Team Fall-dippides - November Challenge (Page 18)

BigEasy6 - 2009-11-21 2:43 PM 12.54 more hills than I thought it was going to have run - my wife got a side ache at about mile 3 or 4 and that slowed us down a bit, but still always fun to run with my wife

Great job everyone! Our sheet looks awesome and it looks like we will all hit our goals.

GoGoGo - 2009-11-21 11:28 AM 60 minute spin class for me today. Dod not run, trying to save a bit for long run tomorrow.Hopefully 20k. Due for a dropback wek soon. If tomorrow is difficult, will do then, otherwise 20k it is.Besides my legs being a little stiff, spin class was good this morning. felt like I performed well.

juniperjen - 2009-11-21 10:15 AM Good morning team! Hope everyone is having a lovely saturday! Safe travels to baowolf and his family!

I am getting my chores done and then i'll hop on the bike trainer for today's workout!

Seems everyone is doing well and the challenge is helping people stick to their goals! Great work!

blujay65 - 2009-11-22 7:43 AM

I had the same Saturday plan as you, unfortunately the chores, then the couch got the best of me, so no trainer!  

GoGoGo - 2009-11-22 10:52 AM Thanks for the encouragement, Jen T.Had my long run today, went well no problem with my legs. Whacked a toe last night on some furniture & still sore this morning. Not sure how it would hold up on the run, but no problems.20k for me today. That's a wrap..My Goal!! YaaahhhhWill continue to add for this week, Maybe Global can borrow some. Is that allowed Keep Going everyone...Last Week!!!GGGPS. Good Luck Baowolf

brick94513 - 2009-11-22 11:35 AM Well....  On a positive note, I accomplished my goal for Saturday's off-raod triathlon (800yds, 15m, 4m).  I wanted to beat the 2 hour mark and finished in 1:53:40.  Finished 6 th overall and 2 nd in age.  If interested, I enetered splits and transition times on my log.

The race did point out areas of needed improvement.  I think I swam a 1,000 plus yards in a zig-zag fashion.  Then, I come into T1 and rip off the timing chip on my ankle when removing my wetsuit.  The bike protion, my strongest event, went really well and I made up alot of time even though the route was more challenging than anticipated.  T2 was rather uneventful other than having to tie laces.  The run was satisfactory with some mild back pain.  Run coarse was very difficult with sandy terrain with steep inclines, rapid descents, and single track.

Lessons learned:  more OWS practice, transition rehearsal as part of training, and more brick days, lots more.

Overall, it was a good day.  We were blessed with beautiful weather and no injuries occurred to my knowledge.  Every race is a learning experience!

D001 - 2009-11-22 3:13 PM

CHALLENGE UPDATE!

Here's your weekly Challenge update! The CURRENT CHALLENGE STANDINGS are: 1st place - Fall-Dippides - 74.0% 2nd place - Cold Turkeys - 59.3% 3rd place - Gabbing Gobblers - 58.3% 4th place - Stuffed Turkeys - 53.7%  

juniperjen - 2009-11-22 12:20 PM Hey team - today was very productive for me. Got a nice nearly 15k run in. the weather was fantastic!! I think that's going to be done soon though. There's snow in the forecast for next week (we've been lucky so far).  And then I went and did some strength.

As far as the challenge is concerned I am completely on track. I may go over on the run and bike goals and have to figure out a make up swim in the next week!

Just a week to go!!

juniperjen - 2009-11-22 12:18 PM

Great job!! there are always lessons to be learned but you got out there - - your results are awesome and you met your own goals ... what more can you ask for??

D001 - 2009-11-22 11:13 AM

CHALLENGE UPDATE!

