Wednesday Apr 30 |
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| I meant to make this a nice easy ride but every time I started thinking about the race this weekend my pace picked up. Visualization is supposed to be a good thing anyway. My chain should be replaced but it is working well right now (just a little rusty) so I am going to leave it. I know if I start to fart around with it something will go wrong. Too bad it is going to rain on the weekend but at least it is going to be warm. |
| Trail Running 1:10:00 [3] | |
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| After visiting Bents office for a little touch-up to Slice's teeth, Slice, the Bullcat, Scooby, Goose, Rocky, MrBiker, and I all headed out for a trail run in Palgrave. The trails are in great shape and we toured around for a while before heading home to see that the Habs have blown it again. Not good, not good! |
Tuesday Apr 29 |
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| Long day at work followed up with play-off hockey (goodbye Rangers). I did do a couple of stretches on the couch though for what it's worth (not much) |
Sunday Apr 27 |
| Paddling 1:20:00 [2] | |
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| Out with Phatty, Slice, and the Bullcat for a morning paddle on Lake Couchiching. We circumnavigated Chief's Island and it was funny for Phatty and I to recall that the last time we were in Orillia one month ago we ran around the island on the ice.....the water is chilly though. |
Saturday Apr 26 |
| Trail Running 45:00 [5] | |
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| Another tough race at the Horseshoe Saab Salomon 5 peaks race....I was hurtin' out there as per usual and couldn't even come close to being on the podium - 7th out of 54 in my age category. Slice rocked the course coming in 1st overall for women and 20seconds ahead of Phatty. |
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| C • Congrats! 3 |
| Mountain Biking 2:00:00 [3] | |
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| Post race ride with Phatty, Hot-shot-lawyer, Mrs. Gally, and Mrs.HARK. It was great to get my first "endo" out of the way early in the ride. We had some rain, some road, and some fun trail. Tuckered at the end of it though. |
Wednesday Apr 23 |
| Trail Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| HVT run with Crash, Scooby, Rocky, Phatty, and MrBiker. Nice night but Phatty and I should have brought our headlamps.....I forgot that the last time we went out without headlamps we left earlier.....oops. Not that easy to run when you can't see the undulations in the trail. I didn't feel as bad as I thought I would from last night's intervals. It did take some time to warm up though. |
Tuesday Apr 22 |
| Road Running 22:30 [5] | |
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| The 2km intervals that I did with Bash, Scooby, Slowrunner, and Rocky....ouch is all I have to say. Good for me to get way out of my comfort zone though. |
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| C • Comfort zone 2 |
| Road Running 30:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool down. |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| Trail Running 2:30:00 [2] | |
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| Albion Hills training session for the highschool kids. Fun times running through swamps. Still a bit tired though. |
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| C • Maybe it's the 2hour runs t... 2 |
Saturday Apr 19 |
| Trail Running 2:00:00 [3] | |
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| Along the HVT by myself. I felt drained from the cold I am fighting but the day was so nice. |
Friday Apr 18 |
| Mountain Biking 2:15:00 [3] | |
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| With Phatts around the Caledon Hills. Lovely day to be out for a ride and a treat to have him home on a Friday afternoon. |
Thursday Apr 17 |
| Trail Running 30:00 [4] | |
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| Had to push it to make it to the Caledon Navigators "walk the line" training session put on by Goose. I managed to pick up Slice's cold and it was a struggle to keep the legs moving (not sure how she went so fast in the GRR - I was exhausted). |
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| C • Oh No! 1 |
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [2] | |
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| I don't know the exact time but Goose and N St.Croix put on a great training exercise for us. I walked this one trying to pay attention to the topography and being exact. Didn't work all of the time and the highlights were trying to sneak by controls and not letting Bash know that I had seen one, Scooby coming in several minutes after everyone else COVERED in a thick layer of clay/slime with a balled up muddy map almost shoeless, and finally me giving pointers to Rocky near the end giving detailed descriptions of what I was looking for and then realizing that I was in the wrong place and having to tell her to ignore everything I had said in the past 10 miinutes. Great night followed up with beer and food at the pub. The highschool students were also out and did quite well - they should be a force to be reckoned with once again at this year's highschool adventure race. |
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| C • Sneaky 1 |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Road Riding 1:56:00 [3] | |
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| Started out with Coach LD on the country roads on the MTB. When she headed to school I kept going north through Albion and then west on some more country roads before heading home. What a beautiful day! It really warmed up while I was out there and the big winter mitts seemed like a bit of overkill as things warmed up. I tried to keep the shifting to a minimum on the uphills and boy could I really feel the legs burning! |
| Paddling 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Super fun trip down the Humber River with Goose and Slice. Goose was in his kayak and Slice and I in the banana boat (our canoe). The water levels were great and we saw some deer, a kingfisher, but no beavers. We also saw our Wednesday night running group heading up the trail (Slice will post some pics). |
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| C • Ack! So-o-o Jealous! 2 |
| Trail Running 30:00 [2] | |
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| Goose, Slice and I then TA'd on Goose's front lawn and had an easy run back up the HVT to our cars. We tried to scare Scooby, Rocky, and Wayne but failed miserably. Great night out for some adventure. |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Trail Running 1:04:00 [2] | |
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| Bash and I are back on the HVT!!! and it was a great run. The temp was perfect and there are only a couple of tiny spots of ice on the trail still. Feels good to be on the trail and I spotted a red tail hawk way up in a tree. |
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| C • So jealous your on the trai... 3 |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| Mountain Biking 1:59:00 [2] | |
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| Out with Slice and Phatts Jr. on the roads for a ride to get some time on the bike and to work out some of yesterday's efforts. The sun was out and so was the wind so we just hid behind Phatts Jr. when things got ugly. Slice was having some bike issues (squeaky rubbing brakes) so we stopped so she could regain her sanity (which I totally understand since I CANNOT STAND repetitive annoying noises). Nice day to be out and then I was off to watch and film Phatty Jr.'s Tour D'Afrique presentation at Running Free. Great presentation and lots of interested folks. Running Free was also super generous and handed out freebies to everyone there, including a running jacket and lots of socks. |
Saturday Apr 12 |
| Orienteering 2:00:00 [4] | |
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| Orienteering 1:48:00 [5] | |
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| I am putting part of this run in at a 5 because I was having a bad running day and was really feeling the pain in the legs - they felt like lead. I was disappointed with this since I have been feeling more comfortable on my feet recently.
