Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Pretty banged up. Hands are particularly stiff and swollen. Shoulders are toast, too. Legs actually feel pretty good, but I expect they'll stiffen up by tomorrow.

Did a fair bit of walking today. Took Baby-O and Daizy (our near-death Boxer) for a long walk in the morning. Had lunch in St. Charles and wandered around Frontier Park with Baby-O and mama for a bit. Then took Lu-dog (our older, but considerably healthier Beagle) out for a stroll after dinner.

Burning at the Bluff: 12-hour MTB

Burning at the Bluffs, 12-hour solo. Tough trail, very rocky in spots. Broke my chain on lap 1, but fortunately only 1 link was damaged so it was easy to fix. Legs held up fine, but hands were getting pretty trashed by the end from all the vibration. Overall, a fun race, although a better pair of gloves would have been a good idea. 4th in Solo became 5th due to a quirky scoring change - not that I cared. I just wanted a long workout and I certainly got that.

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Short version of the powerline loop at lunch. Got some chinese take-out from the place next door afterwards. My fortune cookie claims I have an unusually magnetic personality. I guess that's what went wrong with my old base plate.

Really easy lunchtime run with Jeff. When we got back, we totally hit the jackpot: leftover Bandana's BBQ in the office kitchen from some meeting that's going on. Yum!

At CC Lake with Baby-O. Really windy and, since she's just a passenger, we didn't exactly charge through the waves. Did get some decent speed going in the inlet.

O-intervals at Forest-44.

Morning paddle at CC Lake.

Easy lunchtime run. Brian Peura joined us for the first couple miles then peeled off. Jeff stuck around for another two miles and then decided his new shoes were making his feet too hot (will the crazy excuses ever end?)

Over to Castlewood and back.

Trails at Castlewood. Mostly on the flood plain. Was getting really dark by the time I finished. Given the speed I was moving (Castlewood is the fastest hardpack in St. Louis), I probably should have hauled out my lights. I did put them on when I got back on roads to go home.

Pretty stiff and sore - no surprise there. Went for an early morning shuffle with Baby-O in the jogger to loosen up.