Training Log Archive: Funderstormin

Event: 2013 Salomon Giant's Rib Raid
 

Oh goodness, where to begin! Things started off really well with CPs 1-5, but then we had a fair bit of trouble with 6 for some reason. 7-9 were fine, but then the shit hit the fan. We were going to start with 16-17 on the butterfly section, but took the wrong trail towards 16 and ended up closer to 17. Backtracked to correct the error of our ways. Back to 12 then on to 10-11. Took another wrong trail to 10 and spent a good 30 minutes looking for it, trying from several different points. Then 11 caused us some grief as well, but we eventually found it from a different attack point. Were heading back to 15 when we realized that weren't going to make the cut-off at the next aid station. We really wanted to do the Controlled Blast section so rather than continue to die a slow death in butterfly hell, we went from 11 to 20 and then finished the rest of the course. Of course, once we did that, we nailed everything else. Frustrations ran high at one point but once we bailed we regrouped quickly and laughed about how terrible we'd been. Nice to finish on a good note through the very fun Controlled Blast section and find out we'd won a draw prize. Awesome day to be out in the woods, even if some of that time was spent wandering around in circles! :)

C • Dying a slow death 7

Absolutely perfect morning run in shorts and a t-shirt on Puslinch trails before the rain came. I had only planned to go out for about half an hour as I'm trying to take it easy due to some ligament damage I have on my right ankle and that I'm trying to baby a bit so that it gets better and not worse. Hard to believe that I still get lost in my own backyard, but that's exactly what happened when I decided to take some different trails than I normally do. Perhaps I should be running with the Stars O-cup map! Ended up as far away from my house as I could be when I needed to be back in the shower getting ready for work! Eventually had to resign myself to heading back on the road (ugh!) but on the plus side, I saw two little turtles on my way back.

C • Lost at Home 4

Lovely morning trail run at Puslinch. Perhaps at some point I will learn that the daily temperature high for the day doesn't usually occur at 6 am. Was a bit chilly in my shorts!

C • shorts 1

Short but sweet spin around the Puslinch trails, which are in awesome shape.