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发帖数: 19210 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Tri 讨论区 】
发信人: ironman2015 (IMMT 2013), 信区: Tri
标 题: 2013 Fall Epic 8 Hour 比赛报告
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Sep 30 01:16:04 2013, 美东)
What a great day of racing at Hardwood Hill! Never rode my mountain bike so
long in a day before. But since it's the only day I get to ride my MTB for
the year, why not make it worth the trip. After all 8-hour is relatively
short compared to an 11-hour Ironman.
All the preparation was checking out last year's solo result and comparing
that to my times in the relay team. And I figured if the course is a 9km one
, then I should aim for 14 laps or 34:15 per lap (10% slower than my average
lap time from last year). But if it's a 10 km lap as advertised on the
official site, then 13 laps or 36:55 per lap would be enough. Those numbers
are not just some random numbers, they are aimed for podium!
Nutrition plan was pretty much the same as for my Ironman race. Breakfast
was bagel toasted with peanut butter & a moon cake. Then a GU gel for each
lap, and GU Roctane gel with caffeine for the final laps. Instead of Hammer
Perpeteum as my energy drink like in Ironman (they are expensive), I diluted
two bottles of Shopper's Drug Mart's Life Brand Complete Meal (knock-off
version of Ensure meal replacement) into two water bottles. I got the Plus
Calories version, so each bottle contains 355 cal. And then three bottles of
just tap water.
Installed my roof rack two nights before. (I know, other than this MTB trip,
I don't even need the roof racks anymore.) And also installed a water
bottle cage on my Litespeed. Not sure why it's missing from the frame.
Carried both Litespeed Ocoee and Scott Scale to Hardwood Hill. Was going to
use the Scott as my back up bike. (A couple of years ago I snapped the rear
derailleur, and Toby had to convert it to a singlespeed for me at the race.)
But the Scott got semi-slick tires on, and the fork's air suspension is
leaking air, so it's super soft. Oh well, hope I wouldn't need a back-up
bike.
Set up my pit spot and told Joyce what I have in my cooler. Joyce was so
nice to volunteer as my support crew while she's looking after Sam. I told
her I have two types of water bottles, the pink one which contains my
special "complete meal", and the red one with just tap water. Also, the blue
gels (Roctane) were for late afternoon.
Met my friend Jon before the start. He signed up as a tag team, but his
teammate dumped him. So he had to do it as a solo. Hahaha...
Mounted a bottle of "complete meal" on the frame, and stuffed four gels in
my back pocket. At exactly 10 am, the air horn blew.
Pressed the start button my my Garmin 310XT watch and off we went. I set the
auto lap feature off (usually it's set at 5km lap for my tri trainings 4
races) for this race 'cause I'll have to lap it myself.
I seeded myself in the first half of the 200 mass starters with a few solos
around me. I don't think any solo would sees themselves at the very front.
For the first lap, they taped off a few single track sections at the
beginning, so the first two km or so were wide open gentle uphill for people
to scatter out in order to avoid mass crash. I didn't hammer, but I was
slacking either. I set myself to a good pace I was hoping I could maintain
for a whole day. But of course that is generally not the case, because
muscle fatigue will kick in layer no matter how slow you think your first
half is.
The first lap was used to familiarize myself with the course. It turned out
to be a fairly smooth course. Not too technical and no crazy steep uphills
either. The first half of course seem to be tougher than the 2nd half. Only
uphill I had to resort to my small chainring (I have two chainrings 2x10)
was at around 5.15km, and even for that one I only had to use the small
chainring in after 8 laps or so.
My favourite part of the course should be the big pine tree forest where you
can get some decent speed while zigzagging around the big tall pine trees.
Loved the flow if it!
And of course the last km of the course was enjoyable too where you could
shift into the highest gear and hammer as fast as you can to the finish area
.
The first lap was exactly 9km without the first couple of single tracks, and
I managed to do it under 32 minutes. Not bad. So, let's see how long the
2nd lap is.
2nd lap turned out to be 9.3km, and it took me 8 seconds over 33 minutes to
finish it. Not bad, I told myself, if my second half of the day doesn't slow
down too much, then average 34 minutes lap could be doable.
