Training Log Archive: W

Long-esque run. Down to Hawrelak, across to Laurier, cross Quesnel, around Fort Edmonton, up to the neighbour, across Whitemud Drive, down Snow Valley, up Whitemud for a bit, then all the way back down to Keilor Road and home. When I do the math, I probably ran about 20 out of 23k entirely on trail, despite being in the middle of the city. I wonder why Edmonton is not more a hotbed of trail running. I blame off-leash dogs.

Also saw three helicopters flying in a row, pretty close to each other. Never seen that before.

C • Downtown Trails 2

Paul wanted to go for another roller-ski, so we went for a half arms only, half legs only roller ski. I'm okay with the legs only, arms only, not a fan of. My hands are also not happy about the 6 new blisters I have. All the callouses have disappeared from two years of not rollerskiing. And I liked it that way.

"Meet" at a Smoky Lake. Its a pretty nice map, just not a great course. This one person is very old-school, making "classic" courses of uniforrm leg length, except for occasional really long ones that mostly involve one route choice: go to the trail, run along it until you're within 50 metres, then jump back in and move on. I tried to jazz it up by navigating in the forest more than on the trail.

Still, with all the boredom, managed to make a dumb mistake on 9 after stubbing my toe on a log and tripping. Then screwed up 13 in the 'twilight zone'. Eventually I found it, but I wondered where the map found a re-entrant in virtually flat ground. I hate that bit.

C • favorite map 2

Ran my uphill loop over at Whitemud. 1 hill takes 3 minutes, the other about 6 minutes. Not a hard run, but a run nonetheless, regadless of steepness. Then blast the downhill, one is a straight shot on single track, the other are stairs, one stair/step, fast feet. Downhill is more fatiguing than uphill. Well, that's the idea.

Went to Fast Trax roller-skiing workout with Paul. And, hooray, no one showed up. So we ran the intervals instead. 30 x 10 seconds. Didn't really feel like a workout, per se, but it was nice to run fast.

5 Peaks run. Head over to whitemud, and run down towards the river, climbing out of the valley every time there is a decent trail to do it. Ends up only being 5 times, but its more climb than I usually see in a run unless I'm doing intervals. Its pretty steep too, and the point is to stay at a running clip.

Fast Trax does roller-ski workouts every Tuesday and Thursday, and I (in part), have to lead them! But guess who shows up? NOBODY. So, while I'd rather be doing the run workout, I have go do stupid classic roller-ski intervals at stupid goldbar in the stupid almost dark. And classic roller-skiing! Classic! So lame. I've never wanted winter to come so soon.

15 x 2 mins w/2minute rest, up Capilano hill.

C • Work-out 6

Run down around through Hawrelak and Emily Murphy then up through the university.