Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Waaa hoo!
Fantastic ride on the Porcupine rim with Bash and Harps.
Amazing scenery, almost 35k of single track.
We had to climb a bit and hike a bike at first- feeling the 8000'!
I'd been wondering if the 'bent bike would work here. Turns out the 'Bent can handle the big drops better than the top-end all-mountain bikes Bash and Harps rented. I did get stuck on a couple of step-ups, where Harps danced by me but for the most part I rode more than the others could- on this trail. I suspect tomorrow the tables will turn.

Great ride, jaw-dropping scenery- one of the best rides I've done.

C • Awesome! 11

Note- we went to see Charlotte V and Chris who were doing an ultra nearby. I slept both ways in the car, but great to see them.

Nice singletrack ride on the Omega. Haven't got the hill climbing legs yet, (Pond hill fail) but a fun ride anyway. Bulletdog enjoyed 2 swims.

Foot/kneehab, 10+25+35+30 pushups, 10+8+7 Pull-ups, workout #2, KBs.

Out to Palgrave East with Bazingadog for a solid run. He was surprisingly well behaved, and had 2 more swims. It's just cooking out there, especially when pushing it up the hills.

BZdog, for all his muscle and exuberance, doesn't really have all that much endurance yet. This was a decent run for him, and he was done after.

C • Done like a Dog 9

Nice night for a run home in the dark.
I just realized why my Crosslites seem pretty minimalist- I've been running without insoles this week.

Bulletdog and I rode the surprisingly dry SW Palgrave singletrack on the little Omega 'bent. I had to hike-a-bike around a few soft spots on the main trail to avoid trashing them, but things are drying up fast.

My knee was happier riding for sure. So-o-o great to be out biking on trails.

Easy recovery run to work and back with Bazingadog.
Feeling my knee a bit from the weekend. BZdog met 2 other pooches, including a none-too-friendly Sheppard cross, but he could handle him.
We picked up Bash and Bulletdog's trail and had a short Ben Hur section until we hollered at them to wait up.

Thomass Eliminator.
Despite my tired legs, I ended up running with Hammer on the first leg. As always, I'm a touch faster but he never hesitates and keeps dropping me as I ponder the map. I was 3rd to finish the first loop, and top 20 move on.
Second loop I wanted to run on my own, rather than hanging with the fast guys by the skin of my teeth. I saw Hammer head North so I deliberately went South, and had a lot more fun bumbling around by myself until on the way to F, when a large and irate fellow started yelling that I was trespassing, and to "get the F--- off his land". That threw what little rhythm I had way off, and between that and some narrow unmapped dark green in the field confusing me I did a pretty shabby job of nav-ing back, finishing 17th.

Top 10 move on, so as penance for my p*ss-poor work I didn't take my handicap when we started after the top runners. Took me a while to get back into the map, got most controls OK but I finished pretty well back I think.

Oh well, didn't expect much with 4 hours of hammering in my legs from yesterday. *Very* pleased that my knee wasn't too bad, and still had some speed in my legs once i warmed up.