The more laps in, the more time I was saving against the expected lap finish
time. I had the expected lap finish time printed and made myself a pace
wrist band. I learned that trick from running marathons. And it worked out
very well for me in my marathon races. So on this special race band I made,
there are two sets if times. The 1st set is for 14 laps, and the 2nd set is
for 13 laps. After every lap, I banked in one or two extra minutes. And by
the time I finished my 7th lap, it was 1:50 pm. So I gained myself 10 extra
minutes for the 2nd half to ride the rest 7 laps. Oh, well, at least that's
how I planned it.
After four laps, I finished my first bottle of "meal". It was a cool day, so
I didn't have to drink a lot. On my way into the finish area, I told Joyce
I need a bottle of water. On my way out, Joyce was there waiting for me with
a bottle of water. I threw away my empty bottle while I'm approaching her,
and grabbed the bottle from her hand without much slowing down at all. Didn'
t east a single second (which was important as it turned out later).
And after 5 laps, I finished all 4 gels. I forgot to consume one before the
start of the race. So, I only had one at the beginning of 2 to 5 laps. Again
I told Joyce I needed 4 more gels when I was finishing my 5th lap. And
there she was waiting for me with 4 gels in her hand on my way out for my
6th lap. What a great support crew, Joyce! I can't thank you enough!
All the fist 7 laps were done under 34 minutes. I think I saw Rossetti on my
5th lap, and Jon my my 6th lap. And at the beginning of 7th lap on the long
wide uphill, I lapped about 10 solo riders all stuck together for some
reason.
At that point I was thinking about where my ranking would be and whether I
would have a shot at the podium if I can maintain my speed.
But of course things never work out the way you planned it. The muscle
fatigue started to kick in and I could feel my speed was gone. From time to
time I would check my Garmin watch, my lap speed is showing less than 15km/h
for the first half the lap now. I was averaging 17km/h in a couple of the
fast laps. Oh well, what can you do? Just hope I can rest a bit while I was
taking it easy and recoup later to speed up again. Oh, well, that didn't
happen for the next couple of laps. I was getting slower and slower.
A solo guy passed me and I started to follow him and talking to him. I asked
him him how many laps he's done, he told me a number which was the same as
mine. Then I asked how old he was and hoping he would tell me he's 40
something so I didn't need to chase him down. He's kind of bold under his
helmet looking from behind. But he told me he's 32! I said crap! You are in
my age group! I don't like you anymore man! LOL
He slowly pulled away, and I didn't have much energy to really chase him at
that time. But somehow he slowed down later and I got him back.
At the end of my 9th lap, I told Joyce I need a bottle of water. Then I got
my water on my way out for the 10th lap, great! But then I reached my hand
into my back pocket, shit, no more gels there! I forgot to check my gel
stock. And that means I would have to do a lap without the extra fuel. It
turned out the 10th lap was my slowest lap, 39:05! I would have been a
minute or two faster than that judging from my other lap results.
Also I told Joyce to check my ranking if possible. (I didn't know there's a
screen with live solo results right next to the finish line.) Also, at the
beginning of the 10th lap, I passed a solo guy who donned a Trek Store
jersey, and he looked kind of fresh and fast. We kind of rode together and
chatted. Yes, all I wanted to know was whether he's my direct competitor or
not. MIT turned out he was one. He's 36 and rode the same number of laps so
far. Okay, you are marked. But without my gel, I didn't have the energy to
even draft behind him.
At the end of 10th lap, Joyce told me I was 2nd. And I went like? What? 2nd?
Holy shit! I could podium if I push it hard and don't let anyone pass me
anymore. I assumed the Trek guy was now in 2nd position and I was 3rd. That
news gave be a big shot of energy. And I started pedalling hard again
imagining myself standing on that podium. LOL
In the beginning of 12th lap, I managed to catch up and pass the Trek guy.
He's taking a pee break! I told him you should have done that. Hahaha...
But there were a bunch of other solo guys who passed me as well which I didn
't get a chance to talk to. So, I wasn't sure about my position now 'cause I
didn't know if they were 40 and above or under.
