Training Log Archive: 'Bent

-23c, new snow and both kids on the sled made for hard work keeping up with Bro. Short ski due to kids re-enacting the Battle of Culloden over sled space. Stil nice to be out on what feels like a real winter day- cold, calm and sunny, and the first half was peaceful.

Early morning run before a day with the family. Did a figure 8 around Niven Lake and Frame Lake, past the NWT Legislature offices. -15c

Quads were a little tired from a ton of trampolining yesterday, bouncing the kids over my head.

Out on Back Bay coaching Bro on skate skiing. Yes, it's come to this- now I'm the coach. I tried to impart the most important bits of all the lessons I learned from Goose and LD, as well as the coaching at Silverstar.
If you can't skate on a hard packed trail on a lake, you can't skate ski. I was bombing along well on my grip-waxed classic skis. Bro looked a hell of a lot more efficient by the time we were done.

No kids with us-once again no sleep for T-girl made for a powderkeg.

C • All right! Bent is now coaching. 2

Hiked out to the Snow King's castle, then skated across the lake to pick up the Bingham(?) trail which is a nice Classic ski, then back around the island and past the ski plane base to Back bay skating on the classic wax.
Brisk -16 but fairly calm.

C • That's brisk all right. Harps is probably wishing he was up there with you. 4

Stacked a pile of wood for Bro, and also used Leo as a human kettlebell a lot.

This time it's shoving and chasing the kids on their new pedal karts.
Leo has a 4-wheeler KettCar, and Talia's bombing on a KMX 'bent trike.
They work way better than 2 wheels on icy roads.

You knew it was just a matter of time before I served them the pedal-power koolaid.

C • Well done - rev them up, and then leave. 8

More kid-hauling at speed high enough to elicit cheers and screams, to and from a frozen waterfall. Good fun had by all.

Here's a vid of some of the hauling. Sorry, can't embed video or upload Garmin via the Attackpad.

http://youtu.be/gfA3LRX9FAc

C • Cool! 4

Off for a solo jaunt from the house across the lake to the YK ski club. Able to skate on the lake and part of the trails with my grip-waxed combi skis. Nice hilly well-groomed track set trails, good views, -3 but bitter headwind on the return across the lake. Decent workout and a fine ski.

More kid-hauling, up the toboggan hill. Got some good GoPro I think.
Talia the insomniac niece was only good for a shorter outing before the bullying began, so end of ride.

C • hauling 2

Snowshoe run around Great Slave Lake hauling both kids at a good clip.
No wind, sunny and-2c. Got them out of the house during Passover prep, and we had about 50 minutes of good adventures and 20 min of combat and sulking from a tired T-Girl, so that was the limit.

In all fairness, she was awesome during Passover dinner while Leo was a holy terror. I should probably log wrangling him.

Nice scoot from Yellowknife to Giant Mine and back. Turns out that if I haul Leo in a sled, Bro can ski at my pace, so a good workout had by all in calm winds, -6 and sunny.

C • Yellowknife??!! 7