Kain Performance Santa Barbara Training Weekend – 3/6-3/8/09
The encyclopedia defines the word “Barbarian” as:
A “noble savage”, often represented as “lone warriors”. Several characteristics commonly shared:
* Extreme physical prowess
* Unmatched fighting skill
* An appetite for, and the ability to attract women (or men in the case
of female barbarians)
* Meat eating
* An appetite for large amounts of alcohol
* A blending of British, Germanic, Slavic, and nomadic Turco-Mongol cultures
* A strong sorcery element that is almost never used by the barbarian character
* A violent temper
* A robust tolerance for pain
The Kain Performance Santa
Barbara Training Weekend would have its own version of “Barbarian”
and it was not far off the fantasy version. 8 Workouts in 3 days. Coach
Kain had set up the challenge to all heading down to SB. Finish all workouts,
plus a few push-ups and crunches and be crowned “Santa Barbarian”!
The folks who completed all the workouts showed extreme physical prowess, a very robust tolerance for pain, at times a violent temper when confronted with extreme cold water, meat eating while socializing with attractive men and women at an incredible dinner Saturday night at the Fish House, with large quantities of alcohol. They weren’t confronted, so did not need to show off their fighting skill, but were ready if given a chance. These Santa Barbarians were tough, were not fazed by the hours of brutality they would endure while swimming in frigid water, cycling for hours on end and being forced to run on tired legs! These Barbarians went about their business with smiles and laughter and had an absolute BLAST!
Read below for more on the SB Training Weekend.
List of Santa Barbarians is at the end of this recap! (Sorry if we missed
anyone)
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We hit Santa Barbara on a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L weekend! The weather was just the start of what was a great weekend of training for the KP members who made the trek to SB!
After Coach Kain’s email with the challenge of becoming a “Santa Barbarian”, the first workout of the weekend on Friday had great attendance, with about 20 “eager and ready” would be Barbarians! We started with a nice 40 minute endurance paced run along the coast. It was a great start to the weekend. We also started our first set of push-ups and crunches! We then went right over to the Los Banos pool and jumped in with the Santa Barbara Masters Swim workout. It’s a great 50 meter pool right on the beach. We swam for just over an hour and got in some good “quality” with some speed sets! We swam between 1,500-3,300 meters. It was an early evening with an ocean swim planned for 8:00am the next morning.
We woke up to a beautiful day, with sunny skies! It made getting in the 55 degree water a bit more bearable. The “Barbarian” group had grown overnight to about 40 strong! I guess a few people had to work on Friday! ALMOST everyone took the plunge into the Pacific and swam out to a buoy about 300 meters offshore. The swim was a counterclockwise triangle and took about 20 minutes. The “loop” was close to 1,000 meters. A few of the toughest “Barbarians” did the loop twice. A great way to start any day, but it was COLD!
We thawed
out and had a great breakfast, then it was on the bikes for our annual 70
mile ride around Lake Casitas. The weather was spectacular and the paceline
heading down the coast was a solid 40 strong. We hit the 101 South and things
got a bit frantic with every man for himself. We stopped in Ventura for
a quick drink break, then headed out toward the Lake. This ride is tough,
as most of the climbing is during the final 30 miles, not the first 30.
The group stayed together until the climbs, then spread out and regrouped
before the final descent. A small group led by Paul “I don’t
swim, or run” Bryant, Tony “The Austrian Sensation” Jager,
Greg “I love my Cervelo” Roussel, Erik “these Old Guys
are tough” Garcia, Glenn “Sub 5:00 at Oceanside” Blackler
and Russell “1st time Barbarian” Shaw headed out first.
*Coach Kain led the second group out on the fast decent, with Bo “I love going fast downhill” Perez, Jody “I can hang with the boys” Gold, Jason “What cold?” Balogh, Rob “just having a ball” DiNapoli, as well as Kim “just pacing myself” Mygatt, Patrick “Thanks for the wheel Sharoo” McDonald, Mike “Timex” Ferguson, Bolko “what is endurance pace?” Stolberg, Don “2002 KP Member” Barry, Edy “good to be back” Kishinevsky, Eric “I’m back” Ventry and Chris “this KP Team is tough” Schilling.
