Sunday Jan 6 |
 | Skate skiing warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
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| Before and after BC Cup race. |
| Skate skiing race 49:00 [5] | |
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| Almost blew the wax again. Was way colder than I originally thought based on The Weather Network. (apparently they're based out of Texas so that explains a few things) Should have had the skate race yesterday and the classic race today.
Had a really fun ski. I was skeptical about finishing after stirring up my winter hack yesterday. Luckily, one of the masters set an easy'ish pace and I tagged along. I had more fitness and should have passed him on most of the uphills but he's way more aggressive on the downhills. Anyway, we arrived at the stadium at the same time. We sprinted. He won. It was all good. Was surprisingly close to the senior mens' times given how easy the pace felt. Perhaps they weren't pushing that hard. |
Saturday Jan 5 |
| Classic skiing race 35:00 [5] | |
| ahr:160 max:171 |
| BC Cup 10k classic, interval start. I felt okay physically, mostly over the recent hack.
Unfortunately I blew the grip wax at the last minute. We got ~2cm of fresh snow overnight that fell at about 0 degrees. They retracked early in the morning. At race time, it was 3 degrees and I had lots of skiers in front of me to glaze up the track. Even though my original plan of the old VF (0 to +2) was working except for the upper sections, I added a little layer of Vauhti that I tried yesterday, insecure about my grip. Sure enough at the top of the first hill, I was running up and almost face-planted when I went to take the first stride in the track. Quite fun overall, despite feeling that I could have been a fair bit faster.
Worsened the hacking cough and didn't do a cool-down as I hopped directly into the truck and drove home to catch the last of the Gold medal game at the IIHF World Juniors. 4 in a row! |
| Classic skiing warm up/down 25:00 [1] | |
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| Went for an easy ski with Scott, around the upper levels. We knew the temperature inversion would be in full effect and I got suckered into changing the wax... |
Friday Jan 4 |
| Classic skiing 30:00 [3] | |
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| Went for a little ski around the 5k race loop. Feeling pretty tired from the hockey last night and butt sore where I fell. The Vauhti that I was trying out iced up a bit down low and slipped up high. Still trying to figure out the waxing thing again. |
Thursday Jan 3 |
| Classic skiing 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Pretty laid back ski with Pat. He had Nootka and Aliah in the Chariot so it was pretty slow. The higher temperatures made the waxing a bit of a challenge. |
| Hockey 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| I was one of 3 defensemen on our side tonight. Lots of ice time and cool heart rate graph. Reads like a slightly jagged interval session. I feel a lot better about the hockey, knowing that I actually get an aerobic (sometimes anaerobic) workout from it. |
Wednesday Jan 2 |
| Road running 16:00 [2] | |
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| Jog to and from the OIO. |
| Skating 40:00 [1] | |
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| Responded to the call from Stein to go for a skate. Pretty busy so a lot of dodging little kids. Still a good skate and felt like the flow was there within a few laps. |
Tuesday Jan 1 |
| Skate skiing 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| First real skate ski in a while. Between work obligations, as darkness was falling. Skied the 7.5km race course. Decided to register for this weekend's races as I have been able to switch shifts to end at midnight on Friday. |
Monday Dec 31 |
| Trail running 23:00 [2] | |
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| Easy run with the pooch this morning over to the ice oval and back. More just to give him some exercise. |
| Skating 20:00 [1] | |
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| Went to the Oval to ring in the New Year with Anita. Pretty quiet, had the whole thing to ourselves. |