2004 Summer Racing Schedule

Race Report Dirty Duo 2004 An ultra duathlon in Seymour with 25km trail run and 30km trail cross-country ride The race is basically 2 laps, from capilano college in Lynn Valley to the top of Ned's, then come down a again It's my first ultrarace and without experience, I surprisingly just brought 2 energy gels and started the race with a bit slower than a 10k pace, which would be perfectly okay if it's a road race. But, the shore is crazy. The first 2 hours were all climbing in trails and hardcore. A good thing is it was snowing up in Neds, making it more enjoyable though harder to run. It looked very pretty anyway~ The running was so hard that I seriously doubt whether I could finish the race, even the running. My muscles were all on the verge of cramping up and I really felt my "human limit" for the first ever time But maybe God is blessing me and human spirit really can produce "special power", I managed to finish the run in 3 hours. After grabbing a few cookies for lunch, I immediately climbed on my bike to go. The biking was definitely easier than the run in terms of the intensity. However, the snow on Neds made it a nightmare. Hey freeriders, I have seen you guyz done that smoothly before, you gotta teach me how to do that LOL. I simply became a Superman and flied over my handlebars around 10 times no kidding. Finally I finished it in 7 hours. Thanks God, it's awesome in terms of my 1st ultra-race and with all the mis-preparation of food and water supply. I would like to give my deepest thanks to all the staff and participants who always shouted loud, cheered me up, and clapped hands in motivating me. I particularly thanks one racer(I should get your name man), he is awesome and superkind and nice. During the race, My muscles all cramped up and I sat down and took a break. This guy stopped by and asked "do I need help and stuff" and gave me encouragement. Then I finished the running and that guy came over and asked "am I feeling better with the cramp?". Then I finished the whole race and that guy came over again and asked "am I feeling better with the cramp?" Thanks guy. God bless you. Vancouver Sun Run 2004 It has been almost one year since my last 10k race. I'm so excited to test my time to see how much I have improved my fitness. Right now I have constant improvement with my training plan and I'm happy about that. The race is huge. All streets were closed. The route is from Georgia St./Thurlow St. -> stanley Park - >Burrad Bridge -> 4th/6th -> Cambie Bridge -> BC Place It is really nice and neat to see a normal busy downtown street packed with runners, stretching, sprinting and warming up here and there The race was in a pretty fast pace and it felt so short in time Racing really requires a lot of mental power. I could have pushed myself a little bit harder LOL, maybe next time~ It is a good race and I enjoyed it very very much and one good thing is it's only $15 after my running club half-price reimbursement Rat Race2004 YEAH YEAH YEAH, the Rat Race is coming up soon. It's gonna be super hardcore. This time I will get fully prepared mentally and physically to take the challenge stay tuned for update and good news 23April, 04- Today and yesterday, I put in 2 muscular endurance training. Things are going smooth and I'm feeling great and refreshed. Today on, I will start "active" resting- refueling my body, light volume exercise plus some speedworks to stay agile, and stretching. 26April, 04- everything is going smooth. I will give a long easy endurance ride with some short sprints tomorrow morning. cheers the race is great^^ Roberts Creek's trail Rocks!!! In the first part of the race, I stayed in the first pact. The race stared off with an 1 hr hard climb, after the climb, I somehow turned off the wrong direction, decended and did the climb again LOL~~~~ ^^okok~ next time I will think more about the direction thing^^ I spent an extra hr in the climb before getting back to the race route again. I felt great in the race~~~^^ I have confidence to do better next time^^ the most wonderful thing in this race is- I met a new great friend- Nature. When I was pushing my "truck"(my loaded bike) onto the ferry in horseshoe bay, a guy nearby came over and chatted with me, and soon I knew that he was doing the rat race too. Nature helped me to carry the bike together and we chatted chatted chatted and he became my new friends^^ O ya, Nature won the 19-25 senior sports marathon title with a time of 3 hrs. The another amazing thing is Nature got along again with his gf. Thnx God, that's awesome, god bless you guyz! Bless you with love. in this race I figure out that I can go faster when climbing but slow when doing the technical downhill^^ a great race for me, thnx God and all my best friends for supporting me! I think, I think... the current bike trip may make some miracles on my next race in Squamish~^^ hope so Action Quest 2004 Hi guyz, now, I ended my bike trip way earlier than expected. I will race in the 04Action Quest in Summerland in 23May, which is a 50km bike race. okay^^ LOL, this time, I will switch my brain to full-alert mode, stay on the right route. I have confidence that I can do way better this time^^. Hope can see Nature in this race too^^ 13May, today, I will give a long endurance crosstraining on a rowing machine, and core n circuit training on weights. Turn on my body again^^ 21May, after worrying that I might have to skip the race cause all my gear was still in Prince George, it's totally a miracle that this morning the greyhound phoned me that my gear is ready to be picked up. LOL~~~~ I'm so glad~~~~~ this time, I'm not gonna go the wrong way, gonna climb as a machine!!!! attention Nature!