Sunday Nov 11 |
 | Trail running 1:33:00 [2] | |
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| Headed out solo as Regnly still sick. Felt like a road run but only made it to the top of UNBC hill before I felt the pull of the Greenway single track. Did a nice loop in behind the University, out to Blue Spruce and then looped through FFTW and down to home. Nice day with the McGregors easily visible as well as the north Cariboo range from the lookoff tower. Planned this route to take in my favourite big stands of Douglas Fir and soft spruce forest. Saw a nice cow/calf pair of moose about 25 minutes into the run. I forgot about them after they ambled off but I'm sure it was the same pair I saw at about 60 minutes. They were using the trail and so we had a little standoff. They moved on after I called to them. They're looking quite healthy now with nice coats and wide bodies. Probably good that Regnly was not with me as he likes to raise hell with them. |
Saturday Nov 10 |
| Skate skiing 1:40:00 [3] | |
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| Skied twice up the hill, the first time to the top of the chair, the second to the timing shed. Starting to snow at the top, slushy at the bottom. |
| Skate skiing 1:05:00 [3] | |
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| After lunch: went up the hill again, this time on fresh corduroy. Very nice and soft at the top of the chairlift. With Matt and John Hagen. |
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| Very fun day today! Got up early with Barry and John Hagen as well as another friend, Matt Janzen. We drove to Powder King to join the national cross country ski team at their training camp. The head coach, Dave Wood is an old friend of Barry's so we got to tag on. Apparently this year is unusual in that there is no significant amount of snow anywhere but in Powder King. Here's an article on the situation: http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.php?optio...
Normally the team would be in Canmore or Silver Star getting their early season training in. The team was doing some sprint training when we arrived and they had their lunch together so we really didn't see that much of them. It looked like fun to be all together like that. We could probably learn from them in the orienteering scene. |
Friday Nov 9 |
| Trail running 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Ran today with Pat and his dog, Nootka. Sad day for me as my #1 training partner is out with a cough. Regnly picked up "kennel cough" on Tuesday and supposedly can't run for two weeks. When I left the house, he looked as though he had been stabbed directly in the heart... |
Thursday Nov 8 |
| Trail running 1:20:00 [1] | |
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| Pretty relaxed run up to, and through Forests for the World. Yesterday's slushy tracks had frozen to make the footing quite tough. |
Wednesday Nov 7 |
| Trail running 55:00 [3] | |
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| Run with Anita and Regnly up the time trial hill to FFTW parking lot and down the cutblock. Heavy running in the melting snow... |
| Core strength 5:00 [0] | |
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| Some of the usual before heading to work. |
Tuesday Nov 6 |
| Trail running 55:00 [2] | |
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| Early morning run with Anita and Regnly up to the look-off and back. About 1/3 slower than usual due to the heavy, wet snow. Crazy! Feels like rain today and so will not likely last more than a few more days. |
| Core strength 10:00 [0] | |
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| Some typical core stuff. |
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| Will get around to making some notes on last weekend's race. Still can't face the shameful debacle of Sunday's race yet. Perhaps over a beer later in the week... |
Monday Nov 5 |
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| Finally made it home after the US champs. The weekend of snow in PG gave way to ice fog and my flight was to land at 2337 last night. We left late because the pilot was late arriving on another flight. Then, once we got over PG, the fog was too dense and we couldn't land (instrument landing equipment was out too). Sooo, had to turn back to Vancouver and spend the night. Arrived at 1am. Luckily one of my colleagues was on the same flight and we shared a room at the ridiculously expensive but very comfortable airport hotel. Air Canada wanted to rebook me on the 2030h flight tonight but I couldn't leave Anita holding the bag for me in the office so I coughed up the cash for a last minute WestJet flight... 12 hours later than I was supposed to arrive, I got to PG in time to start hammering through the day's work. Too bagged to consider running in the evening so today is a REST DAY!
(this is the FIRST time in 5 yrs, I've been fogged out or delayed at our airport due to weather and it happened twice in the same weekend - go figure) |