In the middle of the 12th lap, the blue jersey bold guy caught up with me
again. He said hey it's you again. We chatted and exchanged our names. His
name was Fig. Then he slowly passed me. I was rally tired by that moment, so
I wasn't really planning to attack back until he told me he checked the
result and he was 4th. I was like you were 4th? So I was 3rd? No, I'm not
gonna let you pass me. I want the podium too. And I told him that loud and
clear as well. Hahaha...
Then came the biggest uphill in this course, I somehow managed to gather
some extra energy and sped up the hill and dropped him behind. I kept
hammering so hard and looking back from time to time to check if he's coming
back. The distance between us kept increasing from 100 meters to a few
hundred meters until I couldn't really see him anymore.
I was so thrilled that I was gonna podium in my first ever solo 8 hour race.
I didn't even ask Joyce for another bottle exchange for the final lap '
cause I didn't want to waste any precious second.
I kept hammering like a mad man in the final lap, and still looking back
from time to time just to make sure that Fig didn't get a chance to ambush
me. He's nowhere to be seen in the first 3/4 of the race until the final 3km
to go that I heard his voice again. Fig, you are back? No way! I'm not
gonna let you catch me. I shifted into another high gear and sped up again.
I was now more focused on the turns and little trees. Any mistake at this
moment could potentially cost me a podium finish. I was very smooth and fast
though and crossed the finish line with Fig chasing like a madman from
behind.
I finished in 7:31:05 with 13 laps done. While I was there still panting,
Fig rode across the finish line in 7:31:17! WOW! I beat him by only 12
seconds! We shakes hands and hugged! What a great race!
We then walked down the little slope and went to check the solo results. Fig
told me, "Tony, you are 2nd!" "What? So you are 3rd?" Wow! We are both
going to podium in the end after all that mad chase. Both of is were so
thrilled!
I went back to Sam & Joyce's tent and told them I got 2nd. I couldn't have
done this without help from Joyce 'cause I know she saved me more than 12
seconds or 1 second per lap. Joyce also gave me an egg sandwich. Yes, I was
hungry by now.
I then rode over to the main parking lot looking for the rest of CMBA. I
needed to share this good news to them and get my new 2013 CMBA jersey from
Peter to wear for the podium.
I quickly put on my new jersey and walked back to the award ceremony.
Arrived just in time to stand I the podium for the SOLO 39 & under category.
Shakes hands with Fig who got 3rd and the winner who rode 14 laps! I was so
proud to stand on the podium, really! And I can see my CMBA friends were
also very proud of me as well.
Went back to the main site with my silver medal. Had a leftover double-
burger! Yes, I was still hungry. The 11 gels didn't taste as good as the
sandwich and burger. That's for sure!
Oh, what a day of mountain biking! The only day of mountain biking for 2013!
7 hours and 31 minutes, 120 kilometres! And a 2nd place podium finish! Can'
t ask for anything better than that!
