Time Trialling

Hey guys!

I am making this a quick check in because I am currently on vacation with the family in New York. Taking a couple days to ride some roller coasters, get in some quality training sessions and spend some down time before heading to Michigan this weekend for my first adventure race.

The adventure race is 60-80 miles (we find everything out only the morning of the race) and is canoeing, mountain biking and trekking. I am looking forward to doing some bush whacking and learning some solid orienteering skills from my team mate who is a master orienteerer who has been adventure racing for 10 years. And of course, reconnecting with one of my favourite endurance athletes from Michigan.

Kim – my partner in crime and team mate for Transrockies 120 Miler next year!

I will be giving a full race report but for now, I wanted to do a quick recap on my first time trial with my Health and Performance team. It was a fabulous event with some fabulous sponsors including RunWaterloo and New Balance.

I often race longer events and I was a bit nervous about this one, especially because THE DAY I published this post, I woke up with a bit of pain in my Achilles. I freaked out, of course, and I instantly booked an appointment with my coach.

I posted this to my facebook page this week:

Post by Laces and Lattes.

I love having a coach because of the incredible gains I have made in my performance and to have someone who can assess injuries and tell me how I am doing or not doing. He examined my Achilles, did some active release and told me to race the time trial.

Heading to start of the time trial, I was nervous because my legs were sore from my weekend of long runs and track events and the elite girls team was stacked.

I did some warm ups and spent some time hanging out with the girls in my wave.

I am good friends with each of these girls, either having raced varsity with them or met them through training on the team. They are all fast and impossibly fit and it is a pleasure to race with them.

The first two waves went and I wasn’t able to watch as closely as I hoped because I was busy warming up and trying to get the hurt to go from my legs. I knew it was only 2.2 km but I knew it would be full of hurt.

Before I was ready, it was time for the elite wave to go and I lined up, feeling strong but ready to just get it over with.

I honestly don’t remember much of the race, especially because it was such a short one. I have never done a race this distance before and it was fun to push full speed and be pushed by runners around me.

Not the best race picture, but I was pushing hard.

We did two loops of the park and I finished 2.2 KM in 7:37. You can see my Strava report here.

It was such a blast to race with my team at my first time trial. Here are the official results of the event. So many huge records set and I look forward to coming back next year and challenging my time!

Do you train with a team? If so, what is a unique event that you do?

Adventure racers: Leave advice for me this weekend. I need all the help I can get!