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

April 2014 Training

Wed 30th, Road ride to Eagle Rock Golf for 1hr 54mins (Tempo Intervals 3x6mins) Average heart rate =122 max =176, elevation gain 429 feet. Kms 43

Sat 26th, Road group ride & w/ Travis B @ Wye School for 4hrs 8mins, Average heart rate =156 max =201, Total elevation gain 1,220 feet. Kms 100

Thu 24th, Road ride to Bretona Pond for 1hr 30mins. Average heart rate =104 max =166, Total elevation gain 301 feet. Kms 31 

Tue 22nd, Road ride along Ellerslie road for 1hr (Test #2). Average heart rate =147 max =187, Total elevation gain 273 feet. Kms 24 

Sun 20th, Road ride along Ellerslie road for 2hrs 3mins. Average heart rate =128 max =167, Total elevation gain 686 feet. Kms 45

Sat 19th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 2hrs (Spin-ups + Dominant leg). Average  Rpm =80 Max =143, Total elevation gain 574 feet. Kms 47

Sun 13th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall to Golden Bear Golf Club for 2hrs, Average heart rate =131 max =150, Total elevation gain 623 feet. Kms 49

Sat 12th, Road ride @ Wye School to Strathcona Wilderness Centre for 3hrs. Average heart rate =128 max =147, Total elevation gain 1,027 feet. Kms 66

Thu 10th, Road ride to Beaumont for 1hr 45mins (Spin-ups + Dominant leg) Average rpm =78 Max =132 ,Total elevation gain 372 feet. Kms 40

Sun 6th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall to Ardrossan for 3hrs, Average heart rate =116 max =153, Total elevation gain 1,030 feet. Kms 63

Sat 5th, Road group ride @ Wye School for 3hrs, Average Rpm =81 Max =119, Total elevation gain 953 feet. Kms 72

Thur 3rd, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 1hr (Spin-ups + Dominant leg). Average heart rate =118 max =164, Total elevation gain 310 feet. Kms 20

2013/2014 Non Contact Hockey League Season Recap

This was my sixth season of men's league hockey and first with the Rangers. We finished 5th place out of 6 teams in Division 8/12. I played 27/30 games and had 11 Goals & 13 Assists for 24 points. I was tied with Javan M for the team lead in points. I played in 1/1 play off games and had 1 Assist. We lost our round one play off game and were eliminated.  




Back LtoR- Patrick G, Scott I, Andy R, Dallas H, James S, Harry A, Me
Front LtoR- Jeff M, Leonard L, Javan M, Bartek J, Daniel D, Chris R
Goalie is Mike G
Pic by Chris R's Dad

April 2013/2014 Non Contact Hockey League (Play-Offs)

Tues 1st, (Game #1) 1 Assist
@ 6:15pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Ghostbusters (L 6-2) I got my assist as I stole the puck along the boards I chipped it out along the boards just past their defence men and was on a two on one, I took a hard shot low blocker side and the goalie fumbled it and Javan was there to get the rebound and score. In the first period we were skating with them and keeping the game close. We had a not so good second period and had a few lapses in our d zone. We came out with a better effort in the third period, I guess we emptied the tank. Tonight we did not lose due to lack of effort. Dallas H 1G. Leonard L hard fore checking. Chris R was skating so hard he took out the net. I would like to thank my mom for coming out to the game to cheer the team on.

Video of me assisting on Javan M's goal (31 seconds) 



I was flying overtop the ice, lol
Pic by Chris R's Dad

2013/2014 Cross Country Ski Racing Season Recap

Alberta Loppet Race Series XC

1. Canadian Birkebeiner @ Blackfoot AB - Feb 8th, 247th place out of 592 Overall

This was my second season of Cross Country Ski racing.

March 2013/2014 Non Contact Hockey League

Sat 29th, (Game #27) 1 Assist
@ 10:45pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Whos Your Daddy (L 4-3) I got my assist when James S shot it at the net and it hit off me and to a pinching Howard C who knocked it in. They out played us in the first period. We had a really good second period and we were tied at two. They found another gear in the third period, but we all tried really hard and together as a team we made it close. Howard C 1G & 2A. Steven W had a good game on defence. Mike G was great between the pipes.

Mon 24th, (Game #26)
@ 10:45pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Ghostbusters (L 6-0) I had seven shots on goal and myself and James S rotated as the two centre ice men. Tonight was not from a lack of effort on our teams part as I thought all our players were skating hard all night. Where I think we got caught puck watching at times and we got out of position for a couple of there goals.

Sat 15th, (Game #25)
@ 10:45pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Ice Kings (L 3-0) We started out pretty even with some shifts where we had some chances. They got out to a three goal lead mid way in the second period. We kept skating with them and put out our best effort to not let them run away with the score. I thought Blaise F was our best player with some shots on net and good back checking.

Sat 8th, (Game #24)
@ 10:45pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Puck University (L 8-1) We started out well with a one nothing lead. I thought that we could skate with them. We had a couple defensive break downs giving up some odd man chances. I thought the huge difference was their #24 and #80 as they were very high level players. Ryan S 1G. Javan M 1A. I thought Bartek J played really well.

Sat 1st, (Game #23) 1 Goal
@ 10:45pm, Terwillegar Arena Rangers vs. Voodoo (W 5-1) I scored my goal of a great stretch pass from Patrick G that sent me just behind the defence and I faked right and went to the back hand (similar to Jordan Eberle lol) I thought we played one of our best games tonight. I liked the fact that every player played as hard as they could and I thought it was a great team effort. Patrick G 2G & 1A, James S 2A, Javan M 1G & 1A, Blaise F 1G & 1A, Cameron B 2A.

March 2014 Training

Thurs 27th, Spin @ home for 1 hour (Isolated Leg Training), Average heart rate=101 Max=123, Avg rpm=77, km's 17

Sun 23rd, Road ride along Ellerslie road for 2hrs 2mins. Average heart rate =120 max =160, Total elevation gain 659 feet. Kms 40

Sat 22nd, Road ride to Beaumont for 2hrs 2mins. Average heart rate =131 max =164, Total elevation gain 486 feet. Kms 43

Tues 18th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 1hr (Spin-ups + Dominant leg). Average heart rate =112 max =166, Total elevation gain 197 feet. Kms 19

Sun 16th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall to Beaumont for 2hrs 2mins. Average heart rate =126 max =159, Total elevation gain 617 feet. Kms 46

Thur 13th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 1hr 20mins (Test #1). Average heart rate =137 max =171, Total elevation gain 323 feet. Kms 33