Great day out with Phatty and STORM! Although STORM hasn't been able to run much lately because of some knee probs he was still the same old gazelle that he always is. Phatty nailed the nav for the most part (one small error after 3) but that didn't cost us nearly the time we were behind Slice, Bender, and Phatts Jr. They did a great job and I'm so happy that they came first overall!
The course was amazing - interesting and beautiful and I can say all of this now that I am not face first in a huge puddle of mud gasping for air and cursing at the f*$^in' branch that tripped me! I actually had time to think that I should go back and take some pics of that nice cascade of water at the beginning of the IOU section. I don't think that water will be there for too long though so I better get on it.
Thanks again GHO for a great event!!! and of course Salomon for all of the wonderful prizing that I wasn't allowed to take!!!! That's okay a Running Free gift certificate will come in handy! |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| Road Running 35:00 [2] | |
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| Slice and I headed out for a cruise around B-Town to warm up the legs and do some stretching (although we did more dinner making when we got back than stretching). We bumped into Rocky who was out with her pepper spray (luckily we didn't scare her). Then home for some yummy red thai curry!!! |
Wednesday Apr 9 |
| Road Running 47:00 [3] | |
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| With Phatty and Slice around B-Town. The new road shoes are feeling fabulous! |
Tuesday Apr 8 |
| Road Running 34:00 [2] | |
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| Warm up and cool down for hills. |
| Road Running 26:00 [5] | |
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| Hills with Bash. We were both overdressed but I couldn't resist wearing my new Salomon shirt and tights and my new adidas road runners....and yes I avoided all puddles so as to not dirty my new gear.
I didn't think I would feel very good today so I might have taken it a little easier on the first two hills but I was pretty bagged on the next 4. We threw in one Glasgow just for punishment. |
Sunday Apr 6 |
| Road Running 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| With La Femme, DogRunner, Slice, and Skylar along the canal. Sunny and warm and a great chance to catch up with the girls. |
Saturday Apr 5 |
| Skate skiing 1:30:00 [4] | |
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| For the times that we were going up hill and my horrible technique made me work harder. |
| Skate skiing 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| AWESOME DAY in Gatineau Park skate skiing with Slice, DogRunner, Phatty Jr. and the Bullcat. The sun was out, we were in our t-shirts, and there was plenty of snow (about 5 ft left on the parkway). What a day! |
| Skate skiing 45:00 [3] | |
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| Up to Western Hut to meet everyone for a yummy feast and some vino while watching the sun set. Then we bombed down the parkway on the way back to the cars - no lights, slightly drunk, and going fast = fun!!!
What a day! |
Friday Apr 4 |
| Road Running 1:05:00 [3] | |
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| With Slice along the Rideau Canal once we got to Ottawa - great pace and felt good to get out after the drive. |
| Riding indoor (Trainer) 30:00 [2] | |
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| On the trainer while waiting for Slice to pick me up. |
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| C • nothing like getting into a... 2 |
Wednesday Apr 2 |
| Trail Running 45:00 [2] | |
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| With Rocky on the HVT. We had to scurry around icy bits and were joyous when we hit trail that wasn't covered in snow or mud. Made it back just before dark. |
| Trail Running 45:00 [3] | |
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| We seemed to go a bit faster on the way back.....or I was getting more tired. Saw a couple of deer. |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| Riding indoor (Trainer) 1:02:00 [4] | |
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| Another one of Slowrunner's interval workouts......loving them. They make the time go so much faster and it forces me to ramp up the intensity...
Followed the workout up with 3 beers and an episode of CSI Miami - heavenly evening! |
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| C • post-exercise refueling? 7 |