Training Log Archive: Wildsky

Event: 2008 Laramie Daze & US Champs
 

Time and distance a guess. Canoing on Lake Wenatchee. grrat lake. Mathew was a pisser and wanted out so we dropped him at the far point and he ran the road back. We gave him 5-10 minutes to bushwack up to the road and then the race was on. He beat us to the put in by a couple of mintues. No headstart next time.

second day of meet. i still suck even though I tried harder

distance a guess

So this was my first A meet and I completely suck. Eric Beat me by 40 minutes. Nickoly passed me in the woods like I was standing still. didn't really enjoy the hidden controls and thought that if all meets are like this, it is not worth doing again. However it must be said that it was mostly my inability because so many other experienced orienteers had no problems. It is just not a skill (being in the circle and then finding the controls that can't be seen in the circle) that i want to spend alot of time perfecting. i would like to continue improving my route choice and would like to compare routes to those that are better than I

Patrick K gave me the distance

Event: Northwest Forest Frenzy
 

sprint race. thought that I did pretty good. probably 2 mintues back from the winner but I am not a sprinter

Street scramble with 4 of the kids. I pushed the stroller with Kevin and David. Scored 290 points which i think was third best. the last little bit were nasty trails. I shouldered the stroller, and Sarah/Mathew carried young ones. We ended three mintues late net 230. good fun

hoped to go up to the moountains this morning for hills but I was beet from lack of sleep. Some friends are getting divorced and moving so they said we could have their firewood. the kids and i moved 2 cords and now we need to stack it. not quite hill repeatson the bike.

C • Thanks!!! 3

Easy warm up swim all crawl

legs and core

Mathew and I did a canoe workout on the slough before the beast race. saw Steve Wort on the water.

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=33...

bike section of beast race. only moving time

C • Are you doing Oakridge? 2

trek sections. just a guess on time and distance

First climb for time. I focused on keeping my heartrate at 90-95% (145-150)of LT. This will be my benchmark going forward. Average might be a bit understanded because I started with no warmup and it took a while to get the HR up in the zone. Tires were at race pressure 24-26 psi

not sure how i did compared to prior efforts. I need to find the data. Was able to keep it in the middle ring the entire climb which I haven't been able to do before.

second climb. this time focusing on a sustained rate. a rate that ideally is comparable to long AR. A recovery rate that i should be able to do for extended periods of time. 75-80% (120-130) of LT.

It was difficult to keep the HR down. It seemed to want to push up the 135 on the steeps. Also needed to keep it in granny and work the 3 largest cogs.

easy ride down. both descents combined

Mid year review.

Paddling is strong. running is off a bit because I have been putting more effort into biking. Have been biking more reletive to prior years and focusing on climbing. however, my climbing continues to be my weakness.

Nationals is the biggest race of the season for me and it is 3 months off. i have decided to focus primarily on my bike climbing. i will be using suntop as a repeat hill. It is a 3k climb in 5.5 miles. I will try to do it 1-2 time per week and repeat 2-3 times.

the biggest question for me, it at what intensity should I do the repeats. I have had 2 suggestions that i should focus at a lower intensity. At a sustainable rate that can be maintained for extended AR. Kinda like a mid season base period. Not sure if this is the best becaus I always thought that gains are not achieved without pushing to a higher level and working at or below threshold.

so any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

PS those of you that are pulling you hair out at the thought of me climbing all the way up suntop and then just riding back down the road sans the excellent single track...believe me it hurts more on the way down but i don't have time to go all the way around multiple times and the hills are my limiting factor not singletrack

C • Wheres all the fun gone? 5

easy road recovery type run during scouts.