Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Workout 1 + KB and core.

C • Two and a half MENiscuses 2

Operation Tired Pooch phase II. Bazingadog did his best Clydesdale impression at times, but I think I'm wearing him out.

Bolton Fall Fifty- the Movie:
For those who missed it, here's the BFF video.

You can see it on HD at the Vimeo site.

Bolton Fall 50 2011 HD from Richard Ehrlich on Vimeo.

Took both hounds for a gallop. This was Bazingadog's fastest run of this length, and he's still on leash.
We saw several groups of deer, turning him temporarily into 65lbs of muscle-and-testosterone towing machine. I'm wondering if an aluminum carabiner is strong enough?
I think I finally tired the little guy out though, although the fit Bulletdog was bouncing around after.

C • BazingaDog 2

Nice ride in the cold and dark rail trail to my environmental meeting.
I warmed up OK after the first few km, and at one point it was hard to see the trail from all the reflected snow blowing down, but I'm loving it.

Unfortunately the heat was off at the meeting building, so I got really chilled in my damp biking clothes, and was shivering hard when I met Bash for a ride home after yoga class.

Foothab, kneehab, some core, workout 3. Still not sure how to log this, as a lot of the kneehab should be level 0 or 1 but I want to record it.

Ride in with Bulletdog on the singletrack.
Bazingadog was so nutzo when he saw me setting his sister up for the commute that I had to take them both out for a gallop first.

Met some folks out in the dark looking for a Bernese mtn dog named Halifax, who wasn't lit up like Bulletdog. If anyone sees her, I have the owner's phone #.

C • In Palgrave East 1

Easy commute with Bulletdog.

Easy jog in to work with BZDog. So far so good- my knee's a bit tender but not too bad.

Easy jog home in the dark and rain, on the muddy graded trails.
Knee is a bit sore all right, but not too bad.

C • Hey Bent.... 4

RTH with Bash and Hingo. First one in 2 years since I tore my meniscus.

I seemed to be running OK. I could feel the knee, but it wasn't bad. Able to hammer pretty well in the matrix, and tow where we could on roads, given Bash's sprained ankle.
From CP12 we leapfrogged Sean Bechtel's team of top triathletes, and an all-male masters team. Thanks to some good nav choices by Bash, we passed several teams in the last few controls.

Bechtel got us on the track finish, but they were unranked, and we managed to pull off a close Master's win.

I had lots left in the tank at the end, and can still walk now, so I'd consider this a decent comeback. Great to be racing with the team on an excellent course in great weather..
Thanks to all the organizers and volunteers of course.