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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2014 - 03:29pm PT
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Two burns on Forever war, i might not be able to breathe for a week!
Now a liesurely mtn bike ride!!
Edit : then there were the boulder problems I couldn't do, but I did, finally get up a 10' 5.9 handcrack!!!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 19, 2014 - 06:45pm PT
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Geez, have all you guys quit running for the last month?
5.11 miles tonight, 61 minutes, 59 yards down and up, 659 Calories. I guess I can have an extra beer, eh?
Running seems like a perfectly good waste of energy.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Aug 19, 2014 - 09:38pm PT
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Happy to report resting pulse of 42, completed a 26 mile trail run in 90+ heat feeling pretty good. My "easy weekend" was a climb up Mt. Adams with a colleague from work - and did fine with my trail running legs providing enough crossover benefit to make up for a total lack of peak bagging. Hood to Coast this weekend, then my last long training run. Hope I survive this!!!
The biking schedule fell apart. Between my son's visit and attending a family funeral, I am not getting in many miles. Still intend to do Cycle Oregon, but it will be a sufferfest.
The rewards seem to be worth it - I feel great.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Aug 19, 2014 - 09:42pm PT
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Stress fracture in left foot. Really miss my HIiT workouts.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2014 - 07:10pm PT
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Ran Mt Peale (with Blitzo) linked a bunch of those other peaks and then ran down the La sal pass road and back to make it come out to thirteen miles. September's half marathon came early this year!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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A couple of weeks ago it was Sill
8 mi, 13hrs, 5200 ft of gain, All above 12,000,half of it above 13,000
Total for the vacation was 35 mi and 14,900 ft of gain, not including Fairview and Lembert.
Did 94 mi of flat on the bike Saturday, 6 hr ride time, 45 min stopped.
I'm now finally under 210
Tomorrow it's either intervals or the hwy 39 climb. haven't quite decided on how to torture myself yet.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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I took my kids on their first real backpacking trip this weekend near Tuolumne Meadows... Mt Hoffman via May Lake. Most of the folks posting here would probably do that after waking up before they needed to take a morning pee, but carrying climbing gear and water and food for 3 people was a great equalizer to make me as tired (or maybe more so) than the kids. I don't normally seek out cardio activities, so this got my heart pumping pretty well.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Ran 30 miles in these 4 days, gunning for a 50 mile week. I'm feeling like I'm on the edge of barfing, around 50% of the time.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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That means your doing it right.
Heading to utah for the wasatch 100 right now. Ready for a spectacular ass kicking.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Hood to Coast went well - the old lady took Leg 1, blasted downhill from Timberline Lodge posting the fastest mile she's ever run, 5:09, for the first mile. So what if that was gravity aided!! Took the lead in my starting group and passed six people from the group that started 15 minutes ahead of me. Yes!!
Reality kicked me for my third run. Let's just savor the first moment.
Part two of the aerobathon is Saturday with the Volcanic 50K. The heat will be on high. Let's see if I melt. I hope that I get through the 24 mile checkpoint before the cutoff time.
Then a few short hours later, it will be Cycle Oregon.
Looking forward to mere climbing by mid-September!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2014 - 05:50pm PT
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I'm exhausted just reading that! Good luck!
And you too, Atch! The wasatch 100, wow!
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Paddled my kayak solo around Manhattan for a PB time of 6 hrs 38 min including time to cross the Hudson twice. Only saw 3 condoms and 2 maxi pads, so I'd say the rivers are cleaning up!
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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^ gross
5000 m on a rowing machine
First time doing cardio in over 5 months
F*#k yeah
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Fat Paul
Trad climber
Right Coast
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Speed night! 13 miles @ 7:50 pace. Last Saturday, 5 hour trail run.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Well, I was about to feel proud for running three miles in 29 minutes, but buddy above spoiled it all for me.
Nice work, Anita. Legs are so overrated.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Explain "cardio" please...
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Sep 11, 2014 - 12:58pm PT
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Spectacular ass kicking it was!
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Sep 11, 2014 - 01:26pm PT
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Explain "cardio" please...
"Cardio" is aerobic exercise.
Generally it is any kind of activity that substantially increases your heart rate and breathing for an extended period of time. Running is a good example.
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Recovering from a stress fracture on foot and been able to run 1 to 1 1/2 miles this week on separate days.
Did really good weight session yesterday. Been alternating between light weight/high reps sessions and going heavy.
Heavy, man.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Sep 15, 2014 - 02:14pm PT
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DONE!!!