Coach “my HR never went over 150” Randy rode out with the 3rd Group, including Suzanne “I love hills” Slivkoff, Fred “I got two flats” Servais, Tony “Suzanne is killing the climbs” Benassi, Linda “Austria will be cake” Stewart, Jana “Boston will be cake” Crane, Lori “I love SB” Bradford, Gordan “SB Rocks” Graham, Linda “It’s beautiful here” Graham, Carol “my back is killing me” Fredrickson, Donna “feeling good” Schooley, Ramsin “I’ll swim home” Warda, Cristiana “this is fun - NOT” Riedl and Ted “Big T” Ornduff, came in shortly after, then onto the run. Once off the bike it was onto a flat and as fast as you wanted to run 3 miles to Stearns Wharf and back. Joanne “I will be back” Wicker was there to root the KP Team on when they came rolling in. (Shoulder surgery had her ride a bit shorter)
After a short hot tub and a shower we all headed down to The Fish House on the water just down the street from East Beach. Coach Kain gave out a KP Quiz to test the minds of the now very fatigued bodies. What current KP members were on the first KP Team in 2002, was just one of the quiz questions?? We had a great dinner and lots of good fun with everyone.
The next morning we woke up to yet another frigid ocean swim at 8:15am. Not quite as big a group for this swim, but still over 20 strong taking the plunge! After the swim it was onto the flat and scenic longer run along the coast. We did about 11 miles, with Coach Kain and Glenn B. leading the charge along the coast. It was another beautiful day on the beach. Everyone had a great run, then it was onto another “wheat germ pancake” breakfast! The final workout of the weekend was a good spin up the coast and through Hope Ranch up to Goleta Beach and back. The “Santa Barbarian” group was looking a bit tired by now, but still charging ahead!
Thanks to all who made the KP Santa Barbara Training Weekend a success! We got in some great training, met some new people and had a blast! Thank you to Jody Gold for being the best event coordinator around! You are great and now a “2-Time Santa Barbarian” too! Thanks to Coach Sharoo for being a great SAG wagon driver!
Here is the list of those who completed every workout, our Santa Barbarians!!!
Workouts completed:
Friday, 3/6/09 – Run – 40 minutes – (4-6 miles)
Swim – SB Masters Swim - up to 3,300 meters
Saturday, 3/7/09 – Swim – 20-30 minutes – Ocean swim
(very cold!)
Bike - 65 - 80 miles – Lake Casitas loop.
Run – 20-30 minutes (3 miles)
Sunday, 3/8/09 – Swim – 20 minute – Ocean swim (Chilly
willy!)
Run – 1 hour-1.5 hours (up to 11 miles)
Bike – 27 miles
Each day – Up to 100 Push-ups and 100 Crunches!!!
Totals (roughly) – Swim – 2 – 3 miles
Bike – 90 - 105 miles
Run – up to 20 miles
- 300 Total Push-ups, 300 Total Crunches
KP Santa Barbarians: They did it all!!! This group is tough!
Female –
Jody “I did it agin” Gold
Lori “2-time Barbarian” Bradford
Jana “Boston or Bust” Crane
Kim “I’m a Barbarian” Mygatt
Male –
Bo “2-time Barbarian” Perez
Eric “Multi-time Santa Barbarian” Ventry
Mike “it didn’t seem too bad on paper” Ferguson
Greg “Lots of fun” Roussel
Russell “Finally a Santa Barbarian” Shaw
Bolko “This Barbarian thing is tough” Stolberg
Coach “Who’s idea was this anyway” Kain (actually didn’t
swim the ocean swims, but surf paddled instead)
***Some were close, missing just one workout, but alas, that won’t get you Barbarian status, so maybe next year…
Great job to all who made it to SB! Can’t wait for next year! Put it on your schedule now! (1st weekend of March)
Thanks,
Coach’s Pete + Sharoo
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