New week....new highs.....
Sorry folks but having some technical difficulties with my camera hence no pics for now.
Well another week of training has gone by and concluded with two more races....the 500m again and a 3,000m in prep for future 5,000m races. I am really stoked to say that I PBd both of them again.....I knocked another 2/10 tenths off my 500m and over 19 secs on the 3,000m.
The story behind the 3,000m, which is not an official men's distance, is that I raced it once before at the end of last season but I was extremely sick and had double vision while skating so I didn't really perform to my abilities so before this race, and like all races, the registartion form asks what your PB is in every distance so the race manager can match you with someone comparable,.....well I wrote a time of 15 secs faster than what I actually got cause that's what I feel I could have gotten if I wasn't sick.....if you are still following me.....so in my mind, I actually PBd by 4 secs but technically, it was over 19 secs......and the time would have been at least another 5 or 6 secs faster but I was so tired (will tell you soon) that I forgot to switch lanes on the backstretch on the 3rd lap and ended up skating on the outside lane, which is longer, for almost an extra lap.....sheesh....but all in all, I am very happy.
But let's not be fooled here.......4 PBs this month.....as much as I am stoked about it, I would not have accepted anything less as I have been training over two months and had to show some improvement right? So I take these PBs as I am heading in the right direction, but, in all reality, the game starts now.......now I have to build off of these PBs so this is where the hard work begins and I am curious to see how I handle things in the next two months. My first sanctioned race is next weekend....Fri, Sat, and Sun......should be interesting.
The Dinos hockey team won both their games this weekend also....one in Edmonton on Friday night and then one at home on Saturday night against Edmonton. That is why I was so tired on Saturday.....3 hours to Edmonton, 3 hours game time and prep, and another 3 hours home.....needless to say, my head hit the pillow at about 230am and I was up at 0715 for race day. I knew I would be tired but chose to race anyways just to see how I would handle it so I would know for the future if it is do-able or not.....I wouldn't make it a habit but at least I know that the adrenaline can make up for a bit of fatigue.....and a splitting headache....let me tell you about that....
Chinook....warm winds that make fall and winter feel like early Spring days....real nice but not nice on the Coco. We had the Chinook pass through here this week and while training on the ice on Thursday, after 2 laps I got a splitting headache just over my left eye and left side of the head....I thought I was having a stroke. I rarely get headaches and never had a migraine before. On Friday, same thing on the ice....2 laps...as soon as the blood flow started.....nails were being driven into my left eye socket!! While recounting this story to someone before getting on the bus to Edmonton, I was told that the Chinook causes such a drop in barometric pressure that it actually affects some people by way of migraine headaches....well I'll be!!! Now, add migraine to fatigue and mix a race or two in there and it almost spells a recipe for disaster but things worked out for me and now it's Sunday.....a day of rest....phew...although I hear we will have another Chinook this week....not looking forward to that since it is race weekend.....
Well, looking forward to another productive week.....I will try my hand at the 5,000m race on Sunday, after all the sprint races, but the story is similar to the 3,000m race....let's see what I can pull off.....till then folks.....btw, hi Tina and the gang, thanks for your support.....
Peace.
Well another week of training has gone by and concluded with two more races....the 500m again and a 3,000m in prep for future 5,000m races. I am really stoked to say that I PBd both of them again.....I knocked another 2/10 tenths off my 500m and over 19 secs on the 3,000m.
The story behind the 3,000m, which is not an official men's distance, is that I raced it once before at the end of last season but I was extremely sick and had double vision while skating so I didn't really perform to my abilities so before this race, and like all races, the registartion form asks what your PB is in every distance so the race manager can match you with someone comparable,.....well I wrote a time of 15 secs faster than what I actually got cause that's what I feel I could have gotten if I wasn't sick.....if you are still following me.....so in my mind, I actually PBd by 4 secs but technically, it was over 19 secs......and the time would have been at least another 5 or 6 secs faster but I was so tired (will tell you soon) that I forgot to switch lanes on the backstretch on the 3rd lap and ended up skating on the outside lane, which is longer, for almost an extra lap.....sheesh....but all in all, I am very happy.
But let's not be fooled here.......4 PBs this month.....as much as I am stoked about it, I would not have accepted anything less as I have been training over two months and had to show some improvement right? So I take these PBs as I am heading in the right direction, but, in all reality, the game starts now.......now I have to build off of these PBs so this is where the hard work begins and I am curious to see how I handle things in the next two months. My first sanctioned race is next weekend....Fri, Sat, and Sun......should be interesting.
The Dinos hockey team won both their games this weekend also....one in Edmonton on Friday night and then one at home on Saturday night against Edmonton. That is why I was so tired on Saturday.....3 hours to Edmonton, 3 hours game time and prep, and another 3 hours home.....needless to say, my head hit the pillow at about 230am and I was up at 0715 for race day. I knew I would be tired but chose to race anyways just to see how I would handle it so I would know for the future if it is do-able or not.....I wouldn't make it a habit but at least I know that the adrenaline can make up for a bit of fatigue.....and a splitting headache....let me tell you about that....
Chinook....warm winds that make fall and winter feel like early Spring days....real nice but not nice on the Coco. We had the Chinook pass through here this week and while training on the ice on Thursday, after 2 laps I got a splitting headache just over my left eye and left side of the head....I thought I was having a stroke. I rarely get headaches and never had a migraine before. On Friday, same thing on the ice....2 laps...as soon as the blood flow started.....nails were being driven into my left eye socket!! While recounting this story to someone before getting on the bus to Edmonton, I was told that the Chinook causes such a drop in barometric pressure that it actually affects some people by way of migraine headaches....well I'll be!!! Now, add migraine to fatigue and mix a race or two in there and it almost spells a recipe for disaster but things worked out for me and now it's Sunday.....a day of rest....phew...although I hear we will have another Chinook this week....not looking forward to that since it is race weekend.....
Well, looking forward to another productive week.....I will try my hand at the 5,000m race on Sunday, after all the sprint races, but the story is similar to the 3,000m race....let's see what I can pull off.....till then folks.....btw, hi Tina and the gang, thanks for your support.....
Peace.
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