Training Log Archive: Hammer

ESAR. First time racing this event. Lots of fun and great group of racers (except for some fire fighter dudes that don't understand good sportsmanship - more on that another time).

Best part of the race was racing with Tarno and Milla Tarno (15 years old). Milla raced well and the strategy for her to just sit and study the map while Tarno and I paddled in the Bass Lake canoe section worked well. My nav was bang on except for CP30 (had something to do with aforementioned fire fighter dudes). We spiked all the trekking CPs (but that didn't help us with the one that was hung in the wrong spot on the first trek - cost us 5 minutes).

After an early mistake we must have been 20-25th place. Moved up to 9th after first trek then into 8th during the paddle and then to 5th after 2nd trek and briefly into 2nd place near the end of the final trek. Dropped a few positions on the final bike section and into 5th overall and 3rd coed. Pretty awesome for Milla - especially since she did it all herself as we forgot the tow rope.

Our ARO points series team of Tarno, Milla, AG! and me now has 2 AR races in 2015 with a 1st and 3rd in the coed category. Watch out when Milla and AG! eventually team up.

Thanks Sean for a fun day of racing.

C • Fire team 2

HammerFIT followed by some stretching. ESAR tomorrow wasn't supposed to be race mode but now that Milla is OFSAA MTB champion I may need to think about carbo loading and organizing my gear before tomorrow morning now. ugh.

rail trail with Sudden.

Some jogging and some TNT hills while ARKers ran their end of season adventure run.

ARK registration for the fall opens tomorrow. All-time ARK participation Kid #5000 will register sometime early in the process. That is pretty awesome.

C • Georgian Nordic MTB Trails 9

HammerFIT

easy jog with Sudden during ARX - but I failed the retro music trivia.

C • Music Trivia? 5

Westdale-Copetown-Westdale in the rain with DrT.

TNT roller coaster intervals.