APC Rally – Blather and Blabbing

Good? Meh…

Fun? Hell yeah!

When I originally decided to race this race, it was really just to force me to learn to ride off-road better, in preparation for the APC Rally. I didn’t realize that racing was like crack, and as we all know, crack is whack! Racing is whack too, and I have already signed up for USDR Round 2 on March 11th. It’s a sickness….

As for the actual race, I wore my heart rate monitor to see how hard I was working. The results:

Duration: 02:41:37

HR Avg: 119

HR Max: 176

Calories: 1425Cal

Training Load: 193

The race was exhausting, but I never blew up. I got tired on the third lap and slowed down a bit, because slow is supposed to be fast, though my results show that slow is actually just slow. For comparison, I also wore my heart rate monitor when I ran the San Dieguito Half Marathon last Sunday. The results:

Duration: 01:59:39

HR Avg: 160

HR Max: 196

Calories: 1803

Training Load: 327

450th out of 1288 runners. 8:33/mile

As I suspected, running is great training for off road riding and racing, and both are hopefully great training for the APC rally. I’ll keep doing both, and start ramping up my training, because the rally starts in a mere 160 days.