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Training Log Archive: 'Bent

In the 31 days ending Dec 31, 2022:

activity	#	time	miles	km	+m
XC Skiing	10	18:21:05	47.86	77.02	1450
Strength	12	8:55:00
Snowshoeing	4	6:39:10	7.6	12.23	296
Running	8	6:01:53	18.08	29.1	521
Hiking	7	5:27:00	1.86	3.0
Cycling	2	1:40:00
Misc	1	30:00
Total	37	47:34:08	75.4	121.35	2268
[1-5]	37	47:26:02

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Saturday Dec 31, 2022 #

Hiking 40:00 [1]

Slush slosh with the Storm gang. Soggy foggy New Year’s eve.

Friday Dec 30, 2022 #

Note

109 hours of skiing this year, but didn’t track distance all the time. Unlikely to get any more in 2022.

Snowshoeing 2:00:00 [1]

Out with the STORM crew, humans and canines. We did the Meetcalfe snowshoe loop and improved signage. Melty and drizzly out- boo.

Thursday Dec 29, 2022 #

Misc (Skating) 30:00 [1]

Goose rented the arena in Collingwood for a party. Fun time had by all, but I stayed out of the hockey game to avoid getting killed by Ewan and Isaac.

Wednesday Dec 28, 2022 #

Snowshoeing 30:00 [2]

Tromped out our snowshoe trails and extra loops for Gentleman Dog who doesn’t like deep snow any more.

Strength 30:00 [2]

Deck Shovelling 2.0- got about 1/3 done.

Snowshoeing 45:00 [1] 4.5 km (10:00 / km)

Out with Darcie.

1 PM

XC Skiing 2:46:03 16.66 km (6.0 kph) +319m
ahr:102 max:121

“Recovery” ski around PH, up Kev’s way fo John’s portage and back via Kingsway/Kolapore.
I carried my power saw to get the tree down on Kolapore Church but someone else got to it first.
Snow firm and getting wet.

Tuesday Dec 27, 2022 #

9 AM

XC Skiing 3:52:47 18.99 km (4.9 kph) +362m
ahr:93 max:116

North west passage loop with Goose, Bash and fit youngsters Heidi, Madeline and Emrys. More trail breaking but not as tough as yesterday and more friends to take turns. Had to do the Winter Wonderland route back.
Another amazing ski, and shockingly the first time with Goose at Kolapore.

2 PM

XC Skiing 20:00 [2]

Escorted an arborist-trained chainsawyer in to cut the big log near Metcalfe. It took nearly 2 hours total, a bit chilly in still damp boots etc.

Monday Dec 26, 2022 #

9 AM

Snowshoeing 2:04:10 7.73 km (16:04 / km) +296m 13:29 / km
ahr:98 max:131

Upper Pretty River:

Breaking trail in deep snow with Bash and Dee.
About 2/3 nobody had been though and it was up to my knees or higher. Some drifts up to my hip. Solid workout!

2 PM

XC Skiing 3:25:27 13.48 km (3.9 kph) +244m
ahr:97 max:117

Gorgeous Kolapore outing. Had to break almost all of Jackrabbit, but it was the most spectacular peak winter wonderland yet. Wallowing in deep pow was so slow we had to take the shortest route back and still needed to break out the headlamps. Going to sleep well tonight!

Sunday Dec 25, 2022 #

Strength 45:00 [2]

The road plow finally went by, and I dug out the mountain it left on our driveway since our farmer with the massive snowblower still hadn’t shown up.

Good chance to test out the van as we gunned it down the knee-deep driveway and finally made it out to the Goosenest to pick up our turkey etc Coach LD and Goose had kindly picked up and left in a cooler for us the day before. Trip uphill on the driveway involved some rally-type controlled skids, but we made it. So glad I got the van lifted- original height would have plowed in and stuck.

Note - our driveway was finally plowed late that afternoon.

3 PM

XC Skiing 1:53:16 7.96 km (4.2 kph) +138m
ahr:89 max:119

Breaking trail in knee-deep snow to Kolapore church and down New Chute while the turkey cooked. Someone had broken Paradise Hwy, but we ran out of daylight and had to double back.

Magical full-on winter wonderland.

Saturday Dec 24, 2022 #

Strength 2:20:00 [3]

Shovelling off our deck and around the chalet, not just fluffy blizzard snow but heavy icy crust underneath.
Snow load calculator estimates between 3 and 5 tonnes.

Note

Way too windy for the woods so stuck around the chalet.

Friday Dec 23, 2022 #

10 AM

XC Skiing 1:48:43 8.09 km (4.5 kph) +172m
ahr:95 max:113

Pre- blizzard ski in wet snow. Still some exposed rocks, and my skin skis stuck like glue so lots of scraping and photography stops, but still gorgeous for first Kolapore ski of the season.
A tree came down right across our tracks before our return, and we took exposed fields back.

Note to self-1 treatment of skin ski conditioner liquid wears off after a week of crusty commuting.

