Provincial Marathon Championships MTB XC Race 2012 @ Hinton (Western National Marathon series) #1

Sunday August 26th, I finished 18th place out of 25 in the full marathon results . It took me 5hrs 20mins and it was five laps long and a total of 53 Kms and it was over 5,500 feet of elevation gain. My average heart rate was 161 and max was 183. There was a time cut off in effect you had to have the first three laps done in 3hrs 30mins and I was there in 3hrs 6mins, I could not believe I had made this time cut. I decided to keep going even though all of my muscles and bones were sore and some minor cramping, but I grinded it out and the best part was when I was coming to the finish line all the racers & volunteers were there cheering me to the line. It was an amazing atmosphere and well worth it to finish as pride for myself and also, I now get to post 18 points in the Western National Marathon series. This was my first ever Marathon and it wont be the last because I am more geared towards them because I am a very slow starter almost like a diesel engine. The race was held at the Hinton Nordic Centre and the temperature was 26 deg C. A huge thanks to Nathan F and free wheel jasper and all the volunteers for putting on the race.

Provincial Championships MTB XC Race 2012 @ Hinton (Alberta Cup) #4

Saturday August 25th, I finished 12th place out of 15 in the Master A category for all racers age 30 to 39 Novice, Sport, Expert results.  I earned 2 Alberta Mountain bike cup points. It took me 2hrs 22mins. It was two long laps and one short lap for a total of 25 Kms. The Elevation gain was 2,769 feet. My average heart rate was 179 and max was 193. I was ahead of my pace last year when I was in Novice and did one less long lap. The course was a bit different and I would say a bit more challenging than the past two years. I defiantly peaked for this race as it was my best race I had all year. The race was held at the Hinton Nordic Centre and the temperature was 22 deg C. A huge thanks to Nathan F and free wheel jasper and all the volunteers for putting on the race.





 My suffer face, pic by Caleb's dad

Africa Bike MTB XC Race 2012 @ Canmore (Alberta Cup) #3

Saturday August 18th, I finished 9th place out of 9 in Sport men results , I was one minute out of 8th place and two minutes out of 7th place. It was 1.5 laps and 18 Kms in total. It took me 1hr 25mins. My Average heart rate was 181 Max was 194. It was 27 deg C. My first half upper lap was 31 mins then I did the lower half lap in 29 mins so I was at 1hr for the first lap when I got my legs and lungs and did the same upper half lap in 25 mins. At that point I had lost too much ground on the bad start to come back. I was happy how I climbed and there was alot and I did pretty good on the down hill technical sections but that's where my time was lost. I had fun. The race was held at the Canmore Nordic Centre. Thanks Shauna T & Trevor C for coming out to cheer me on. Thanks to Boiler Tech, my parents, Bob B for donating your hard earned money to help me raise the pledge minimum of $130 so that we can make a family happy in Africa with a nice bike to ride.

A huge thanks to Melissa F and Kelly M @ africa bike project and all the volunteers for putting on this great first class event. I Helped Crazy Larry and Kelly set up the lower half lap of the course. The BBQ after the race was so good. Having Crazy Larry on the mic was a great time, great job Larry.




Post race With Crazy Lary, Melissa F and Kelly M

August 2012 Training

Monday 27th, MTB ride @ the Hinton mountain bike park for 1hr. It was a recovery ride. Kms 12

Sunday 19th, MTB ride @ the Canmore Nordic Centre for 2hrs. I did parts of various race courses. Kms 22

Friday 17th, MTB ride, did a pre lap of the Africa bike race course @ Canmore Nordic Centre for 2hrs 10mins. Kms 18

Sunday 12th, MTB ride @ Terwillegar for 1hr 5mins. Kms 15

Saturday 11th, MTB ride @ Kinsmen for 1hr 30mins. Did hill repeats. Avg heart rate=154 Max=192. Kms 20

Thursday 9th, MTB ride in Mill Woods ravine for 1hr 35mins, Kms 20

Monday 6th, MTB group ride @ Fort Saskatchewan for 1hr 37mins. Avg heart rate=157 Max=186. Kms 20

Sunday 5th, MTB ride from United Cycle to Sun Ridge Ski Hill for 3hrs 8mins. Avg heart rate=151 Max=196. Kms 50

Saturday 4th, Road ride from Country Side golf course to New Serepta for 2hrs 10mins. Avg heart rate=161 Max=190. Kms 60