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you racing too??? gimme a shout, I lost your e-mail strip><" I miss ya so much~~~~ hope oyu have a great time man~~~ you the flying machine LOL~~ this time I'm not gonna let you fly~~~~~ j/k gimme a shout Nature~~~ miss ya totally!! I'm taking the greyhound bus tomorrow night I'm actively resting these 2 days, after a 3 days straight endurance long run, power power power, come back^^ god bless everyone, has a wonderufl summer!!! 25May- AWESOME!!! The race is awesome, sandy singletrack, steep climbs, steep scary decends, lots of speed, endless climbing, more than expected~~~~ LOL~~~ great I observe one thing, my climbing endurance is actually pretty good, but my downhill technical bike handling really needs some refining. I passed many people in the uphills, then when we came to the downhills, they flied down fast while I was carefully pulling my brakes, going safely through the narrow singletracks, seriously, my downhill speed is around half the speed of other racers, haha^^ really need to ride the shore more~~~~ one funny thing is, I passed the racers when going up, then they passed me back when decending, then I passed them when climbing again, and they passed me when decending. A racer actually laughed, as I passed him so many times and as soon as the downhill came, he would pass me. anyway~ I realy enjoy the race~~~~ I love hills^^ another thing is, the race is more than 3 hours, but this time, I didn't bring any energy gel at all, and the stations provided water only. I just rode with my water bag with water plus suger. I wonder will energy gels improve performance? yes or no, or maybe placebo effect? ^^ anyway, I will still use them next time~~~ coz I just have 6 bucks in my account on the race day. LOL in the middle part of the race, I had a scary crash, after one big climb, I went down too fast, I flied over my handlebar, upside down and hit a tree on my back... at that time, I thought, it's over... my back... is my backbone hurt? I was full of pain, couldnt move and lied on the singletrack, a very nice girl and guy, Andrew, helped me to stand up. Thanks so much, you guyz saved my life^^~ the crash made my back muscle pain and my quads cramp... after 30 seconds, special motivation allowed me to pedal through pain. It was good, thanks God, thanks guyz. I actually feel really great about the result. I was pedaling strong throughout the whole race. the result will surely be better, I guess maybe around 30mins faster, if I can ride more smoothly and technically. ^^ I love doing my best~~~ pushing my limits. Thanks god. I miss ya Nature, your buddy Jennifer won again LOL Gear Jammer 2004 this week, the weekly training time will be 25hours. Today I did my 5.5 hr long ride, it's good. ^^tho I still have no idea how to deal with the raining issue^^ LOL~~~ maybe I like swimming on my bike? I can't believe my bike and I can survive the vancouver winter without fenders^^ LOL this month, I will focus on building more "strength" and "power", by hitting the gym and throwing in a bunch of plymetrics and doing some "ME" muscular endurance, "tempo" rides and single leg rides. My fitness level is still not at the level of trying an anerabic endurance ride. motivation is high, morale is great^^ ^^ and I will ride in sfu and shore to get more used to the technical stuff. so that I can rock the gear jammer next month^^ right now, let's practise heartily and let consistancy and perserverence rule!!! bike got stolen. I will race if I can get a bike. I'd see if I will buy a new one or not. Luckily, training is going on awesome without being affected. Thanks God. fitness has improved again~~~ 6-8, running to UBC takes less than 2 hours, great for commuting 6-14, gear jammer might have to be put off... as I can't borrow a bike. doesn't matter, ^^I can run 100% focus on the running race now which demands no technical downhill skills, LOL^^, might be the way to go if anyone know of any good cross country hardtail, 1st hand or 2nd hand~ gimme a shout!!! wanna race!!! I still wanna race!!! Right now, I'm looking for some good deals on hardtails. Won't lose faith!!! Test of the Running Metal the intensity of this race is HUGE. 2 months to go. Training's going on strong. Basic endurance is good. Now, putting in more high intensity training sessions. This one's gonna be harder than the dirty duo. My temporary goal is- to finish strong n in one piece!!!

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