Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Feeling worse today.
Very light K/O workout, balance and mostly stretching.

Note- Found a pic of Gold Camp overview at http://www.lixar.com/csm/csm_photos/index.php
Check out pic #105 and pics 4 and 5 are at Gold camp too.

An easy ski with 2dogs. Best snow of the year, and I'm well enough for some easy touring.

I wonder if sprint-nose-blowing counts as training?
Maybe it's intervals. If so, I did about 100 repeats. De-glove, de-mask, honk schnoz, wash hands, hand sanitize, re-glove, re-mask, then repeat about 2 minutes later X 8 hours.

Workout #1. Been a while, so it wasn't the strongest workout.

Aww, great snow out there and I'm sick as a dog. Got winded hauling a load of firewood on a sled. No skiing today:(

This explains why I was tired on the second day of the CSM. I didn't think I pushed that hard on day 1.

C • Actually... 1

Slowish recovery ski to work.
People are complaining about how cold -22C is. Pah!
Should be a nice snowstorm this evening.

C • Snowstorm 1

Bleagh. My cold's back with a vengance.
I hitched a ride home today.

Note- Ski Marathon pics are up at
http://www.elmtreedental.com/AR_CSM07.html

Power Yoga DVD
I felt a little feeble on the plank sections- elbows a little stiff after all the skiing, but the hamstrings were good for a change.

C • Congrats! 1

A brisk -27C when the alarms started to go off a 4AM. Packed and ready to go early, so I was able to dry almost everything by the fire before leaving at 6. I felt strong for the first section, and wanted to move well to warm up. Hands went from too cold to sweat-soaked, to cold at the first CP. Slower conditions and poorer snow in the dicey bits.
In the second section I bonked at the 100km mark, so I ate some peanut butter cups (Not frozen at -24) and geared down from then on, keeping it down to 9kph. I waited for JB for 45 minutes at the second CP- rest, soup and drinks which revived me - and 30 minutes at the 3rd, but didn't see him. Still made the cut-off with over an hour to spare, and finished by 3PM after an easier paced ski.

It was a shorter year, but the lack of long ski training showed for most folks, and the slower conditions and walking sections made for a tough enough marathon. The full distance would have been no problem though.

I think there's room to trim a kg or two from my pack. Didn't need my spare toque, mega-mitts, thermarest, ultralight second sleeping bag, cooking pot, extra meal packet, third oatmeal, hand warmers or spare tights and long johns. If it had been -35C I'd have used more.

All in all, more comfy than I expected, and cut-offs absolutely no problem, but it was tiring.

Thanks for all the cheering from AP, guys!

C • Good On Ya' 7