Training Log Archive: mayer22In the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2022:
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Friday Apr 29, 2022 #
Trail Running hills 1:02:39 6.84 mi (9:10 / mi) +1532ft 7:33 / mi
ahr:157 max:177 shoes: Salomon Trailster
Squeezing in a run.
Pushed hard to get finished ASAP.
Mountain Biking 1:33:07 15.41 mi (9.9 mph) +2268ft
ahr:132 max:153 shoes: Viathon M1 GX
My next meeting finished early so I had a chance to do a bit longer ride than I had planned. Kept the pace up again to get back for more meetings.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022 #
Commuting 56:01 15.27 mi (16.4 mph) +1645ft
ahr:150 max:200 shoes: Giro Rumble
Supposedly mostly TW but I definitely had it coming at me some headed E.
Commuting 32:23 8.26 mi (15.3 mph) +695ft
ahr:129 max:169 shoes: Giro Rumble
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022 #
Trail Running long 1:29:44 10.26 mi (8:45 / mi) +1564ft 7:39 / mi
ahr:143 max:170 shoes: Salomon SuperCross Blue
Nice and cool
Monday Apr 25, 2022 #
Road Biking 12:15 [1] 2.75 mi (13.5 mph) +116ft
ahr:90 max:111 shoes: Giro Rumble
Commuting 29:44 8.24 mi (16.6 mph) +650ft
ahr:123 max:151 shoes: Giro Rumble
Sunday Apr 24, 2022 #
Paddling 1:16:01 [0] 1.72 mi (1.4 mph) +99ft
ahr:66 max:88 shoes: Alpacka Gnu
Paddling the packraft w/Nut/E and Uncle Billy in the kayak.
The boat worked well with the inside seat. Have to be careful of knocking their heads with the paddle though. The girls traded time in the kayak with Uncle Billy on the way back.
I think there is a small leak in the seat.
The girls had a good time. We saw lots of good wildlife. A goose on their nest on the island, lots of turtles as usual, and an otter swimming by the shore that we were trying to track a bit.
Saturday Apr 23, 2022 #
Mountain Biking 54:45 [0] 2.45 mi (2.7 mph) +126ft
ahr:87 max:122 shoes: Viathon M1 GX
Billy had his skateboard which had off-road wheels but nothing crazy which was perfect for the trails we usually ride. We were moving faster than usual but took some time to enjoy some spots along the creek more than usual.
Road Biking 3:09:11 [0] 6.49 mi (2.1 mph) +356ft
ahr:101 max:153 shoes: Giro Rumble
Billy again had his skateboard. We stopped at the Farmer's Market for ice cream and at the VT Powwow.
Friday Apr 22, 2022 #
Orienteering 30:30 1.55 mi (19:41 / mi) +485ft 15:11 / mi
ahr:118 max:157 shoes: Salomon SuperCross Blue
Orienteering 1:40:30 [0] 1.78 mi (56:27 / mi) +549ft 43:42 / mi
ahr:79 max:117 shoes: Salomon SuperCross Blue
Nut started having an allergy attack once we got into the woods so she turned around just before halfway with KT and E/B went with them. KT2, Billy, M and I did the rest. M did most of the navigating with lots of learning.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022 #
Commuting 1:23:08 22.94 mi (16.6 mph) +2106ft
ahr:160 max:199 shoes: Giro Rumble
Warming back up a bit. Slower than 2016 (not much) but faster than 2018.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022 #
Trail Running 1:20:27 9.08 mi (8:52 / mi) +1530ft 7:38 / mi
ahr:141 max:168 shoes: Salomon SuperCross Blue
Little chilly but felt good. Ran comfortably
Monday Apr 18, 2022 #
Commuting 31:43 8.28 mi (15.7 mph) +749ft
ahr:138 max:163 shoes: Giro Rumble
Commuting 36:43 9.36 mi (15.3 mph) +791ft
ahr:139 max:173 shoes: Giro Rumble
Running late again. Legs felt rested but it was slow.
Saturday Apr 16, 2022 #
Family Run 48:26 [0] 3.21 mi (15:05 / mi) +216ft 14:11 / mi
ahr:112 max:144 shoes: Asics GT-2000 4
Family walk/run. The girls were awesome and we even got to go through the tunnel.
Friday Apr 15, 2022 #
Trail Running warm up/down 1:10:21 7.75 mi (9:05 / mi) +1201ft 7:55 / mi
ahr:134 max:159 shoes: Salomon SuperCross Blue
Mostly took it easy. Kept it moving on the hills.
