Training Log Archive: phatty

Really great course for a mass start score-o in the Capilano River Regional Park. I much prefer the competitiveness and intensity of a mass start vs. the 'festival' style of head out when you want. I had a few bobbles in the technical terrain but overall, I ran and nav'd well. It was good to bump into Gary Robbins as I really haven't seen him much yet out here.

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Took EDawg on a discovery trek up the west side of Mt. Fromme. I wasn't sure where we were headed but we parked, into the pack he went, and we started climbing. The trail I grabbed onto got more and more grown over as I got higher but it was still quite discernible amongst the forest floor. After a bit of a tip-toe across a planked tree bridge, we descended into an old landslide at the creek bed. It was calm and we were alone on the mountain, only ~4k or so from the neighbourhoods of North Van. In a stroke of destiny, we found a discarded tennis ball and EDawg held it tight, saying 'BAAA' over and over again all the way down with a smile on his little face...he has developed a sort of obsession with soccer balls, basketballs, volleyballs, or anything spherical he can throw or bounce. Simple things...

Birthday run...and I kinda felt most of my 40 years. All of those aches and pains never do seem to go away. Ugh.

I started out with the intention of an out-and-back on the Baden Powell but after about 350m, I changed course and headed north on Mt. Fromme to do a bit of discovery. I stayed right at every turn just to see where I would end up. Before long, folks I past kept asked how much further to the "Big Cedar". I had no idea. But when I got to it, I knew because it certainly was BIG. I kept going northward on a flagged route and this time, I was asked how long until the waterfall. OK, I guess there's a waterfall further on. Yeah, it was likely a big one in total as it was a big drainage area it emptied. The part I ended up at was really nice and would be a sweet swimming hole in the summer heat. I didn't relish the thought of an out-and-back so I bushed it east and downhill to the Lynn river, forded it, and got onto the trail network on the west side after finding a little flagged route. Back to the car after that. Time for some birthday cake...I think Wee is quite excited about that part!

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I had my window and I climbed to make the most of it.

Bad bail on the R Juryn trail. Sad part is that I wasn't moving fast...perhaps that was the problem. Carbon bar end is now in two pieces. Thankfully, I'm still in one.

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