Training Log Archive: revy

Checking out some of the rogue trails above Flowdown that I've never been on. Sadly the lower section of the map has a road and cutblock laid out through it. Will need to find out when this is potentially going to be logged. Sad to see such nice mature forest disappear. I feel like there have been a lot of cutblocks popping up close to town lately.

C • What Part are we Losing? 3

Short and sweet... XC Fiver race. I was tight for time so no warm up. Course was a little short too (I'm no longer organizing them but I always aimed for at least 45 minutes for a winning time). About 20 people and 4 faster guys. We rode together for the first descent then it was just Henning and I on the second climb up Telemarkers. Unfortunately he turned right instead of staying straight and didn't hear me yelling ending the head to head race. Felt all over the place on the descents - the usual XC race challenge of not leaving it all on the climbs.

Short ride in the Griffith Creek area. Good reminder today how nice the local trails are for XC riding - not a lot of super technical sections but always interesting and very few boring sections.

Fairly slow run on the greenbelt this morning. Legs were feeling a bit tired.

Had a bit more time today as the course was over so managed a slightly longer ride. Headed south and did a Drake's, Doukhobor Draw, Tamarack, Whiskey loop. Fun challenging sections on Whiskey and nicely built single track on Tamarack. Still super warm but most sections of trail were still tacky enough.

Pre-course ride again. Technogrind and Eddie J. Some fun sections on the first trail but didn't amaze me. Second trail was well built and fun green. The south facing slopes here have a lot of flowers at the moment. The different forest type is probably what I enjoy most about visiting other spots to ride - mixes it up from our Interior rainforest.

Morning ride before the start of the conference. Up Miner and down Redhead. Nice temperatures at 7am though still pretty sweaty as high humidity. Nice views but hazy. Really fun ride down. Upper section made me feel weirdly exposed but overall technical challenge was like a hard blue with nice rock drops, berms and a few lips to jump off of.