Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Hilton Hardrock. (Time's approximate)
I started out running carefully on the crust with snowshoes strapped on my pack. Things went fine to control 4 where I ran into Mique, and as always I orienteer worse with another runner. We were a bit sloppy to 5, allowing Tiny and Nosnhoj to catch up. This was even worse, as we're the same speed but Tiny can nav faster and it would become follow-the-leader, so I stopped at the next control and put on my snowshoes while the lads took off.

Snowshoes weren't really any faster than running, but now I could go wherever I want instead of trying to find firmer tracks, so I did the rest completely solo, eschewing any tracks I found, taking my time and doing a lot of direct bearings for practice. I messed up 10 a bit but nailed the rest quite well, and had a lot more fun.

Thanks to Bender for hanging the flags nice and high, rather than under rocks!

Workout #1 + leg stuff.

(50 min) Nice hike with the dogs. It was early enough that the crust was firm enough to support them. I was mostly OK except when falling through and postholing up to my thighs.
Absolutely beautiful spring day.

Hard ride on the trainer while Boonen and Hosta took off at 37km to go, Mercxx-style and left the rest way behind at the Tour of Flanders. I pounded hard on all the hills, including the 22% cobblestoned "wall".

Link workout. After a hard ride on the trainer, I didn't have all that much zip in the legs for all the squats and things. Some extra hamstring work too.

Clatter to work on frozen trails and ruts.
Easier to skate beside the trails on re-frozen snow than to ski in the tracks.
Nasty big fence in now on Palgrave south border, as scheduled.

Believe it or not, it's taken until now for a large group to hike over the ski tracks in Palgrave East. The skiing's been amazing, and might still be good if it softens up a bit.

C • Gate? 4

A sketchy ski home- still icy out and the tracks have shrunk then frozen into ski-grabbing traps in spots.

Bash had kindly left the Hard Core DVD set up for me.

Out at Highlands Nordic with Bash. I was worried about my knee, but in very fast conditions, the hills were way easier than last time. Absolutely great ski day there.

Near the end of the red trail, we saw a group gathered. Turned out to be an older gentleman collapsed at the side of the trail. I was the only one with medical training, but other skiers were doing well to help him. He'd bashed into a post, and was gasping and moaning with pain and could barely speak or respond. Not having angina or heart attack, and not in shock, pulse OK, just a ton of pain and hyperventilating. We got him up into a kid's pulk (Skiing toboggan) until the ski patrol arrived, and tried to slow down his breathing. Once they came, we got him bundled up, on 02 and transported back by snowmobile while I chased on skis. Poor fellow, probably broke his pelvis or strained something badly. I was wondering if he ruptured something, but couldn't tell through his clothes. The ambulance was waiting at the lodge.

After a break, we met Goose and Ms LD, both of whom did crazy-well at the loppet earlier that day. Goose was just a few seconds behind the mighty Almageddon.
We did a final small lap, but weren't really in the mood.