1.13.2009
Brooks and I are very excited to incorporate new Suunto watches into our training and racing!! I'm using the brand new training tool, a watched sized and colored specifically for women, called the t3c (http://www.suuntocampaigns.com/tseries/). The color Deep Green and low-profile face makes it fashionable for everyday, yet still features all the needs for athletes in training. The newly-designed heart rate belt -- termed the comfort belt -- is by far the most comfortable belt I've worn, and I hardly notice that it's on. Even better, it immediately picks up my heart rate (and I don't have to fiddle with the thing to get it going, dipping into my valuable training time). I opted for the additional footpod, which is a tiny little thing that clips to my shoelace and stays put. It's smaller and much lighter than the one I used previously (and made by another un-named company). I'm still playing with all the features of the watch, and I'm having a great time discovering all the input it can give me about my performance.
Brooks, as our team navigator, has been using the new All-Black Core (http://www.suunto.com/suunto/Worlds/outdoor/main/Product.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674007088&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302759905&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395903525&bmUID=1231874458288).
It's the newest version of a classic product, featuring an altimeter, barometer, and compass. For adventure racing, this is a must-have tool to both find where we are on a map as well as help us to predict the weather. It even has a storm alarm that goes off if the barometric pressure drops off and a storm front starts coming down the mountains...
Thanks to Suunto for this great new product, and we can't wait to report back as we continue to play with our watches!
-Tiffanie
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ski-O Eldora Nordic Center
1.10.2009
Early Saturday morning, Brooks and I headed up to the Eldora Nordic Center just 30 minutes outside of Boulder to participate in the Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club's Ski-O. Battling 30-40mph sustained winds and below zero wind chills, we strapped on our skate skis, grabbed our maps, and headed out on a timed orienteering course.
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Eldora's terrain is famous for its steep up and down hills, making you feel like you're often navigating your skate skis over alpine terrain! However, it's a fun place to go and get a great workout while still enjoying the great wintery outdoors. Mainly based upon trail navigation, the course contained 16 checkpoints and stiff headwinds (you can see me finding one of the checkpoints). Trying to balance big gloves, maps, and punchcards, we quickly realized the wind and cold were going to significantly slow our pace. Brooks found a system that worked, and teamed with his experienced skiing, tore up the course.
Brooks blazed the course with crazy speed and finished in 1hr 12min, good enough for 3rd place. I followed up, a bit behind, finishing in 1hr 45min and 8th place. A successful day all around, considering I was able to convince myself that blowing snow was fun and get out of the car in the first place. But, as always, once you're out it's tons of fun, and we got in some great off-season orienteering competition to build on our skills for next year.
-Tiffanie
Early Saturday morning, Brooks and I headed up to the Eldora Nordic Center just 30 minutes outside of Boulder to participate in the Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club's Ski-O. Battling 30-40mph sustained winds and below zero wind chills, we strapped on our skate skis, grabbed our maps, and headed out on a timed orienteering course.
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Eldora's terrain is famous for its steep up and down hills, making you feel like you're often navigating your skate skis over alpine terrain! However, it's a fun place to go and get a great workout while still enjoying the great wintery outdoors. Mainly based upon trail navigation, the course contained 16 checkpoints and stiff headwinds (you can see me finding one of the checkpoints). Trying to balance big gloves, maps, and punchcards, we quickly realized the wind and cold were going to significantly slow our pace. Brooks found a system that worked, and teamed with his experienced skiing, tore up the course.Brooks blazed the course with crazy speed and finished in 1hr 12min, good enough for 3rd place. I followed up, a bit behind, finishing in 1hr 45min and 8th place. A successful day all around, considering I was able to convince myself that blowing snow was fun and get out of the car in the first place. But, as always, once you're out it's tons of fun, and we got in some great off-season orienteering competition to build on our skills for next year.
-Tiffanie
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