Training Log Archive: Yukon King

D did his 10K at Alice Lake, w/ 7 min km's, says he could do better if he had studied course & paced himself to use all his juice up. Next time...
G & I were persona non grata - Alice Lake is so heavily used that dogs are totally not allowed anyplace but along the parking lot, so we marched around there, set up camp by the jeep w/ chair etc, & were quite comfortable. Afterwards we went to Cat Lake which has CHANGED to a major sub-moron hang-out. drinking, pot, mild raucousness, diving face-first onto submerged logs aka the biggest bloody nose incident I ever saw in my life, etcetc. But it was fun, we hung out, had a picnic, hung out, grilled a steak, some corn-on-the-cob, & some cheese bread, delicious. They want to "save" Cat Lake from the golf course developers....hmmmm, maybe that would be an improvement at this point, in some ways.

felt very unwell for most of yesterday afternoon but good sleep has helped, I hope. Weight still sliding a bit, but in the heat we were eating a bit less, I think. Frenzy of preparing for sis-in-law's shower is now over, what fun it was! Getting ready to go north for Squamish Thunder 10K on Saturday. SE asian noodles and tofu this evening. I notice my temp senstivity resets pretty easily - one day 78 was making me sweat, the next day that was deliciously cool, the next day 84 was feeling pretty refreshing...there is a limit tho.

quickie walk in the afternoon before driving up to Squamish in the evening.

cooled off a bit last night, nice !
am gonna whip up a sushi salad this evening (rice is cooked already in the cool morning), maybe another thing of icecream...
R knee was acting up again last night after a few days of slow improvement - see how it goes. G more tired than usual...or maybe she is just luxuriating in the cool breeze today.

very disciplined march around neighborhood to improve relations, D is right, she behaves better & seems quite comfortable w/ a brisk heel interspersed w/ fairly structured sniff-N-pee sessions, also making for many fewer distressing (& potentially dangerous) sidewalk-snax. Hopefully she will be less into that as she gets older. I feel a bit sad that we can't meander about in a relaxed way, but a dog is a dog, & maybe they need more pack-leader structure than humans do (well duh when you put it like that).

a bit dehydrated maybe despite my efforts to drink. Today will apparently go up to 37 so this will be the warmest day. Making pizza this AM, which I will slice and chill. Also hummous & whole wheat tortilla crisps, and beautiful dark, icey-cold organic cherries.

over to the Rocks, down the bikepath & back up via the garden path, quite hot, stayed in shade, metal and black things do get the hottest, along w/ tarmac of road; we avoid the former & skedaddle across the latter. G-dog still in great shape, but does get rang-ee in evening, combination of renewed energy & developmental stage (like teenager, forgetting all civilzed traits painstakingly learned as child). Maybe a bit of short-leash discipline walks is in order. Met Jack the black spaniel & Whistler the white American Eskimo on the somewhat contentious evening walk.

cooking the risotto this morning to serve chilled, which should be luscious. No need for tylenol last night so that is excellent.

2X 0.8 km, one around 2pm & one around 9pm... avoiding sunshine both times, quite sucessful in maintaining doggy perkiness, in fact on latter walk she was a but asinine, also trying fiercely to eat these HUGE DISGUSTING swollen yellow bugs, gah!!! I believe they are the chafer beetles, & one can see why the larvae in the lawns would make crows and other animals absolutely mad to dig the whole lawn up, cuz that is one heck of a big lump of fat and protein.
Lots of talk about air-conditioners amongst the dogwalkers. We just sweat. Gypsy seems to be beautifully adapted now to the heat, even keeps her appetite during the heat of the day.

started groaning again as soon as I started to sleep so nipped it in the bud by chomping a nice big time-release tylenol and bracing-up my worst joint which worked good, will ice as well - shoulders, wrists, hands...forgot to mention that I am emulating the dudes in the thread on terrain training - I am focussing on walking more on lawns than on asphalt & concrete so my ankles stay (relatively) nimble, training in terrain, oh yeah! It cracks me up, but it's also true. we all got our challenges.
Gonna be hot next few days, in the mid-thirties, which is crazy for us in BC...maybe a picnic in the park the hottest evening, and just stay out til dusk.... easy meal tonite, (pre-made) vegan chili & tortillas...

two walks, very small cuz very hot, but G is doing really well, I tihnk she has shed a bit more of her puppy/undercoat, plus her natural indolence combined w/ my strategic choice of shady routes are keeping us both nicely cooled. apparently Wed. is heading for 37 degrees, blood heat!
First was middle of day (well, 2:30pm, over to the woods down a little ways along the creek, & then back to the Rocks for a sit. Second one was around sunset cooling nicely, dawdling around waiting for Ladybug to show up - met Kischa & he tried to eat G's head as usual, so a good time was had by all.

7-8-7 - day of rollout for the 787, nifty huh?

checked out a park by Tsehum Harbor N of Sidney (note: I think we only are able to canoe AFTER a day of full rest - canoeing did not happen today). Lounged around Beacon Ave in Sidney, dog got totally habituated w/ super-urban area, sidewalk cafe lunch, etc, so that was good.

I got a flare last night w/ much semi-conscious groaning, very tired today (also got dehydrated I think). Gotta manage that a bit better.