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Richard Auerweck

SWANK 65 2008

The race went "ok". I finished, and felt that I performed better than in the ORAMM. However, I did suffer badly from lack of preparation. I didn't train AT ALL for it, and in fact only registered 1 week before the race on a whim. I'm finding that my conditioning just hasn't been up to par this year and I need to work on intervals and leg strength for next season. The first 2 segments went pretty well. I went through the first aid station in the top 50, but got calf cramps at mile 17 on the second segment, and they didn't go away the entire race. I had to be careful not to push too hard because of it and had to stop repeatedly for that and for a saddle that was doing bad things to my man-parts. In fact, my calves were sore all this week I had damaged them so badly.

That said, the climb up to Farlow Gap was horrendously bad and is what cost me a decent performance. Partly because it's steep, and partly because I just didn't have the legs for it. After that segment I regained the remnants of my composure and put in a pretty quick final segment and picked up a few positions. It helped that I rode it with a guy who paced me real hard... I told him I wanted to finish by 4pm, and we did. We did the last 10 miles in about 1hr:5min, so we had some pretty good speed in that section.
All-in-all it was a good experience though... I will do that race again next year for sure, but with better training.

Here is the not so impressive GPS data... http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7127562

Registered for the SWANK 65

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Why, oh why? I'm not ready at all for this race.

ORAMM report

I thought I might as well post something useful... this race was the hardest most difficult painful strenuous thing ever. I will rest more prior to the race next time... I know I can do better.

The first 27mi went right on schedule. I got to aid station 2 in just a hair over 3 hours, but after that came the Curtis Creek climb... going from about 1,700ft up to about 4,500ft in 9 miles... most of the climbing coming in the second half of that road. I grunted through it without getting off and pushing, but paid the price for that. The remainder of the race got worse and worse for me. By the time I got to aid station #4 at the 44mi mark after another long climb I was exhausted. The remaining 20 miles was only completed due to willpower.

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ORAMM training ride

Rode 50 of the 65 mile "race course" of the Off-Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell with Mark P. Started from the picnic area in Old Fort > up old rt 70 > up and down Kitsuma > up Mill Creek Rd > up and down Jarrett Road > up Curtis Creek Road > up and down Blue Ridge Parkway > down Heartbreak Ridge. This was a relatively incident free ride other than both of us nearly collapsing on the 9mi Curtis Creek Rd climb, running out of water and begging for some on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mark nursing a flatting tire, Mark almost doing a face plant, and the Banjo Wagon.