually a 1/2 size smaller. Seemed comfortable enough though so I think I'll keep them.

C • Roadie 5

Morning run before the sun comes up.

Warmup before the wed night race.

Shorter race tonight since it was the last one of the season. Was right behind someone for the first lap until they pulled away a bit on the hill climb. Came back and put in an extra effort to pass them on the double track on the start loop. Was at my threshold after that, but got into a rhythm for the second lap and pulled away quite nicely on the second lap.