Although I now mainly focus on triathlon training and racing, at heart I'm
still a mountain biker! Mountain biking is still the most enjoyable sport I
do. I just love the moments you zigzagging through the woods, riding over
the fallen golden leaves on the trails, passing through the sun beams
casting in through the tree branches. Just love the feeling of being so
close together with the mother nature. | J********e
发帖数: 2284 | 2 好吧好吧，基本上能看懂你在说神马：
一个伟大的日子的赛车在硬木山！决不会骑着我的山地车，所以
只要在一天前。但因为它是唯一的一天，我骑着我的山地车
年内，为什么不把它值得一游。毕竟8小时是比较
比较短的一个11小时的铁人。
所有的准备工作去年被检查出个结果和比较
，我次接力队。我想如果当然是9公里的一个
，那么我的目标应该是每圈14圈或34:15 （平均比我慢10％
从去年的单圈时间） 。但如果它是10公里的圈上的广告
官方网站，然后每圈13圈36:55就足够了。这些数字
不只是一些随机的数字，他们的目的是登上领奖台！
营养计划是几乎相同的，为我的铁人三项比赛。早餐
百吉饼烤花生酱月饼。然后为每一个GU凝胶
一圈，和顾Roctane的凝胶含咖啡因的最后几圈。相反锤
我像在铁人三项的能量饮料（ Perpeteum他们是昂贵的） ，我稀释
两瓶药物沃尔玛购物者的生命品牌齐全餐（敲断
确保代餐的版本） ，分为两个矿泉水瓶。我得到了加
卡路里的版本，所以每瓶含有355卡路里。然后三瓶
只需自来水。
安装了车顶行李架，前两晚。 （我知道，比这山地车之旅，
我什至都不需要了车顶行李架） ，而且还安装了水
瓶我的Litespeed笼。不知道为什么从帧丢失。
进行的Litespeed的奥科伊和斯科特规模硬木山的。正想
使用斯科特作为我的备份自行车。 （一对夫妇几年前，我厉声说道后方
变速器，托比不得不将其转换为单速，我在比赛中。 ）
但斯科特有半光滑轮胎，叉的空气悬架是
漏气，所以它是超软。哦，好吧，希望我不会需要一个备份
自行车。
设置我的坑点，乔伊斯告诉我有什么在我的冷却器。乔伊斯是如此
很高兴我的支持乘员志愿者，而她的照顾山姆。我告诉
她说我有两种类型的矿泉水瓶，其中包含我的粉红色
特殊的“完整的饭” ，和红色的只是自来水。此外，蓝色
凝胶（ Roctane ）傍晚。
会见开始前，我的朋友乔恩。他签署了作为标记队，但他
队友把他甩了。于是，他不得不这样做，作为一个独奏。哈哈哈...
安装在框架上一瓶“饭毕” ，酿四凝胶
我后面的口袋。正是在上午10时，空气号角吹响。
按下启动按钮，我的我的Garmin 310XT看，我们就出发了。我设置了
汽车圈功能关闭（它通常被设置在5公里一圈的我三培训4
种族）这场比赛的原因，我不得不一圈自己。
我自己接种200质量起动上半年的几个独奏
在我周围。我不认为任何独奏会认为自己在很前面。
第一圈，他们录制了几单轨道区段
开始，所以第2公里左右敞开温柔上坡人
分散，以避免大规模崩溃。我没有锤子，但我是
懈怠。我给自己定下一个很好的步伐，我希望我能保持
一整天。但当然，这是一般的情况下，因为
肌肉疲劳层不管怎么慢，你认为你的第一个会踢
一半是。
第一圈使用自己熟悉的过程。它横空出世
是一个相当平滑的课程。没有太多的技术并没有疯狂陡峭的上坡
要么。当然上半年似乎比下半年更强硬。只
上坡，我只好求助于我的小齿盘（我有两个齿盘2×10 ）
在周围5.15公里，甚至对那一个，我才不得不使用小
8圈左右后齿盘。
我最喜欢的课程的一部分，你应该是大松树林
