Training Log Archive: on-the-wave

Event: Rock Hop 3 hour MTB Enduro
 

First MTB race.

4 Laps, 03h05, 14th 3 hour solo Mens.

Very Technical course and hilly. First lap started really fast and struggled to keep heart rate under 160 which is too fast for me.

Dead at the end of 3 hours, but will do it again soon.

Commute, easy spin, no effort recovery.

Commute + Yara Boulevard. Easy Spin recovery.

Late start as there were protestors again today. Strategy was to get in early or stay away till 11. No way I was getting in early after late night at the show.

Need two days of good recovery so very light spin. Wasn't easy in 50km/h head wind.

Tree was down over the path in same place last night I was worried a tree would get blown down during the ride.

Slow warm-up to the freeway straight. On leg on my own and then the group showed up. About 7 boats in all. Did the intervals, but not hard, just hung off the back and pulled out of the last one.\

In all did the same with the extra one I did at the start.

Good to be paddling again. Love the feeling having finished the session on a Thursday and know that it's done for the week.

Arrived back at the boathouse with no key and had to stand in the cold for 10 mins til the others showed up. didn't warm up till I got home and showered.

Easy recovery ride home after paddling. Super cold, beautiful sunny arvo, but freezing westerly wind, must be straight of the southern ocean.

Felt great to get the ride and paddle in, even though my feet were numb from the cold and the wind just cut through everything, it was one of those days when you just love what you do.

Ride2Work day. Took an extended route and visited 3 breakfast stops. First in box hill, then onto Chandler stop and finally the convent.

Pretty cool morning, lots of other bikes out on the path.

Normal commute as had to get home in time to get into city for show.

tired after this mornings nearly 2 hour breakfast crawl. and windy as hell, actually blown across the path near Bulleen at golf course road crossing.

Excitement, got to work to be faced with a protest blockade of the office. Also front shifter cable snapped on way in (only ±5000km's on it???), so used the time to ride to 99 Bikes. $14 for two shifter cables, ouch. That's why I buy online, LBS's you have your selves to blame. Used to pay $1.99 for shifter cables in Canada.

So a bit longer ride, more spinning than usual (Small ring only), but a lot of standing around in the Melbourne cold.

Started with the group but didn't bother with intervals, just went for a tempo run to Studley park boathouse and back. No gps or timing but felt a comfortable 5:30/Km.

Must get back to at least twice per week to feel comfortable in the boat.

Ride home after paddle. Felt much better than last week.

Chicken out due to rain. Lets call it a rest day.