Out with the whole family to get in some vertical in the area of the 3 B*tches of the hockley loop. Bazingadog was on his harness, and was getting tuckered out by the end. Mission accomplished- over 500m and tired dogs.
Bugged out of our fantastic winter camp in dumping snow. We had a job extricating our tent-such as it was- from the piles of powder on top. The weight of snow had squished in the vestibules and the tent had a suspicious lean- serves me right for bringing a lightweight summer tent winter camping.
We snowshoed back to the van the short route through knee-deep powder, and knee deep water once for me, said our goodbyes to Goose and Coach LD, then the rest of us went for a nice tour in perfect full-on winter.
Winter camping trip with Coach LD, Goose, Storm and Browner.
Hard to get motivated for winter here in Caledon, but it was pounding down snow in the Torrance barrens. We did a first loop before Goose arrived with his magical sleigh containing the full Shangri-la camp. Next we humped and hauled an embarrasement of goodies up to camp. I think my pack was 40kg, and Goose's sled even more. We got the fantastic Snowtrekker tent set up, chopped wood for the stove and set up our tents.
Our MEC tent decided to biodegrade- a pole snapped, I repaired it, then the fly split as a window came unglued. Thank goodness for space blankets.
We had time for another great snowshoe jaunt in winter wonderland before having a great, warm, dry evening celebrating New Year in the Shangrila camp Goose efficiently deployed.
Nice ride around Wheelies and Palgrave West with the big guy. -7 and a touch of snow. Hands were a bit cold in mitts- need to deploy the pogies below -8.
3 PM
Running1:31:52 [3] 15.41 km (5:58 / km) +394m5:17 / km shoes: New Balance 1210v2
Nice brisk run on the HVT with Goose and visitors Phatty and VO2max.
The mountain boys were barely breathing hard.
Workout 3, some core, foot/kneehab etc.
Watched carefully by our boys and visitor Quinn.
Running55:00 [2] shoes: New Balance 1210v2
Run around Palgrave West with Bash, AD and Quinn. The big guy is too much with other dogs and people, but these 2 boys were perfect, other than Quinn being a tripping hazard.