Transalps DAY2 Written on September 6, 2010, by andys.
Stage stats Distance: 33.2km Climb: 1810m Descent 1907m Time: 2hrs 59’50’’ Heart average: 150bpm Heart max: 168bpm ZipVit burnt: 1371kcal Stage position: 1st Overall position 1st (by approx 24mins) Andy’s account Today started with a cracking climb up through a narrow gorge. We left the field behind us from the gun and quickly got into [...]
Transalps DAY 1 Written on September 4, 2010, by andys.
Stage stats Distance: 36.3km Climb: 1223m Descent 1034m Time: 2hrs 48’30’’ Heart average: 161bpm Heart max: 179bpm ZipVit burnt: 1507kcal Stage position: 1st Overall position 1st (by approx 8mins) Andy’s account A flat road runners’ stage today. To be honest not really our cup of tea, but we’ve both been doing plenty of flat running [...]
A Recipe For The ‘Edge’ Written on September 3, 2010, by annaf.
7 days in 35°C heat – Boulder 5 days at high altitude beer hunting – Aspen Saturday 7am – Pikes Peak Ascent. Bronze medal 2.42hours. 2000m to 4300m altitude climb. Saturday 5pm – Drive to Buena Vista (Start of TransRockies Run) Sunday 9am – Start of TR3 (TransRockies 3 day solo) 35km undulating Monday – [...]
Pikes Peak Ascent Written on September 3, 2010, by annaf.
Pikes Peak – World Long Course Mountain Running Championships: With some Boulder heat acclimatisation and some Aspen 4000m+ altitude mountain runs, Rickey Gates and I jumped in ‘Orange’ (his VW van) and headed for Colorado Springs. I was not as prepared as usual – by running on the course, and was therefore fairly nervous. 21km [...]
TransRockies Run (TR3) Written on September 3, 2010, by annaf.
Day 1: Buena Vista – Railroad Bridge (33.1km, 923m+/824m-) Luckily for me the race started at 9am so I had a bit of time to get organised after arriving late the night before from the Pikes Peak Ascent race. The sorest part of me was my ribs – from breathing hard at such a high [...]
USA USA USA Written on September 3, 2010, by annaf.
My USA impression… Toilet doors that don’t go to the floor, Tornado shelters and double decker cheese melters, Boulders’ tans and big GMC motor vans, Aspen trees and honey bees, bear poop and chipmunks doing loops, Brewed coffee with 100’s of different flavoured toffee, Bronze at Pikes, a 2.42hour mammoth hike, Buena Vista to Beaver [...]