Training Log Archive: Yvonne

Cuivre River S.P. - mapped out a 20-ish mi. loop. Hoped to start at 6AM but didn't quite make that. Very humid w/ lots of moisture "raining" from tree leaves and trails were unpleasantly overgrown. 7 mi. in, I stopped to adjust my shoe, noticed at least several hundred (maybe more?) baby ticks all over my legs and decided to abort mission. Bailed to the road, high-tailed it to the Lincoln Lake beach area, and jumped in - shoes and all - to de-tick. Rest of miles were on less-lush, more-traveled lakeside trail w/ many campground staircase repeats. Then another delightful swim at the end. Ended up w/ zero tick bites! Liberal use of picaridin may have also helped. Greenrock or Chubb would have been a better choice...

22# pack. Mafates were new and worked extremely well. Hokas, purple Superfeet and a double layer of swiftwick Aspires seems to be the magic foot formula for me.

C • Ugh 7

Mailed my Wonderland food cache today. Decided on just one at the halfway point. Could have had a second one later in the hike, but the food for that leg was less than one pound and I couldn't justify the $58 (!) shipping cost.

I've been practicing setting up my tent (Tarptent Protrail - 26 oz including stakes!). There are a few nuances for getting a nice tight pitch, but it's very comfy and fully bugproof. PLUS there's enough room for me and one of the kids in it - a nice bonus for a one-person tent.

C • bikeflights 2

myrtl

Sparring

Stepmill at gym - 150 floors. Good effort.

T-mill on max decline percentage - only 3% so not effective replication of downhill but prob better than nothing.

myrtl

Babler S.P. w/ 20# pack - planned a mix of trails but wasn't getting the climbing I wanted...so used my O' map to find the best horse trail hill I could and headed for that. Did 8-10 repeats then my time was up. Heat and humidity galore - totally drenched.