Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Knee is closing in on okay? Sharpness is diminishing, not quite gone today. Stairs are fine, pushing on the too-low seat of the school run bike is still not ideal.

Knee is better, not perfect. I am leaning towards saving it for Crooked Lake. Downside: currently struggling to eat at no exercise level. Eating at 75 minute hard bike ride level is much much easier.

Whatever damage I wrought to my knee during the race is still there, so maybe an easier couple of days. Impact? Strain? I don't recall when it happened. :|

Some extra distance when it became apparent that glasses were dropped by the person who doesn't like wearing eye protection.

I picked up the northern trek points. I was wide awake at 5. A little after 6, decided to chance my headlight battery and start pickup at 6:30, with sunrise not until 8.

The first hour was black, thankfully all of these flags had reflective strips. A few little spits of rain had me in and out of my rain jacket, but I couldn't stay in it since mid 60s and hiking made it a hot box.

I did the loop backwards from game day for variety.

I got to the furthest out points before it was headlamp optional for terrain, although it was yet another 30-45 minutes before you could easily read a map w/out lights in for the forest.

It was too dark to make too many vegetation mapping notes, other than: that map should be 95%+ white!