Training Log Archive: carbon

CNC with Emily. A lot of hollering as the bear warnings are everywhere. The berry bushes are so full of red delicious fruit. Slower pace than yesterday but I pushed a couple of sections and focused on some of the things I learned with the instructor last Monday.

Interval session with the Dirt Bags along the Bow River gravel pathway. It was cooking down there. No airflow and all I could think of was how nice it would be to jump into the river. I was a little bonky so I couldn't hang on for all the sets and ended up jogging some of the sprints. I should have grabbed a snack between the ride and the run. I think that would have helped.

6 x {4 x 30 sec easy, 20 sec medium, 10 sec hard} 2 min easy

A nice run through town to start and finish the run.

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Fun Rebound Cycle group ride. This group is so much fun as everyone is so friendly. It was a very consistent run with few stops, especially after we split into two groups. We hit some technical spots and felt good. I tried to incorporate some of the things from the session on Monday but at times we were going to fast for practicing.

Learned at the end of the ride that a woman was attacked by a brown bear on Lowline . Non life threatening injuries. The bear spray worked and the bear took off. Yikes! One of the guys in our bike group got a car ride home as the Lowline would have been his way home.

CTC run on the Trans Canada Trail.

2hr private MTB lesson with CO and an instructor from Banff and the RMCC. Nothing that I hadn't heard or seen before was discussed but the instructor had a way to both teach and demonstrate that allowed you to learn and progress quickly. Maybe becasue we chose to do a private session. He had time to watch us both and provide constant feedback. Tight downhill switchbacks have remained a challenge for me; however, last night I rode all switchbacks on Top Notch but two during the session. One I kept messing up, even though I got closer with each attempt (and I'm pretty sure I have ridden it before), and the second he made us walk so we never attempted it. It was pretty rewarding to ride some corners that I never cleaned before.

Horseshoe Loop and a bit on the Montaine side with CC. We ran so early in the morning that I barely remember it.

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