Volcanic 50K was on a very hot day. I suffered through the miles on the north side of St. Helens, my foot screaming at me. Joyfully, I immersed it in the creek at 16 miles to get some of the swelling down and reduce the pain. Struggled up to Aid Station 3 at 20 miles and soaked my foot for 10 minutes. That revived me, and I blasted across the Plains of Abraham, deperately trying to beat the cutoff at Aid Station 4. I made it with minutes to spare. My hubby met me with an icepack for my foot - anticipated the problem and knew that I would not make it from 20 - 32 without a cooling mechanism. My buddy joined me for the last 8 miles. Finished!!
Rose at 4:30 AM, on the road by 5:30 AM to start Cycle Oregon. Began with Legs of Lead. The "easy day" from the Dalles to Glenwood was pure determination. The heat was still on, and the switchbacks up to Glenwood were a slog from tree to tree, hyperventilate, repeat. We were blessed with an awesome view of Adams from our camp.
Day two was a 63 mile jaunt back down to The Dalles, then over to Dufur. This day had over 6,000 feet of climbing. Surprisingly, I made it.
Day 3 brought the long climb out of Dufur, passing nearby many of the climbing areas hidden in the river cnayons. Mt. Hood took center stage. We had nearly 7,000 vertical on a day with 74 miles.
I thought the pain would be over. No one mentioned the hundreds of expansion joints we would encounter on the long downhill into Tygh Valley.
The bike was much the worse for wear - and so was my ass. We had 84 miles to get to Madras. The chain was groaning as we crossed the Warm Springs Reservation.
I had the bike support team check my iron steed, and they thought just a little lube would do the trick. Nope. Two flat tires followed. My second tube did not have a long enough stem, so I bartered with another cyclist to exchange tubes. That's three tire changes for me!! Then the chain fell off, then the bike started shifting without my instructions to do so. Did my best to enjoy the dam crossing - generally closed to the public. I arrived at the base of the 14.7 degree hill with no confidnece that the bike would behave. 14.7 degree grade for 1.5 miles, 12 more miles after that, 45 minutes before course support pulled - jumped on the sag wagon, roaylly pissed off. Left my bike with the mechaincs for the evening and stormed off to dinner with no shower. Didn't care how grimy or smelly I was.
The next day was the optional day - a relatively flat and short loop through Smith Rock. Let me give you the definition of flat - only 3,325 in elevation gain over a short 68.7 miles. Hammered the first half, enjoying the views of the cascades.
And Lake Billy Chinook
Fantastic lunch and entertainment at Smith near North Point.
Headwinds made the second half quite a bit more difficult even though it was flatter. I had a slow leak in a tire, but managed to bring it home. It was that evening that I became familiar with "goatheads" and "puncture weed". This tube change would be the last of the trip.
I was very nervous about Day 6 which was the longest day - 90 miles. Left at the crack of dawn in 37 degree temperatures, tears streaming down my face for the opening miles. Finally we got to the first climb, 5 miles at 5 - 6% grade. I actually welcomed this, glad to warm up, and plodded my way up the hill, actually passing some people. We passed through Antelope and Shaniko. These climbs were without incident, and the switchbacks were actually reasonable. The 21 mile descent down Bakeoven Road was fun, and I actually went miles between braking, a vast improvement in coordination and confidence from the beginning of the trip. We coasted down to Maupin where you could choose to raft, take the cheater shuittle, or ride. I rode down a gloriously mild section of road along the Deschuttes River, passing rafters and native fisherman.
A "short (3 miles) and mild (4 - 5% grade)" climb brought us out of the canyon and into Tygh Valley.
I was so happy to have completed these rides, remembering how painful the first 20 mile ride was back in May when I started biking following a 30 year abseence.
We slept in until almost 6 AM for the final ride. Departure was a late 8:15 AM. The final day began with - surprise - yet another climb. That was dispatched quickly. We turned onto Dufur Gap Road and roared through the gap, then down 15 mile mile road, swooping back to the Dalles.
The Aerobic trip report - Success!! Not bad for a little old lady. Now back to climbing.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Sep 15, 2014 - 02:59pm PT
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wow GREAT^
I DNSd the 18 mile race yesterday. Woke up at 2 am feeling really terrible.
But I got so I could keep food down later that aft, and knocked out a 5 miler. Today, I had a low grade fever and some sniffles, but I'm eating fine and the legs are charged, I ran 10 miles MTR per training plan.
I'm screwed though, for LTRs and 6 weeks out. This won't end well.
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