可以得到一些体面的速度，而高大的松树围绕大曲折。
爱的流，如果它！
当然，课程的最后一公里的太过瘾，你可以
最高档位和锤子一样快，你可以转移到终点区
。
第一圈是没有第一对夫妇的单曲，正是9公里
我设法做下32分钟。不坏。所以，让我们来看看有多长
第二圈。
第二圈竟然是9.3公里的，我花了8秒超过33分钟
完成它。不坏，我告诉自己，如果我的第二个半天不慢
下跌太多，那么平均34分钟一圈，可能是可行的。
多跑几圈，我更多的时间节省对预期圈完成
时间。我有预期的单圈完成时间印刷和自己的步伐
手腕带。我了解到，从跑马拉松的把戏。和它的工作
对我非常好，在我的马拉松比赛。因此，在这个特殊的种族带我，
如果时间有两套。第1集第14圈，第二组是
13圈。每一圈后存入银行，我在一个或两个额外的分钟。和
我完成了我的第7圈的时候，它是下午1:50 。所以我自己获得了额外的10
下半年分钟骑其余7圈。哦，好了，至少这是
我怎么计划。
四圈之后，我完成了我的第一瓶“饭” 。这是一个凉爽的一天，所以
我没有喝了很多。到终点区在回家的路上，我告诉乔伊斯
我需要一瓶水。我的出路，乔伊斯在那儿等着我
一瓶水。我扔掉了我接近她时，我的空瓶子
所有没有太多的放缓，并从她的手抓起一瓶。没想到'
吨东一秒钟（这是重要的，因为它横空出世以后） 。
5圈之后，我完成了所有4凝胶。我忘了之前的消耗
比赛开始。所以，我只在开始的2 〜5圈之一。再次
我告诉乔伊斯，我需要更多的凝胶，当我完成我的第5圈。和
有她在等待我有4凝胶在她的手在我的方式为我的
第6圈。一个很大的支持船员，乔伊斯！我不知道怎么感谢你够了！
根据34分钟内完成所有的拳头7圈。我想我看到我罗塞蒂
第5圈，和Jon我第6圈。和上面的第七圈开始对长
大上坡，我舔了大约10个人车手都粘在了一起对一些
的原因。
在这一点上，我想将我的排名，以及是否我
会在讲台上有一个镜头，如果我能保持我的速度。
但当然，事情从来没有工作的方式，你计划好了。肌肉
疲劳开始踢，我能感觉到我的速度已经走了。从时间到
我会检查我的Garmin的腕表，我的单圈速度小于15公里每小时
上半年一圈。我在一对夫妇的平均17公里每小时
最快单圈。哦，好吧，你能做些什么呢？只是希望我能休息一下，而我
服用很容易收回后，再次加快。哦，好吧，那没
发生下一几圈。我是越来越慢。
独奏家伙从我身边走过，我就开始跟随他，对他说话。我问
他他他做了多少圈，他告诉我一个号码是一样的
矿井。然后，我问他怎么老，希望他会告诉我他是40
的东西，所以我并不需要追逐他。他的大胆在他的
头盔从背后看。但他告诉我，他已经32岁！我说废话！您现在的位置
我的年龄组！我不喜欢你的人了！ LOL
他慢慢地扯远了，我没有太多的精力去真正追逐他
那个时候。但不知何故，他放慢后，我让他回来。
在我的第9圈结束时，我告诉乔伊斯，我需要一瓶水。然后我
我的水，我的出路在第10圈，太棒了！但后来，我达到了我的手
我的背口袋，狗屎，有没有更多的凝胶！我忘了检查我的凝胶
股票。这意味着我将不得不这样做了一圈，没有额外的燃料。它
横空出世，在第10圈是我最慢一圈， 39:05 ！我本来是一个
两分钟的速度比从我的其他圈。
我也告诉乔伊斯，如果可能的话，检查我的排名。 （我不知道有一个
现场独奏会导致屏幕旁边的终点线。）另外，在
第10圈开始，我通过一个单独的家伙穿上跋涉商店
球衣，他看起来有点新鲜和快速。样的，我们一起骑着
聊。是的，所有我想知道的是他是我的直接竞争对手或
没有。麻省理工学院的横空出世，他是其中一个。他是36 ，骑着同样的圈数，所以
为止。好吧，你被标记。但是，如果没有我的凝胶，我没有有精力
甚至在他身后起草。
在第10圈结束时，乔伊斯告诉我，我是第二个。我去的呢？什么？第二个吗？
神圣的狗屎！我能登上领奖台，如果我把它硬，不要让任何人传递给我
了。我以为迷航的家伙现在在第二位置，我是第三次。该
新闻给是大人物能源。于是我开始再次蹬踏努力
想象自己站在那个领奖台上。 LOL
在第12圈开始，我设法赶上，并通过艰苦跋涉的家伙。
他采取一个撒尿突破！我告诉他，你应该这样做。哈哈哈...
