Training Log Archive: cedarcreek

Event: OCIN CO Harrison School FAST-O Sprint May 2014
 

OCIN_CO_Harrison_May_2014_Course 2 - Splits

OCIN_CO_Harrison_May_2014_Course 3 - Splits

Group Ride (Tuesdays near Covington Public Landing) with Katy D.

This is called "overdoing it". So so tired. Two major climbs. Lots of encouragement. Near the end, I blew up on any hill, no matter how small. Heart Rates of 168-177 on the hills. The last half of the ride, I couldn't get my HR below about 160 even on the flats. Some recovery on the too short by time, but long by distance, descents of nearly all the relief available. Oh so fun and fast. Glorious.

One mishap of note. One of the group crashed about 20m past a speed hump. There were broken helmet cover shards on the pavement. He was tangled in the bike a bot, and I was really, really concerned when I got there, probably seconds after the crash (which I didn't witness). He was moving very slowly, and moaning. No words. No leg movement at first. There was maybe 10 seconds of delay before we decided to call 911. I got to my phone first, and it took two more phones to get our position to tell the dispatcher. By this time the guy was speaking a bit, and moving his legs. Looked like two major abrasions---L shoulder and L hip. Some blood on the L elbow. A black tire mark and large mild abrasion on his R (?) shin with a small central wound---possible hematoma, but I don't think so. I thought the helmet ended up under his head which relieved me, but I was later told another rider placed it there for comfort (meaning it wasn't on his head at the end of the slide---Ugh). He was wearing a Camelbak, and it was under the right side of his back, making his torso look twisted and distended and just wrong, but again, his legs were working, he didn't seem to be in terrible pain, and we waited for the pros rather than risk removing it. Sunset was getting closer minute by minute, and since I was slowest, we didn't need 8 or 10 people standing around. I did hear the ambulance siren as I rode away. Scary. (With so many people, we might have considered taking notes or photos, which might have helped if he later lost consciousness. He moved his neck a lot, which is probably a bad idea. We should have been more emphatic that he try to be still. We were kinda shellshocked.)

Was entirely spent at the end. On the last little climb a mile or two from the end, I stopped at the crest because I was feeling really shaky, and when I stood on my feet, my thighs cramped just above the knees. I stood around for 30 seconds, and decided it was going to progress to full blown cramping if I didn't get moving. The fun (minor) descent was an easy spin, and then maybe 800m of dead flat back the parking lot. Was still shaky, but, thankfully, no cramping.

A really nicely designed ride. Two major climbs, lots of little ups and downs, and not too much traffic (a bit too much, though). Passed about 500m from Dick's house. It's really amazing how close things are by bike. It seems much farther by car, for some odd reason.

I'm so going to feel this tomorrow.

C • Is this CCC or a different group? 3

Event: 10Mila