Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Nice orienteering event at Mansfield.

After botching the winter race in this area, I was pretty cautious and it went well. 2 mistakes at 4 and 16, but mostly the singletrack was extremely well mapped which helped a lot to keep me on track despite no practice since the winter.

Goose, Mick, Tiny and I all finished with close times.

Easy jog with Goose for warmup. Apparently we should have been using the little preview map more for practice.

Nice morning run on the Bruce with Crash.

Workout #3 today + extra shoulder sets.

Short version of workout 2 so I had more time for a bike ride before work.

I was enjoying a nice ride around the Albion trails when I heard a suspicious creaking noise, accompanied by a wobbly seat. Sure enough, the seat on my 'bent broke again, and I cut off the ride and rode to work gingerly on roads. Back to Dr. Gandalf. :(

At least it held out for the Coast Raid, with all the huge loads we put on it.

C • Whew, lucky on the timing! 2

Very careful ride home with the cracked seatback.

Put the hammer down on the commute to get a bit of speed back in the legs.
Bulletdog appreciates a brisk trot!

Easier jog home.

Paddling around Island Lake. Part was pacing with Goose and LD's friends and family, part was test-driving the new sea kayak with GPS to see if it's any faster than Bash's boat or my old one.
It's half the weight of my big one, and a lot less windage, but it's not really all that much faster than Bash's boat. Still, fairly quick for a rock-solid sea kayak.

Goose got my boat up to 12.6kph, so of course I had to try a max. I thought I only got up to 12.3 briefly, but the GPS registered 12.7 max. Still, this is an all out mad paddle for a few seconds, and any more would probably end up with an Adventure Swim. It'll cruise fine at 9kph, and I could hold 10 for a while, but Adam Vankoeverden need not worry.

How fast do you dudes go in your fancy shmancy race boats, like those SRS ones?

C • What kind of boat did you g... 3

Workout #1. I'm going to be sore...

Nice ride with Bash around Inglewood trails to the Shed.
A lot more climbing than intended due to some navigational issues, but it's all good.

Today's wrap-around-the-chain item is Bash's rear derailleur cable. Yesterday's was my water tube.