Sunday Dec 30 |
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| Nice classic ski again around the usual outer loop including Sawmill, Hickory Wing, Fingers, Antlers. Then did the race course 5k and headed back to the dog trail to meet Anita and Regnly, via Northern Lights.
A bit overcast but still great conditions. Feeling pretty good. I think I'll race the BC Cup here next weekend for fun. ...if I can get rid of my Friday night shift. |
| Skating 30:00 [1] | |
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| Met up with Simon, Meredith and Christopher at the Oval and went for a casual skate. Pretty crowded which is great to see. The conditions are excellent right now. I used my hockey skates but I'll have to dig out the old nordic blades (official Iceman training begins on the 1st). |
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| C • iceman 3 |
| Hockey 1:24:00 [3] | |
| ahr:136 max:169 |
| We picked up an extra ice time with our Thursday night group but only 11 skaters showed up. My side had 5 and we played 4 on 4. Wore the HRM to see what kind of 'training' it is. This was tougher than my ski this morning. Out of the 95 minutes of ice time, my HR was >105 for 84'. The average of 136 includes 11' of bench time. Interesting stats but probably not representative of our usual games.
Put the light on a couple of times and set up a few. 4 on 4 is awesome. Just wish Pittsburgh and Buffalo would do the same on Jan 1st like Cherry suggests. |
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| C • 4 on 4 1 |
Saturday Dec 29 |
| Track workout 2:09:00 [3] | |
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| Went out for a classic ski this morning. Blue sky, blue glide wax, blue grip. Fresh snow. Doesn't really get any better than this.
Track hack has improved enough that I don't think I made anything worse.
Went around all the groomed trails including my first time around Junior National, the Chute and the inner Five. The downhills on our race loops must be some of the more challenging around. |
Friday Dec 28 |
| Road running warm up/down 47:00 [2] | |
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| Jog up to NSC and back for track workout. Includes jog in between. |
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| C • Hey mike 1 |
| Track workout intervals 16:00 [4] | |
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| 4x4' on the track. Felt great for the first two then faded badly by the fourth. No sense of pacing. Felt good to get it done. Developed some track hack afterwards, a bit worse than usual so I think I'll wait a few extra days before coming back here. |
Thursday Dec 27 |
| Strength training 25:00 [0] | |
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| Did my home weight routine while watching the Canada-Slovakia game start. Pretty boring first period, if you ask me. |
Wednesday Dec 26 |
| Classic skiing 2:30:00 [1] | |
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| Ski with Regnly and Anita on the Rossi BC's. Went up to FFTW via the cutblock and then out Blue Spruce to the end. Home via Kueng and Crest Roads. Stopped for a brief visit at Simon and Meredith's.
Great day and great to get out for some fresh air. |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
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| Up early to take on the 6am shift today. Touched base with Christmas Central in Cochrane and opened a couple of gifts. Fortunately the shift was very quiet and so had a nice Xmas gift from the PG populace. At lunch, I had an olde-tyme 'how much can you eat' contest with one of our social workers. I've never seen the staff lounge so full of good food. Just awesome.
After work, went up to Simon and Meredith's for Christmas dinner. Very nice get together with friends. The way it should be. Unfortunately a rest day. Oh well. Work is work. |
Monday Dec 24 |
| Trail running 51:00 [2] | |
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| Made it to Vancouver after midnight. In the end, got a solid 4 hours of sleep at the Travelodge. Finally made it home on the early am Air Canada flight from Vancouver. Amazing line-ups to check bags at YVR. Was pretty glad I didn't have to suffer through that. Worked the morning then went for an easy run with Anita over to the old Ginter mansion and back. Great way to unwind but I could tell that the sleep deficit is there. A strong cup of coffee set me straight enough to be vaguely coherent with our friends who came over to visit. |