Thursday Dec 22, 2022 #

Note

Rushed out the door and up to Kolapore before Snowmageddon.

Wednesday Dec 21, 2022 #

Strength 20:00 [3]

Hiked the dogs out to saw an oak that fell across my commute ski trail.
Gentleman Dog lay down and supervised. A far cry from his Flight Risk days.

XC Skiing 1:00:00 [3]

Another crusty ski commute- getting sparse in some open areas.

Tuesday Dec 20, 2022 #

XC Skiing 1:00:00 [3]

Another crusty commute

Monday Dec 19, 2022 #

XC Skiing 1:02:00 [3]

Woo hoo, ski commute on a thin crusty base.

Sunday Dec 18, 2022 #

Snowshoeing 1:20:00 [1]

Bash, AD and I headed out to stomp and prune the Metcalfe snowshoe loop. It’s good to go now.

Saturday Dec 17, 2022 #

Hiking 20:00 [1] 3.0 km (6:40 / km)

(45 min) 4-dog hike with Bash and Darcie. The big guy was a little tired from yesterday.

11 AM

XC Skiing 1:12:49 11.85 km (9.8 kph) +216m
ahr:106 max:127

Skin skis at Highlands. Not bad for “rock skiing” conditions.
Met Rydlo, the Tarnos and spotted Al, but they dropped me on their skate skis.

Friday Dec 16, 2022 #

Hiking 50:00 [1]

Kolapore with both dogs. The big guy wanted to carry on!

C • The big guy 2

Thursday Dec 15, 2022 #

Running 56:00 [3]
shoes: La Sportiva Blizzard

Commute- return night trip breaking trail in full-on blizzard.

Wednesday Dec 14, 2022 #

Strength (lumberjack) 45:00 [2]

Hauled a load so big I could barely get it moving, then split 2 loads and brought one in. Also did a touch of rehab.

Running 25:00 [3]
shoes: La Sportiva Blizzard

Commute with AD.

Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 #

Hiking 55:00 [1]

Drove to work so I could hike home with the Gentleman Dog. He doesn’t run any more, but is good a for 1-way hike in a day.

Monday Dec 12, 2022 #

Strength 45:00 [2]

Workout 1 plus rehab

Hiking 35:00 [1]

2 dog hike, and some hand-sawing lumberjack work after.
The big guy was full of beans outbound.

Sunday Dec 11, 2022 #

3 PM

Running 1:10:46 9.5 km (7:27 / km) +186m 6:47 / km
ahr:146 max:172 shoes: La Sportiva Uragano

Kolapore Gulch- Paradise hwy loop. Tricky footing.

Saturday Dec 10, 2022 #

Strength 40:00 [2]

Rings, dumbells and rehab at Kolapore.

Hiking 1:37:00 [1]

We hiked the rugged cliffs and canyons of the Swamp “trail” with the Gallys and AD the mountain goat dog.

Friday Dec 9, 2022 #

Strength 20:00 [3]

Hauled and split a load of wood.

Thursday Dec 8, 2022 #

Running 24:00 [3]
shoes: Topo MTNracer

Commute to work.

Wednesday Dec 7, 2022 #

Strength 1:00:00 [2]

Workout 3 plus rehab and some lumberjack

Tuesday Dec 6, 2022 #

Note

Article on Strong Downhill Running as a predictor of finish times had me chortling out loud.

https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips...

Among the quotes: (the Devil makes uphills on his lunch break from designing shoes with narrow toe-boxes)

C • downhill 1

Running 50:00 [2]
shoes: Topo MTNracer

Commute with AD. Rainy night run home- blah.

Monday Dec 5, 2022 #

Cycling 48:00 [2]

Commute

Sunday Dec 4, 2022 #

Hiking 30:00 [1]

Hke with the hounds.

Running warm up/down 20:00 [1]
shoes: Topo MTNracer

Strength (Lumberjack ) 20:00 [2]

Hauled and split another load of wood.

11 AM

Running race 41:57 9.03 km (4:39 / km) +138m 4:19 / km
ahr:161 max:172 shoes: Topo MTNracer

Egg nog jog 10k.
First road run in months. No taper or speed work- I was surprised to win the Old Man category against all those road runners.

I wore a hideous Hannukah sweater and glasses too.

Good thing Trav doesn’t venture this far.

Note- the course is hilly but Barrie confirmed it was shorter than the 10k advertised.

Saturday Dec 3, 2022 #

Strength 50:00 [2]

Workout 2 plus rehab

1 PM

Running 1:14:10 10.57 km (7:01 / km) +197m 6:25 / km
ahr:133 max:164

Log Run. Such a great event! I dropped to the 10k group due to howling winds and blackouts back home. The group behind us had a near miss with a big falling tree.

Great to have fancy coffees, doughnuts, chili and nachos on a covid-safe outdoor covered patio behind Domestique! We’d given up on social events for the winter but this was perfect!

Friday Dec 2, 2022 #

Strength 20:00 [2]

Lumberjack

Thursday Dec 1, 2022 #

Cycling 52:00 [3]

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