Paddleboard Orlando Race

Race Day! It was a day of firsts. First SUP race in Orlando. My first race in the elite 14 ft class. Erica and I's first time back to Orlando since we moved away 10 month's ago. Most exiting Erica's first SUP race. Nervous much? I psyched myself up by rolling through Charlie Sheen quotes my buddy Jake shared with me the night before. "I'm an F18, I have tiger blood, Adonis DNA, and duh winning."

Ned, Dave, and Paddleboard Orlando, put together a wonderful inaugural event. The elite class would be 6 miles and go twice around the 3 lakes of Lake Ivanhoe and through the narrow connecting channels under I4. I got off to a horrible start. I got pinned in between an 18 foot unlimited board and a prone paddler. My visions of "duh winning" went out the window pretty quickly as the top 5 got a jump on me. I wish I could have practiced more on the 14" board as it took the entire first lap for me to find the sweet spot and perfect the turns. I made up major ground on the 2nd lap and narrowly missed out on beating unlimited paddler Eric Lumbert for 5th place overall. The times were fast and a showcase of some up and coming FL talent.

Elite
1st Mark from Naples 12 6"
2nd Frank Dilenburg 14"
3rd Brandon Rahae 12' 6"
4th Chris 12 6"
5th Erik Lumbert unlimited
6th Me Garrett McCoy 14"

Womans
Marry Anne Boyer Willis Dominated as always

Rec
Luke Goetz
Ashley Clarkin

Enjoy the Pics





Here is an awesome video from my new SUP buddy and Rival Brandon Rahae. His lovely girlfriend Jessica did a great job putting this together.





What a great day! I had an amazing time and got my feet wet in the elite class. I am so proud of what Paddleboard Orlando has done for SUP in Central Florida and I am very humbled at the nice introduction and credit they give me.

Most of all I am proud of my amazing wife Erica who now shares the race stoke. She is bugging me to already sign her up for future race's. I love you babe great job.

look at that triangle of power

It's already getting over used, but "winning."

Training Journal Entry 2 3/2/11

Goals of the day
Cardio- Running 10X 1:1 intervals and 10 minutes of Zone 1 HR rate training
Mobility/ Corrective Exercise- Foam roll everywhere and static stretch tight areas
Strength Endurance- Workout with my Training Partner Expert Level Trainer Jason Grace- his turn to design the workout.

Cardio Summary- Start at 11 a.m.
I was a little hesitant to run since I just did a 1/2 marathon on Sunday yet it felt amazing. I ran on the treadmill to limit poundings and to control my speed. I ran at 10 mph for each minute interval and walked at 3.7. I ended up covering 2.3 miles in my 20 minutes. It felt good, easy even. My club needs to invest in faster treadmills :). I finished with 10 minutes on the elliptical keeping my HR rate at 1:30. Shot hoops for about 10mins before stretchy time.

Mobility/ Corrective- Foam rolling felt like dancing in the rain. My body was very happy with me for this one. The paddle and swim kicked my ass yesterday. I also went through a couple of basic Yoga sequences to work my tight X factor lines.

total workout 1 hr 3 mins

Strength Endurance- Start 2:00
It was Jason's day to plan the workout and he was jumping at the bit to show off different exercises geared to a SUP'ers needs.

Warm up 2 rounds
5 Turkinsh Getups each side holding butt end of 24 lb KB up
10 Medicine ball cross chops with 12lb ball

Circuit1- 3 rounds all reps 15 unless noted
Incline Bench Press with 10lb plates and 24lb kettle bells hanging from bands to challenge proproception
TRX body Rows feet on Stability Ball
Jump Rope 1 minute

Circuit 2
Rings pushups with 1 leg in air and the other on a bosu (Is this the circus)
Band Shoulder/ LAt pull down Very SUP specific
Cable Chops

Circuit 3
Over head 1 side KB "waiter walks" Down and back the length of the basketball court (really?)
Rolling DB "climber pushups"
TRX 2 hand rotation
Rope slams 30 times (damn you Jason what is this the Biggest Loser?)

Strength Endurance Summary
Jason "amazing grace" did an excellent job picking exercises to not only challenge my strength endurance, but to bomb my core, and stabilizers in all 3 planes of motion. Definitely will give me confidence for the Orlando race on Saturday. This is week 1 of Strength Endurance Phase before I go to EET (Power training) in April to get ready for the big SE races.

I'll take my YOLO! attitude all the way to Victory!

PS I also ordered the book Total Immersion to help me with my swim training. The 4 hour body guy got all his swimming tips from there and the fittest woman I know, Master Trainer Donna Smith recommended it to me.