Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
JEEP 12 Hours ~ Cornwall Bridge CT
Race Report
Saturday August 12, 2006
Jeep 12 Hour ~ Cornwall Bridge, Ct.
The Beautiful Early Morning Paddle
It was really good to get back to racing after a month of “bad luck” with injuries. To catch everyone up the injuries started with an accident with my bike, a dog and the cement. I tore up my foot pretty good (see photo). I was off my feet for a bit but was able to ride most of the time. Shortly there after I was out for mountain bike ride on a rainy day. If you ever have ridden in Western New York you know our soil is clay onto of more clay. Needless to say I had a bit of slip on the bike, I fell perfectly the body going limp but somehow my pinky got wrapped in the bike levers and well. I got up to see my finger pointing in several different directions. (No picture of this but it was gross). I instinctively reset the bones myself and rode home. So it was a couple of weeks without swimming, or paddling, I could ride the road bike with my fingers tapped up, but bumps in the road really hurt. So needless to say I was really motivated to race!!!
The icky foot...
This 12 Hour race was loaded with great competition and some fun, and challenging course obstacles. The race started with a paddle in a shallow but rapid filled river. It was a challenge to stay in the boat for most of the race but it was absolutely beautiful. With the sun rising over the fog covered river, I almost got lost in the scenery till we would hit a rock, THUD!
We came off the paddle with the leaders and transitioned to a quick memory O to the top of small mountain and back. Where we mounted our bikes, for a very hilly few hours on the bike mainly on paved roads (sorry but where was the mountain biking?) We made only one navigational mistake and we got to the O-section in good position.
The O-Section proved challenging for most teams with a large number not completing both loops of the O. Our team suffered from serious bonking on the O, first I bonked hard and struggled through it to get back, the Larry Bonked, then Jim that we all had taken our turn at the BONK. Thank goodness for my E-Caps, Hammer Gel, and that cold spring we found. The E-Caps brought me back to life enough to Wolf down a PB&J and a number of hammer gels, the cold spring literally shocked me back to life!
We completed the O-Section and headed back to the last bike section a long descent followed by a long climb back out of the valley. Our altimeter readings have us covering more than 9000 vertical feet during the race …. That’s a lot for the East Coast! We finished the race with a nice relaxing descent into the finish area where Pizza and Coca-Cola were waiting for us… Thank Goodness!
We finished in 2nd Place, and found that this time around we were significantly closer to the winning team which had beat us by near four hours in the first race, limiting that to only 1 hour this time around. We look forward to the series ending race in the near future where we can again improve our performances!
Full Race Report with some pictures can be found at http://mattydracing.blogspot.com
Again all my equipment came through for me this race, given the varied temperatures my CW-X clothes really helped me be able to race without worrying about being cold or too warm. The Recover-Ease helped me come into the race feeling fresh even after last week’s torrid training. The Rudy project sunglasses and their interchangeable lenses were invaluable given the varying conditions throughout the day! The Hammer Nutrition is simply the best … amazing that combined with Recover-Ease and I am all set! Thanks so MUCH!
More Soon!
Matty D.
Saturday August 12, 2006
Jeep 12 Hour ~ Cornwall Bridge, Ct.
The Beautiful Early Morning Paddle
It was really good to get back to racing after a month of “bad luck” with injuries. To catch everyone up the injuries started with an accident with my bike, a dog and the cement. I tore up my foot pretty good (see photo). I was off my feet for a bit but was able to ride most of the time. Shortly there after I was out for mountain bike ride on a rainy day. If you ever have ridden in Western New York you know our soil is clay onto of more clay. Needless to say I had a bit of slip on the bike, I fell perfectly the body going limp but somehow my pinky got wrapped in the bike levers and well. I got up to see my finger pointing in several different directions. (No picture of this but it was gross). I instinctively reset the bones myself and rode home. So it was a couple of weeks without swimming, or paddling, I could ride the road bike with my fingers tapped up, but bumps in the road really hurt. So needless to say I was really motivated to race!!!
The icky foot...
This 12 Hour race was loaded with great competition and some fun, and challenging course obstacles. The race started with a paddle in a shallow but rapid filled river. It was a challenge to stay in the boat for most of the race but it was absolutely beautiful. With the sun rising over the fog covered river, I almost got lost in the scenery till we would hit a rock, THUD!
We came off the paddle with the leaders and transitioned to a quick memory O to the top of small mountain and back. Where we mounted our bikes, for a very hilly few hours on the bike mainly on paved roads (sorry but where was the mountain biking?) We made only one navigational mistake and we got to the O-section in good position.
The O-Section proved challenging for most teams with a large number not completing both loops of the O. Our team suffered from serious bonking on the O, first I bonked hard and struggled through it to get back, the Larry Bonked, then Jim that we all had taken our turn at the BONK. Thank goodness for my E-Caps, Hammer Gel, and that cold spring we found. The E-Caps brought me back to life enough to Wolf down a PB&J and a number of hammer gels, the cold spring literally shocked me back to life!
We completed the O-Section and headed back to the last bike section a long descent followed by a long climb back out of the valley. Our altimeter readings have us covering more than 9000 vertical feet during the race …. That’s a lot for the East Coast! We finished the race with a nice relaxing descent into the finish area where Pizza and Coca-Cola were waiting for us… Thank Goodness!
We finished in 2nd Place, and found that this time around we were significantly closer to the winning team which had beat us by near four hours in the first race, limiting that to only 1 hour this time around. We look forward to the series ending race in the near future where we can again improve our performances!
Full Race Report with some pictures can be found at http://mattydracing.blogspot.com
Again all my equipment came through for me this race, given the varied temperatures my CW-X clothes really helped me be able to race without worrying about being cold or too warm. The Recover-Ease helped me come into the race feeling fresh even after last week’s torrid training. The Rudy project sunglasses and their interchangeable lenses were invaluable given the varying conditions throughout the day! The Hammer Nutrition is simply the best … amazing that combined with Recover-Ease and I am all set! Thanks so MUCH!
More Soon!
Matty D.
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