Sunday Dec 16 |
 | Classic skiing 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Went for a ski with Sandy and Holger at Chignecto - had to stick to the unmapped trails. So, basically accessed the trail at Hastings Auto trail and followed it to where the Blue trail turns off. Basically did four loops of the blue trail portions west of Hastings Auto Trail. Felt good to ski today. -15 degrees and blowing like hell. There's a low front coming. |
| Snowshoe 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| Snowshoed around Richardson Lake. Temperature up to -5C and snowing in earnest now. Just made it back at nightfall. Finally got the trail packed well but I'm sure it'll be gone by the morning. Oh well. |
Saturday Dec 15 |
| Snowshoe 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| Spent 3 hours clearing the Richardson Lake trail with my trusty bow saw. Logged only the hours where I had a HR over 105 bpm. Cold wind from the north, especially along the far ridge, near the new clearcut. Another trip or two through with the snowshoes and it'll be good running. |
| Road running 31:00 [3] | |
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| Went for an evening run along Rt 915 as far as Anderson's Hollow and back. Nippy wind and -12C on the thermometer. Feels like the new weather front is coming. As I passed his house, I could see Reg huddled over his TV, getting it warmed up for the Habs/Leafs game. Amazing sunset over the Bay of Fundy. Ah, Canada. |
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| Sandy's birthday today. Dinner was a pleasant affair with lobster and a nice chardonnay. Pumpkin pie for dessert. Perhaps a rehearsal for next year's COC banquet? |
Friday Dec 14 |
| Trail running 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Arrived in NB and dragged my butt through the day in a bit of a fog. I never sleep well on the red eye from Vancouver to Toronto...
Finally made it to Waterside and took a run around Richardson Lake. Lots of snow and lost the trail a few times. Lots of trees down or bent over under the weight of the snow. Will take a lot of clean-up over the next few days. |
Thursday Dec 13 |
| Snowshoe 1:07:00 [2] | |
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| Loop up to lookoff tower in FFTW and back. Snowing again! |
| Classic skiing 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Picked up Anita and almost immediately drove with her out to Otway to go skiing. Great conditions again but harder to wax for: snowing and -1 at the bottom, colder at the top. My old VF40 was slipping at the bottom and icing at the top of Hickory Wing. There is a new 2km loop that you can take dogs on and so we skied that (myself, Pat and Phil) while Anita took Regnly and Nootka out for some exercise. I can't believe I'm leaving this winter paradise to go to NB where reportedly there is snow with heavy rain crust. |
Wednesday Dec 12 |
| Classic skiing 1:07:00 [3] | |
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| First classic ski in over a week. Felt great. Today was a day when you could do no wrong. The fresh snow had been packed and was still a bit soft so the wax lasted forever but the tracks were firm. -5C and good old Extra Blue worked wonderfully. The sun was out and the trails were quiet, being a work day. Really only ran into some biathletes who were finishing their morning workout. Skiing just doesn't get much better than this. I only wish I had more time to spend. |
| Snowshoe 1:23:00 [1] | |
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| Good little bushwhack with Pat and the dogs through FFTW and back through the Kueng's property, similar to the loop we did a week ago. Surprisingly little traffic in FFTW since the snow yesterday - everyone's probably out shopping in their spare time.
Hard to say what the training effect of this is since I can't / don't really run on the snowshoes in this heavy snow. The HR stays ~120 though so I guess it's worth something aerobic. It's more to get the dogs out so they don't go nuts. Great to get fresh air and see the wildlife (same cow/calf pair that I've been seeing for the last couple of months). |
Tuesday Dec 11 |
| Road running 35:00 [2] | |
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| Ran in to work today since it was snowing heavily at the time. Then jogged over to pick my truck up at the shop. |
| Snowshoe 55:00 [3] | |
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| Snowshoed in the failing light and falling snow. Went up to FFTW and back. Another 20cm of snow is great but makes for some work keeping the trails packed down. |
Monday Dec 10 |
| Classic skiing 1:35:00 [1]+323m | |
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| Nice back-country ski with Pat and the dogs on the new snow. Quite tough slogging in places - still not enough coverage for full-on bushwhacking. We were out for over 2hrs but a lot of it was quite slow and doesn't count for training. |