但也有一帮的其他独奏家伙谁从我身边走过，我没
'得到一个说话的机会。 “所以，我现在不知道我的位置，因为我
不知道，如果他们分别为40和之上或之下。
在第12圈的中间，蓝色球衣大胆的家伙赶上了我
再次。他说，嘿，这是你再次。我们聊，并交换了我们的名字。他的
名字是图。然后，他慢慢地从我身边走过。我是反弹累了的那一刻，所以
我是不是真的打算攻退，直到他告诉我，他检查
结果，他是第4 。我很喜欢你的第四？所以，我是第三？不，我不
会让你递给我。我也希望登上领奖台。而且我告诉他，大声和
清除。哈哈哈...
随后而来的是在这个过程中最大的上坡，我莫名其妙地设法收集
一些额外的能量，加快了山，并投下了他的背后。我不停
锤击这么辛苦，不时回头看检查，如果他的到来
回来。我们之间的距离不断增加，从100米到几
百米，直到我不能真正看到他了。
我是如此高兴，我要去我第一次独奏8小时耐力赛领奖台。
我什至没有问乔伊斯为换取最后一圈另一瓶'
因为我不想浪费任何宝贵的第二次。
我像个疯子一样在最后一圈，不停地锤打的后顾之犹
不时，以确保公正，图没有得到一个机会伏击
我。他无处可看出，在第一个3/4的种族直到最后的3公里的
去，我再次听到他的声音。图，你回来了？没办法！我不
会让你追我。我转移到另一个高齿轮再次加快。
我现在更专注于转弯和小树。任何错误
时刻可能花费了我登上了领奖台。我是非常顺利和快速
虽然冲过了终点线图追逐像一个疯子
在后面。
我在7点31分05秒完成13圈，做完后。而我在那里仍然气喘吁吁，
图乘坐7点31分17秒冲过终点线！哇！我打了他只有12
秒！我们握手和拥抱！这是一个伟大的比赛！
然后我们走下小斜坡，去检查独奏的结果。无花果
告诉我，“托尼，你是第二个！”你说什么？ “所以，你是第三个吗？”哇！我们都
讲台结束后，所有的疯狂追逐。这是如此
好爽！
我又回到了萨姆和乔伊斯的帐篷，并告诉他们我得了第二名。我不能有
这样做没有帮助从乔伊斯的事业，我知道她救了我超过12
秒或1秒每圈。乔伊斯也给了我一个鸡蛋三明治。是的，我是
现在饿了。
然后我骑着寻找其余的CMBA的主要停车场。我
分享这个好消息给他们，并把我的新的2013 CMBA球衣
彼得穿的领奖台。
我赶紧把我的新球衣，走回了颁奖仪式。
来的正是时候，我站在领奖台上的SOLO 39岁以下类别。
握手与图谁得到了第三和赢家谁骑14圈！我是如此
自豪地站在领奖台上，真的！我可以看到我的CMBA朋友
我也很自豪。
回去到主站点，我的银牌。有吃剩的双
汉堡！是的，我还是饿了。 11凝胶没味道一样好
三明治和汉堡。这是肯定的！
哦，什么一天的山地自行车！唯一的一天， 2013年山地自行车！
7小时31分钟，120公里！和第二名的领奖台！可以'
不要询问什么比这更好的！
虽然我现在主要集中在铁人三项训练和比赛，在我的心脏
仍然是一个山地自行车！山地自行车是我最愉快的运动
做的。我只是爱你穿过树林曲折的时刻，骑过
倒下的小径上，金黄的树叶，太阳光束通过
通过树枝铸造。只是爱的感觉如此
关闭一起大自然。 | t****u
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【在 J********e 的大作中提到】
: 好吧好吧，基本上能看懂你在说神马：
: 一个伟大的日子的赛车在硬木山！决不会骑着我的山地车，所以
: 只要在一天前。但因为它是唯一的一天，我骑着我的山地车
: 年内，为什么不把它值得一游。毕竟8小时是比较
: 比较短的一个11小时的铁人。
: 所有的准备工作去年被检查出个结果和比较
: ，我次接力队。我想如果当然是9公里的一个
: ，那么我的目标应该是每圈14圈或34:15 （平均比我慢10％
: 从去年的单圈时间） 。但如果它是10公里的圈上的广告
: 官方网站，然后每圈13圈36:55就足够了。这些数字
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