Here's your weekly Challenge update! The CURRENT CHALLENGE STANDINGS are: 1st place - Fall-Dippides - 74.0% 2nd place - Cold Turkeys - 59.3% 3rd place - Gabbing Gobblers - 58.3% 4th place - Stuffed Turkeys - 53.7% 

Baowolf - 2009-11-23 2:11 AM Sigh, not a great race.  Lowsy race management long day.  This is the first race I have ever been to where the trail was not marked well enough to follow the course.  Everyone I talked to missed at least one turn.  We had a side competition after the race to see who ran the most extra miles while trying to find the correct course.  I ended up with 19.6 miles for an 18.6 which put me at a slight disadvantage to the locals.  The entire trail was single track, like 6 inches of dirt, with another 6 inches of sloped drit and then cacti, sage brush, cliffs etc.  So after my 1 mile detour I was trying to make up some time by repassing folks, not easy to do.  And well I bit it catching a shoelace on the sage brush and going down about 3 miles into the race or so.  We shall see whether I just got some scrapes or whether I have some additionial stiffness tomorrow.  

Aside from almost no trail markers, on a 30k trail run they had 2 aid stations.  This did not really seam sufficient.  I didn't think this was a big deal, but I am sure that the elevation gains are very far off and well the temp got much warmer than forcast.  Anyway kind of disappointing, they never did post anyone's times for the 30k even though I hung out for about 1 hour.  I haven't checked the garmin or whatever, so I will get a RR up once they get around to posting results.  Definately a harder course than last months race.     

But that completes my run goal for the month too tired to type more atm after driving 13 hours yesterday and then getting up at 5am to get to the race this am. 

Baowolf - 2009-11-23 3:11 AM Sigh, not a great race.  Lowsy race management long day.  This is the first race I have ever been to where the trail was not marked well enough to follow the course.  Everyone I talked to missed at least one turn.  We had a side competition after the race to see who ran the most extra miles while trying to find the correct course.  I ended up with 19.6 miles for an 18.6 which put me at a slight disadvantage to the locals.  The entire trail was single track, like 6 inches of dirt, with another 6 inches of sloped drit and then cacti, sage brush, cliffs etc.  So after my 1 mile detour I was trying to make up some time by repassing folks, not easy to do.  And well I bit it catching a shoelace on the sage brush and going down about 3 miles into the race or so.  We shall see whether I just got some scrapes or whether I have some additionial stiffness tomorrow.  

Aside from almost no trail markers, on a 30k trail run they had 2 aid stations.  This did not really seam sufficient.  I didn't think this was a big deal, but I am sure that the elevation gains are very far off and well the temp got much warmer than forcast.  Anyway kind of disappointing, they never did post anyone's times for the 30k even though I hung out for about 1 hour.  I haven't checked the garmin or whatever, so I will get a RR up once they get around to posting results.  Definately a harder course than last months race.     

But that completes my run goal for the month too tired to type more atm after driving 13 hours yesterday and then getting up at 5am to get to the race this am. 

Baowolf - 2009-11-23 2:11 AM Sigh, not a great race.  Lowsy race management long day.  This is the first race I have ever been to where the trail was not marked well enough to follow the course.  Everyone I talked to missed at least one turn.  We had a side competition after the race to see who ran the most extra miles while trying to find the correct course.  I ended up with 19.6 miles for an 18.6 which put me at a slight disadvantage to the locals.  The entire trail was single track, like 6 inches of dirt, with another 6 inches of sloped drit and then cacti, sage brush, cliffs etc.  So after my 1 mile detour I was trying to make up some time by repassing folks, not easy to do.  And well I bit it catching a shoelace on the sage brush and going down about 3 miles into the race or so.  We shall see whether I just got some scrapes or whether I have some additionial stiffness tomorrow.  

Aside from almost no trail markers, on a 30k trail run they had 2 aid stations.  This did not really seam sufficient.  I didn't think this was a big deal, but I am sure that the elevation gains are very far off and well the temp got much warmer than forcast.  Anyway kind of disappointing, they never did post anyone's times for the 30k even though I hung out for about 1 hour.  I haven't checked the garmin or whatever, so I will get a RR up once they get around to posting results.  Definately a harder course than last months race.     

But that completes my run goal for the month too tired to type more atm after driving 13 hours yesterday and then getting up at 5am to get to the race this am. 

van_paulus - 2009-11-23 2:01 AM

 

Simply Impressive....What aTEAM!

Baowolf - 2009-11-23 2:11 AM Sigh, not a great race.  Lowsy race management long day....