Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Part of workout 1

Bazingadog turns 3 today, so I let him chose the route for an epic snowshoe run through Palgrave. He dragged me places I didn't know existed on the Tour de Venison. Amazing number of well-used deer trails just out of sight of the main trails.



He was a beast, pulling me hard up steep hills in snow up to his chest chasing deer for about the first 1:45, then he ran out of gas a bit. He lay in the snow, eating it at his leisure for a few minutes before trotting home. At the end I wanted to do an F&M hill but he saw no need to go off a perfectly good trail, and he lagged behind me for the last 200m or so.

Great thing about deep snow- the steep hills turn into mountains. Good UTMB practice. We were both bagged by the end.

C • Glad you survived! :) 8

Beautiful crisp morning out, -20, calm and sunny- perfect weather to go to town on some of the massive logs from the big tree. Even the monster logs couldn't resist a splitter maul and sledge hammer.

Also did some foot and kneehab, and a deep-snow slog with the dogs. (Not logged)

Another crisp run in without dogs. Wind picked up in the PM so I got a ride home.

Caron's core class.

Lots of twisting in this one.

Foothab, kneehab and a solid Link workout.

First lap with Bulletdog, then a hard stomp over hill and dale, including 2X Mt Tobler North Face. Great workout pounding through breakable crust into knee-deep snow.

Good solid run to work with extras via Switchbacks. Mostly hard-packed trails, some lumpy trail-breaking. -15 with strong wind-chill- Too cold for the hounds. Brisk night run home- some more trail breaking where it blew in.

Knee has been a bit sore since the weekend.

C • -15? 3

Packed enough for Snowcross now- Bazingadog and I had a decent run, picking up a load of wood on the return trip. Smooth running in spots, frozen post-hole obstacle course in others.

Run in with the big guy and back via switchbacks. I needed snowshoes for the breakable crust on the first 1km but after that snowcross would have worked. I re-ran one deep section on the golf course 3x to pack it down.

Sheldon Persad's running Mini-day.
Balance, agility, plyometrics and strength.

O cup Earl Bales.
I grew up nearby, and often ran these trails. Familiarity breeds massive errors... as does lack of nav practice.

Poor plan, poorly executed. I didn't notice the 1:7500 scale, and made many other basic errors, including an "Oh, I know where that is" that had me run 500m off the map to the wrong rock and back. I would have been faster walking many sections, as I kept leapfrogging others who were. Also wish in the second box that I'd dropped controls up top in the open as the lower controls were on well packed trails.

About 1600m of errors on a fairly short course I should know well, one of my worse o-cups.

Oh well, nice to have a good new map now to practice on near my Mom's house.

C • It happens.... 3