Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Humber trail run with K/O, Hingo, Thumbs-of-death and the bulletdog. Despite needing to get up at 5AM it was a good run.
Wildlife for Bash- Deer and Fawn taking a morning dip.

Picking up Controls from the Night Raid and Navstock Long Course with Bash. It's a lot more fun when you have time to read the map! We tried to approach controls from a direction different than during the race. Also picked up 6 golf balls, and barely ourtran a thunderstorm!

Paddling practice with Bash and Hingo on the Orangeville lake. We really haven't paddled at all except for races ever since hydrospinning stopped, and it took a while to get back into the rhythm of it but felt good once we got going. Great day to be out!
Wildlife- 2 Ospreys.

Got home tired after going to an open house after work, but managed to get myself to the machine with the Tour on TV. I ended up riding the trainer (Couldn't resist riding while the tour was on) and hopping off during commercials to get sets of weights in. This was the weight portion.

Riding while watching the Tour again. I was going to go easy, but got on the break away with Christophe. I really hoped he was going to make it, and I was really hammering in that last 700M when he was almost caught. I just about fell off the trainer when the poor guy wiped out so close to the end! He deserved to win that stage.

Rode to Albion Hills for speed intervals- 15' level 4, 10' off.
It's hard to keep consistent when you're doing downhill singletrack during the "on" part or climbing big hills on the "off" part, but it's fun. Nice ride. Suprisingly good technical ride, even made it around my nemesis, the turn on the new singletrack where I broke my derailleur last time.
Wildlife for Bash- almost hit a snapping turtle bigger than my helmet on the last 3k singletrack in the middle of the hardwood forest!

The rest of the ride to, through and home from Albion Hills, including the "off" parts of the intervals.
Made it up the sugarshack hill without even hitting HR of 170, that's a first. Especially good considering I was using my AR tires and things were a little damp from last night's rain.

Run to work with Bulletdog. Legs pretty tired from the speed intervals on the bike this AM, but they got better.

Jog back home, still not quite dark after my evening office!

Had a BBQ at our place for my environmental group. They toured our solar panel system and I got to drive a Prius hybrid! Watched the last 30 min of TDF but was too lazy to ride my trainer.

It's been a bit busy, and with T-dog recovering from surgery I haven't been riding to work.
Instead I rode along with the last 15km of the Tour after my weights workout. I tried to keep the same cadence as the riders. Boy, they turn over fast! I was going to make it a slow easy ride, but couldn't resist the final sprint and hammered along with Tom Boonen.

Worked out while watching the TDF. Better than watching it from the couch, and it's nice and cool in the basement.

Got in a little running before everyone else woke up at the tcottage.

Didn't get to paddle at all. :( When we got home I rode the trainer while watching the Tour De France. Rode easily with the Peleton, but went all-out for King of the Mountain and the final sprint.