Training Log Archive: Grandpa Jameson

ok sleep... kind of restless which always happens after a hard race.

L shoulder and neck are a bit sore from crash but nothing major.

mellow recovery through chatfield and back. tired legs, body, and mind. nice sunny spin to wake me up though.

average power: 151
normal power: 171
max power: 416
800 kJ

Event: Battle the Bear
 

ok sleep... Fi had a rough night so broken sleep.

went back and forth whether to race pro/open today or 30-39. Since i'm a cat 1 and I haven't race mtb's a ton and there are some "real" pros racing I am going to race in 30-39. being 39 is where I should be for sure. just weird after racing ultras for the last few years or silver king & steamboat stinger where you just race everybody, no age groups.... but that's the way mountain biking is...

race warm up

Battle the Bear - 1st Place 30-39 - fastest non-Pro time.

I definitely made the right decision to race 30-39 instead of pro as the race was a full on battle from start to finish.

Lap 1:
I was third wheel off the fun and just sitting in. We had to pass some of the 40-49 guys that started 2' ahead of us and I got behind a small crash and lost the first two guys. I spent the rest of the lap working back up to them and got to them just before the longest climb, Mt Carbon, of the day and I was definitely climbing stronger than them. noted. we rolled through the start finish together.

Lap 2:
I took the reigns and laid it down. cracked everybody else in our field and definitely took some energy out of the other two guys but didn't shake them. one of the guys came around a couple of miles from the start/finish and slowed the pace way down... so i knew he was hurting.... so i attacked and made him work for it. 3 of us were still together at the end of the lap.

Lap 3:
I pushed the pace again for the first third of the lap and they were still sitting on. it was getting windy in the wide open fields so I pulled off and let them set the pace and just sat on until we got to the Mt Carbon climb and then I attacked.... and got away. I had a good ~30 second gap as we headed into the last flatish 2 miles to the start finish. As i was heading up a short fireroad roller there were 20 people on horses coming and a guy up ahead of me must of freaked out one of the horses and it was going nuts. I had to stop and moved way out of the way of the horse. the guy in 2nd rolled up on me and just charged by them getting within in a foot of horse. gnarly. the horse calmed down and got back on my bike but i lost my lead and was now down ~30 seconds.

Lap 4:
I knew i still had time to get back to the lead and we had totally cracked the 3rd place guy. 1/4 way through the lap I was back on the leaders wheel. he was super cool guy and we talked a lot... just good competition. we worked together a bit to make sure 3rd was for sure out of it. Half way through the lap I attacked really hard on a 1' climb and got away and then kept the hammer down. it should have been "the move". I got about 30 seconds away and went to pass some lap traffic going off trail to the left and my front tire went into a rut i didn't see in the tall grass and I totally ate shit. my shoulder smashed into the ground and then my face. my glassed smashed into the bridge of my nose there was blood everywhere. I got passed again while figuring shit out but i got back on my bike and headed towards the finish. i wasn't sure what i was going to do at that point but i wasn't in chase mode. The bleeding stopped and I felt ok so by the time got to mt carbon i was getting time back and then more on the climb. I ended lap 4 about 20 seconds down on the lead.

Lap 5: I was still in chase made but knew i had time. I caught him in about the same spot a quarter way through the lap. we rode together a bit and then it was just back and forth. I would get gaps on the climbs and he would hammer the flats to get back on my wheel. he was a bit dude (175 lbs) so we had opposite strengths which made for some awesome racing. we hit mt carbon for the last time and I went all in and got away and probably had 20-30 seconds. I thought it was enough to have a comfortable finish.... but no. He was hammering the final miles to catch and I was doing the same to stay. I was able to stay a way, and after checking the results this morning, I only won by 5 seconds!!!

that race was so hard and so much fun. it was like a 57 mile XC race and reminded how much the short, hard stuff. I had the fastest amateur time of the day and would have finished 5th in the pro field... so totally happy with all of that. things are definitely going in the right direction for Bailey Hundo. The pro from carbondale that won Bailey last year raced yesterday. He was 3rd pro and I was 5 minutes behind him... not bad.

great sleep. feeling good and rested. weather is awesome and race should be on. so stoked to toe the line tomorrow. feel like it's been a really long time... it's been 5 months since TNF50.

mellow pre-race spin on the river path. threw in a handful of short, hard efforts. such beautiful morning and tomorrow is going to be super nice too. can't wait to toe the line.

up at 450 for 5am upgrade. feeling rested though.

wet and nasty out.

Truuli - TrainerRoad

Truuli is a priming workout meant to precede any endurance event and is recommended 24 hours prior to your event.

This version includes 3x4-minute steady-state efforts right at your FTP followed by three 90-second efforts between 115-125% FTP.

wanted to do this workout 2 days out from an endurance race to see how I feel and then see if i want to do it the day berfore bailey hundo or 2 days. felt solid today and intervals came easy.

average power: 180
normal power: 223
max power: 488
646 kJ

mellow family jog down on the river path. nice and easy. Fi now falls asleep almost every time we jog with her in the stroller... no complaints here.

getting outside early today before the rain.

forecast is looking a little better for the race sat so hopefully it's on.

got out the door before and stoked to get out before the rain. just took it easy and had fun on the trails. some mud out there for sure... if we get a good amount of rain Saturday could be super muddy... or cancelled.

warm up

quick, light session.

2 x mini leg blaster + push ups + sumo walk

3x
10 x goblet squat to one leg #35
5e x single leg DL
10 x kbs #35
10 x shrug #75
5 x scotty bob #20
10 x curl to press #20
10 x box jumps
10 x toes to post
1' plank
10 x face down back ext
20 x sit ups

more really good sleep... still catching up from sunday.

we are getting so much rain this week. I wouldn't be surprised of the postponed/cancelled the race again.... we'l see.

Crane +1 - TrainerRoad

Crane +1 is 5x30-second hard starts at 165% FTP followed by 1 minute of Sweet Spot work at 92% FTP.

7 minutes of recovery falls between each effort.

swapped this and taku for the pure endurance workout that was on the plan today. wanted more of a race priming workout.

average power: 154
normal power: 228
max power: 468
554 kJ

Taku - TrainerRoad

Taku is a short, aerobic Endurance workout consisting of 30 minutes spent between 60-70% FTP.

average power: 169
normal power: 173
max power: 199
304 kJ

mellow lunch jog down to the river and back. felt pretty good.

such good sleep... love my bed.

maggie had a good one yesterday... got the W and went 251. still a couple few minutes of her goal time but she's stoked on it. super fun family trip to FC.

It's a recovery/race week for me. stoked to finally pin a number on saturday and test my bike fitness.

killer monday morning spin. legs kinda jacked after a lot walking and standing yesterday but much better after. good way to start the week.

average power: 184
normal power 213
max power: 560
1249 kJ

attempted afternoon family jog but the storm blew quick. bolted back to the car and just made it.