Saw a beautiful woodpecker in the black hills.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022 #
Commuting 37:03 9.73 mi (15.8 mph) +809ft
ahr:124 max:152 shoes: Giro Rumble
Not strong but feeling normal.
Commuting 32:20 8.24 mi (15.3 mph) +653ft
ahr:120 max:153 shoes: Giro Rumble
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022 #
Trail Running warm up/down 33:23 3.34 mi (10:00 / mi) +584ft 8:35 / mi
ahr:128 max:144 shoes: Salomon Trailster
Legs tired but started feeling nice and loose at the end.
Monday Apr 11, 2022 #
Commuting 29:19 8.27 mi (16.9 mph) +671ft
ahr:122 max:143 shoes: Giro Rumble
Legs a little tired but feeling ready.
Commuting 38:02 9.5 mi (15.0 mph) +793ft
ahr:113 max:144 shoes: Giro Rumble
Saturday Apr 9, 2022 #
Adventure Racing race 17:46:53 [0] 92.18 mi (11:34 / mi) +10092ft 10:29 / mi
ahr:100 max:149
Excellent course with lots of climbing. Course was also fast. Fast paddling and riding and LOTS of CPs which kept it exciting.
We thought we were going to clear it at first but got behind schedule and had to guess a bit about the unknown orienteering section to make good choices of what CPs to get. Also lots of options to get CPs during different legs which incorporated strategy a bit and also meant a "lead" on the course didn't particularly mean you were going to win the race.
The weather was really cold at the start but warmed up to a beautiful day. Rib was racing hard and made sure we didn't ease off the gas pedal at all. We also wanted to try and get as much as possible but also couldn't risk losing CPs for being late.
We left a total of 7 CPs out on the course and only 13 minutes.
Orienteering race 1:01:00 [4] 4.0 mi (15:15 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4 (DkBlue)
TA race 6:00 [0]
Paddling race (3p Canoe) 2:37:00 [4] 14.7 mi (5.6 mph)
Hands were pretty cold. I was holding the frozen paddle and Biz had no gloves while getting splashed. Mari was toasty in her Pogies.
Lost my headlamp which I hadn't taken off yet. Fortunately, it wasn't the one I was planning to use for later in the race.
Orienteering race 1:24:00 [4] 3.8 mi (22:06 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4 (DkBlue)
Biz thought we passed the second road when we passed the first one while we were traversing the ridgeline and we descended WAY too early. We didn't realize it until we were in the bottom of the reentrant. We decided it was best at that point to run out the reentrant, take the road across to the right reentrant, and run up that instead of doing a big climb back to the ridge. We lost about 30 min.
Road Biking race 26:30 [4] 3.0 mi (6.8 mph)
shoes: Viathon M1 GX
Paddling race (3p Canoe) 1:08:00 [4] 3.5 mi (3.1 mph)
Then we finished up the paddling. One longer trek (1/2 mile) to get a CP that was closer to the river than our last trek.
More ferrying at the end. Dropped Mari/Biz off then went back to get 2 volunteers, portage the boat back up river, and then paddle back to Mari/Biz. The volunteers were overly cautious and we could have done this much more efficiently. Took just under 10 min.
Orienteering race 46:30 [4] 2.2 mi (21:08 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4 (DkBlue)
TA race 6:30 [0]
shoes: Viathon M1 GX
Rib was ferrying their bikes as we picked ours up which meant we had a 1+ hour lead but we were pretty confident they had picked up some CPs earlier on in the paddle that we saved for later in the race.
Road Biking race 3:59:00 [4] 39.5 mi (9.9 mph)
shoes: Viathon M1 GX
Most of the CPs were beyond the TA so we had the option to skip some and we were starting to realize we might not clear the course. Unfortunately, we didn't know how long the Orienteering leg was. We knew how many CPs but not how far apart. So once we got near the TA I calculated how fast we needed to get CPs to clear the course and we were clearing the bike CPs at that rate or better. So, theoretically, either the trek CPs would be shorter and we would clear the course or they would be longer and we wouldn't clear the course but we would want to skip the trek CPs anyway.
Several of the bike CPs didn't have flags and the clues weren't very specific to exactly where the punch was hanging so it took us a few minutes of searching to find it.
There was a lot of climbing and I was feeling strong so I did some towing of Biz and Mari. Really made me work.
