I truly have to say this was probably the most fun I've had racing in a long long time. So first things first...Sean and the team at Storm Events did a wicked job and put on a great event (www.stormevents.ca). Also, thanks to Shane at www.RaceDayRush.com for his help and support all season. There should be some great footage from this race so keep checking RaceDayRush.com!!
The weird thing about this event is that it is absolutely not my style. A short and fast course that catered to speedsters. However, I did mix it up a bit for this one and raced as a team of 2 in the tag team division (each racer alternating laps). I have to say that racing as a tag team was one huge factor that made this event fun for me. Racing alternate laps gave us the chance to push hard while racing, but then eat, recover, socialize and watch other racers during out rest lap. I was racing with friend and fellow Race Day Rush teammate Adrian who I met at the FAC earlier this year. We worked really well together and I think it is safe to say we both had a blast.
The other great part about this race was the course. Here is a bit more of a detailed breakdown of how the course played out.
Paddling - the start and end of each laps. We would paddle from the beach near the start/finish area to the bike transition - about 750m. After the bike and run we would end up back here to paddle back to the start/finish.
Biking - the total biking was about 7km with the first 2 or 3 a tough section climbing up to top of the Niagara Escarpment. Once up top we were treated to some of fastest singletrack I have been on....it was so much fun to ride! Before dropping back off the escarpment we would drop the bike and transition to a the run, then back down the to the paddle transition.
Run - The run was a nice 2km (or a bit longer) loop on some more great single track. The first 1/2 was working us slightly uphill for the most part making the second 1/2 some nice rolling downhill back to the bikes.
Here is a breakdown of our laps times:
Lap 1 - 58:12
Lap 2 - 55:51
Lap 3 - 59:25
Lap 4 - 56:02
Lap 5 - 57:37
Lap 6 - 57:07
Lap 7 - 1:00:04
Lap 8 - 58:05
Lap 9 - 1:00:27
Lap 10 - 1:02:33
Total: 9:45:23
The weird thing about this event is that it is absolutely not my style. A short and fast course that catered to speedsters. However, I did mix it up a bit for this one and raced as a team of 2 in the tag team division (each racer alternating laps). I have to say that racing as a tag team was one huge factor that made this event fun for me. Racing alternate laps gave us the chance to push hard while racing, but then eat, recover, socialize and watch other racers during out rest lap. I was racing with friend and fellow Race Day Rush teammate Adrian who I met at the FAC earlier this year. We worked really well together and I think it is safe to say we both had a blast.
The other great part about this race was the course. Here is a bit more of a detailed breakdown of how the course played out.
Paddling - the start and end of each laps. We would paddle from the beach near the start/finish area to the bike transition - about 750m. After the bike and run we would end up back here to paddle back to the start/finish.
Biking - the total biking was about 7km with the first 2 or 3 a tough section climbing up to top of the Niagara Escarpment. Once up top we were treated to some of fastest singletrack I have been on....it was so much fun to ride! Before dropping back off the escarpment we would drop the bike and transition to a the run, then back down the to the paddle transition.
Run - The run was a nice 2km (or a bit longer) loop on some more great single track. The first 1/2 was working us slightly uphill for the most part making the second 1/2 some nice rolling downhill back to the bikes.
Here is a breakdown of our laps times:
Lap 1 - 58:12
Lap 2 - 55:51
Lap 3 - 59:25
Lap 4 - 56:02
Lap 5 - 57:37
Lap 6 - 57:07
Lap 7 - 1:00:04
Lap 8 - 58:05
Lap 9 - 1:00:27
Lap 10 - 1:02:33
Total: 9:45:23
I really felt great for this entire event so that was a nice change. The first lap was a bit of a killer and the first climb really hit my cardio system hard, but my legs were feeling strong. We were always pushing pretty damn hard for the entire hour, so the rest lap was always nice.
The venue for the race was great and I think will be incorporating it into my training plan in the spring to get in some good brick workouts and some wicked cardio. If the schedule works out I will totally be doing this race again next year.
Here is the trailer from RaceDayRush! Be sure to check out all their race footage at www.racedayrush.com.
Sorry about the photos, but I refuse to pay the extraordinary price the photographers want for digital copies. $20 for a hi-res digital? That is ridiculous if you ask me! I bet they would sell a lot more at $5 and make more money in the process. It's too bad because they took some great shots.
Race Report from the Frontier Adventure Challenge coming next...sorry for the delay.
The venue for the race was great and I think will be incorporating it into my training plan in the spring to get in some good brick workouts and some wicked cardio. If the schedule works out I will totally be doing this race again next year.
Here is the trailer from RaceDayRush! Be sure to check out all their race footage at www.racedayrush.com.
Sorry about the photos, but I refuse to pay the extraordinary price the photographers want for digital copies. $20 for a hi-res digital? That is ridiculous if you ask me! I bet they would sell a lot more at $5 and make more money in the process. It's too bad because they took some great shots.
Race Report from the Frontier Adventure Challenge coming next...sorry for the delay.
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