Royal River Valley Rumble III MTB XC Race 2014 @ Terwillegar Park (Alberta Cup) #1

Sunday May 25th, I finished 34th out of 42 in Sport Men Results It was three laps long and 25 km's in total. It took me 1hr 23mins. My Average heart rate was 179 bpm and max was 194 bpm. The total elevation gain was 858 feet. I had a warm up for about seven minutes. I had a really slow start for the first couple km's but then I maintained my pace and picked off a few racers as I went along for the rest of the race. The temperature was 19 deg C with light rain so it made some of the roots slippery to ride over a little mud don't hurt as its a MTB XC race. I am proud of myself as I wore Lycra shorts for the first time in a MTB race, I stayed clipped in for the full race and I closed the gap on a racer that beat me by twenty minutes in 2012 to just three minutes today. My legs were really sore today as I have done lots of hard training this week but that is ok this is on my list as a B race. It was cool to see an old team mate Jason K from my River Valley Cycle racing days as five years ago we both did an Alberta Cup race here (my first ever race), unfortunately then he had a bad crash, today he beat me by just under three minutes and he raced great today. I want to say a Huge thanks to my parents for coming out to cheer me on and take pics, it made me race faster. Thank you Mike B, Steve M, Karen M, Mark R and Hardcore Bikes for putting on the race & all the volunteers for their help as they also cheered loud.






I'm ripping by with a smile of hurtful joy. Pic by parents



At the finish line. Pic by parents

Spring Series Road Race 2014 #2 @ Northern Bear Golf Club

Sunday May 11th, I finished 13th out of 33 in group C and that is un official because there is no timing done. It took me 1 hr & 31 mins. It was four laps and a total of 52 km's long. My average heart rate was 182 bpm and max was 200 bpm. The total Elevation gain was 612 feet. I road 5kms to the start line so it served as a nice warm up and for the day I went a total of 62 Kms. The temperature was 13 deg c with a bit of a wind. I was nine minutes faster than I was just last Saturday. My legs and lungs felt great. I got dropped from the main group about sixteen minutes in, then formed a three person group where I road up front for a full lap and I had a team mate Shauna there to help me and later four more joined us to form a chasing group. I finished about 30 seconds off the lead group and I made my move a bit to soon to catch them as I should have just waited one more minute as we still had three kms to go.






Post Race with my team, Me, Shauna T, Leanne E, Heather K, Trevor C, Cory D, David J

 

Spring Series Road Race 2014 #1 @ Northern Bear Golf Club

Saturday May 3rd, I finished 8th out of 14 in group C and that is un official because there is no timing done. It took me 1 hr & 40 mins. It was four laps and a total of 52 km's long. My average heart rate was 178 bpm and max was 199 bpm. The total Elevation gain was 663 feet. I road 5kms to the start line so it served as a nice warm up and for the day I went a total of 62 Kms. The temperature was only 2 deg c. I stayed with the main group for over two laps and I spent a lot of time at the front driving the pace and on one of the up hills I split the group up. There was a break on lap three and because I was on the front when it took place I was just not able to close the gap in time. There was a professional tri athlete in our group and some really fast riders as well. I am happy with my result and performance.

May 2014 Training

Sat 31st, Road group ride & w/ Mike K @ Wye School to Fort Saskatchewan for 2hrs 22mins (Threshold 2 X 15mins intervals), Average heart rate =148 max =188, Total elevation gain 973 feet. Kms 65

Fri 30th, MTB ride in Millwoods Ravine for 1hr 4mins. Average heart rate =108 max =148, Elevation gain 188 feet. Kms 18

Sat 24th, MTB ride @ Terwillegar Pre-Lap Royal River Valley Rumble III for 1hr. Average heart rate =129 max =178, Elevation gain 327 feet. Kms 13

Wed 21st, Road ride w/Mom, Ellerslie road for 1hr 32mins (Sweetspot Workout 30mins) Average heart rate =121 max =180, Total elevation gain 266 feet. Kms 32

Mon 19th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 2hrs 5mins (Tempo Effort 45mins) Average heart rate =126 max =167, Total elevation gain 476 feet. Kms 52

Sat 17th, MTB ride Terwillegar Park to 23rd ave for 3hrs. Average heart rate =138 max =175, Elevation gain 1,732 feet. Kms 42

Fri 16th, MTB ride United Cycle to Goldbar Park for 2hrs 22mins. Average heart rate =123 max =172, Elevation gain 932 feet. Kms 26

Wed 14th, Road ride along Ellerslie road for 1hr 52mins (Tempo Effort 40mins) Average heart rate =126 max =166, Total elevation gain 437 feet. Kms 44

Sat 10th, MTB ride @ Terwillegar Park for 2hrs 11mins. Average heart rate =135 max =186, Elevation gain 1,054 feet. Kms 33

Thu 8th, MTB ride United Cycle to Forest Heights Park for 1hr 41mins. Average heart rate =137 max =179, Elevation gain 774 feet. Kms 18

Wed 7th, Road ride to Eagle Rock Golf for 1hr 30mins (Tempo Effort 30mins) Average heart rate =125 max =163, Elevation gain 397 feet. Kms 38