Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Sulphur Springs- cheered on the Relay teams as they both broke the record!

I paced Bash for her last lap on the 50 miler. She was suffering but kept chugging along. Her first lap was almost an hour faster.

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Shedman had planned a run to Collingwood with me for this weekend but he was sick, so Ms Gally planned an awesome long route for us. Her window was shorter than mine, but she had a plan...
I started by myself with a road run into a freezing headwind, with my hands so numb I couldn't pull out my phone to check the route. Once i got sorted and had a tailwind it was a nice day. Ms Gally picked me up on 15th sideroad,
(For some reason Mr Garmin didn't map the first part of the run even though it recorded distance and time) and we drove to the start of her trail run.


Nice loop down to Kelso, a couple of hill repeats, then the main Bruce back. No real nav problems, (Ye of little faith) but overshot one turn where the trail was flooded out.
I got out my poles there, and used them on and off for the last 2/3.

Most of the run was flat, with some very uneven rocky bits, and the Hokas aren't great for that. I've been a lot faster in my Fellcross on that terrain, but the big clown shoes were very nice on the downhills.
Great day to be out, and MsGally was great company.


Around the time we got to Kelso, I started to get a sore Achilles where the tendon inserts into the heel on the medial side. It's been sore to touch for a while and stiff in the mornings, perhaps from all the hill running volume, but this was the first time it's hurt on a run. By the end of it after all the lumpy rocks under the Hokas my knee wasn't great either, so I turned down Ms Gally's kind offer to let me run all the way back to her place on the road.

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Easy commute with Bazingadog.

Foot/kneehab, workout 1. Forecast too stormy to run to work.

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Easy commute on a steamy tropical night with Mocha. Veery and Wood Thrushes were amazing!

Quick commute with the big guy. Horrible storms meant a ride home.

Paddle around Island Lake with Bash on a hot summer day.
I was in the Epic V8 for the first 28 min, then we switched. Garmin broke it up into 2 different workouts when I switched to kph from pace.
I actually think I am a touch quicker in Bash's boat.

Part 2, still in Bash's JKK boat. Maybe a tiny bit faster.

Second lap of Island Lake, this time on the new trail. They built some huge bridges to span the gaps between islands and shore. We had to bushwhack up to Hwy 10 and run along the shoulder for a bit to make a loop. Too bad, the rest of the run was really nice.

Off to the Shed after- nice holiday weekend!

Ride down to Albion and around, with Bash for the first part.
Legs were dead for the first few minutes, but got good once warmed up. I had to back it off when I felt my knee, but rode basically everything there.
Can't get much better than Albion on a spring day with no mud and no dust or loose sand. The hardwood forest is spectacular, full of trilliums, birds, etc.

Met a fellow named Babylon who works at Urbane Cyclist, a 'bent store. He'd never tried one off-road before, and did quite well for a short jaunt.

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