We did come across some private property signs along the road and seemed to get awfully close to someone's house but we tried to be as quick and respective as possible just in case. We later learned that Rib got chased away with a gun by the property owner who claimed it was private but RD said the road was public. RD probably should have just removed the last CP and not risked it. Would have made the course flow better as well.
TA race 25:30 [0]
No sign of Rib. Weren't sure if they may drop some bike CPs to focus on the orienteering or not. Also we still didn't know if/how many more CPs they collected earlier than us. We just stayed focused on our plan and what we thought was the way to get the most CPs.
Orienteering race 4:10:00 [4] 9.9 mi (25:15 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4 (DkBlue)
We started the orienteering in the more dense set of CPs. As we made our way back towards the TA and the more spread CPs we decided to drop 3. This would get us back to TA with enough time to get most of the remaining bike CPs (give or take) which was perfect.
Clean and smart navigation.
At one point, I almost completely pierced my ear with a broken branch sticking out of a pine tree. Put a buff on to stop the bleeding and left it on for the rest of the race.
TA race 11:00 [0]
Probably longer than it should have taken.
Road Biking race 1:25:53 [4] 11.58 mi (8.1 mph)
shoes: Viathon M1 GX
We dropped a long out and back CP but got 2 shorter out and backs. We saw Rib after the first out and back but they skipped the second and the we were riding mostly together.
There were two other CPs that required a short trek but we didn't have enough time for them.
We had planned to get one CP on the way to the finish but I realized one short stretch of road might have been off-limits. We didn't get any printed rules of travel *tisk tisk* but the RD mentioned some roads during the pre-race meeting that I forgot to write down, *tisk tisk* on me. We waited 2 minutes for Rib to catch up and asked them. They confirmed the road was not allowed to be ridden so we just dropped the CP (which we knew we didn't need to win) and took the pavement back to the finish.
Afterward we realized we could have just dismounted and ran alongside the 250m of road instead. Again it wasn't needed but good to try and remember for next time.
Thursday Apr 7, 2022 #
Road Running warm up/down 36:40 4.53 mi (8:06 / mi) +466ft 7:23 / mi
ahr:133 max:149 shoes: Asics GT-2000 4
Shaking my legs out. Lots of lactic acid at the start.
Finished with downhill strides.
Tuesday Apr 5, 2022 #
Commuting 32:14 8.24 mi (15.3 mph) +688ft
ahr:124 max:143 shoes: Giro Rumble
Legs were very tired. Took it slow. Made me a bit later for a meeting.
Commuting 30:26 8.23 mi (16.2 mph) +685ft
ahr:121 max:145 shoes: Giro Rumble
Before the storm blew in. Had someone ride up beside me on Mt Zion and chatted for a few minutes.
Trail Running warm up/down 32:45 3.31 mi (9:54 / mi) +602ft 8:26 / mi
ahr:130 max:148 shoes: Salomon Trailster
Nice and easy.
Enjoyed the rain!
Monday Apr 4, 2022 #
Commuting 56:24 15.26 mi (16.2 mph) +1623ft
ahr:124 max:152 shoes: Giro Rumble
Felt pretty good.
Commuting 29:47 8.27 mi (16.7 mph) +651ft
ahr:125 max:164 shoes: Giro Rumble
Decently fast. Probably best all winter. Still slow in comparison.
Sunday Apr 3, 2022 #
Trail Running hills 1:05:48 6.9 mi (9:32 / mi) +1556ft 7:51 / mi
ahr:142 max:166 shoes: Salomon Trailster
Hill route but didn't push the pace or rush the hills. Felt really comfortable. Had to stop a couple times so total time was slower but strong times on the two big climbs at the end.
Friday Apr 1, 2022 #
Commuting 46:45 11.5 mi (14.8 mph) +901ft
ahr:121 max:143 shoes: Giro Rumble
Was originally planning on shorts and arm warmers but when it started hailing as I left the house I grabbed leg warmers and a winter jacket. No precipitation on my ride but it was nice having the extra warmth. Sun came out after making it more manageable.
Commuting 1:43:26 28.38 mi (16.5 mph) +2534ft
ahr:157 max:194 shoes: Giro Rumble
With the sun out I reverted back to my original clothing plan.
Pace was slower than I was hoping for. Two main climbs with steep finishes but downhill and flat on pretty much everything in between.
My first time climbing Seneca from this direction and finished it off with Friendship which i've only climbed once before. Also, my first time climbing Georges Run. The bottom was a nice climb.
Finished with a HW into town.