Wild Seads: Solid Training Weekend

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Solid Training Weekend

Woah Mama!
That was a weekend that I need a weekend after...

13hours of solid training over 2 days with 4.5hours of sleep between back to back workouts. Our mission: to prep for the Full Moon In June 36 hour exp race which is about 5 short weeks away...

Here is a quickcap...

The team: Shawn, Marc, Andy, myself and the 'suckers for punishment': Michelle and Nikki (who just came along for 'fun').
The weather: Saturday was crap...yick...rain...wind...whitecaps...soggyshorts...wrinkly fingers...coooooold shivering...blue lips... Sunday was warm and sunny:)

SATURDAY

2hour Comox Lake Paddle approx 18k
1.5hour ride out Comox Lake Main to Alone mountain (back of the lake) 25km return
2hour trek up and down Alone mountain 640m elevation - headed down from the summit at 8pm and enjoyed my first dark scramble down a wet slick mountain...spotted a 'follower's glowing eyes at CAT HEIGHT in a clearcut...
1.5hour ride back to the Comox Lake Dam in the POURING but warm rain and in the pitch black darkness. Had a great bike light rigged up that DIED as soon as I turned it on:)
Wrapped up after 11pm in bed by 12:30am...

FOOD:

2 homemade chocolate energy bars see below
2 survival cookies
1 fruit bar
Chocolate love GU
Pretzels
Tamari almonds
Banana peanut butter and honey wrap

DAYS LESSONS:

My little headlamp is not appropriate for mountain biking in the dark. Blind as a bat really!
Running shoes are a perfect carrying case for a banana peanut butter wrap.
Wet clothes are cold clothes regardless of the temperature. Get wet and die.
Cougars have blue reflective eyes.

SUNDAY

5am wake up call
6-9am 3hour 24km TREK up Forbidden and RUN down the road to and from Nymph Falls.
2.5hour 24km RIDE back UP Forbidden and DOWN lots of super fun XC trails - that was really the easiest part of the whole weekend! Not much peddling on the downhills meant a nice break for the legs!
12noon WAVERLY PUB for REWARDS!!

FOOD:

3 fig newtons
1 espresso love GU
2 date/walnut/coconut lime cookies (recipe tba)
1 chocolate energy bar aka Sherry's protein baars (tba)
1/2 pack Cliffe shot blocks margarita with salt
2 survival cookies
1 banana

DAYS LESSONS:

You can get sleepy enough to think you might fall asleep while you are running...who knew?
You can get by with a little help from your friends...
The Waverly Pubfare is a GREAT motivator.
Even a $130 seat can give you a sore bum after 2 days.