Training Log Archive: dbakker

Run out to the contours + trails map.

Well this wasn't very good...almost entirely uphill and snow was really wet, slow, and slippery today. Climbing was hard. View from the top was nice as always, although it was cloudy today. Lots of different types of clouds in the sky, would have made an awesome GoPro timelapse if I had brought it out and wanted to freeze for an hour or so. Only made it through about 4 of the controls (mostly all climb except the last one) until I made it onto the north face where the better terrain is supposed to be based on the contours. Unfortunately, while the south face only has 4-6 inches of snow in direct sunlight much of the day with little tree cover, the north face was cold and shaded, with 12-24 inches of snow. Called it a day pretty quick.

Saw a porcupine though! He crawled back into his little hole in the rock when he heard me coming, and I didn't really feel liking intruding any further than 20m (and about 10m below) from his personal space, but might come back another day and set up the GoPro outside his home.

Super slow run back home through the snow, then the road through quail. Feeling pretty dead and tired, feet thoroughly waterlogged. Right foot got a little sore, but not too bad.