Training Log Archive: FoxShadow

Great training event in Afton State Park. One heck of a workout, I was redlining much of the event postholeing in the deep snow. Marking this one as a 5. Two 3-5 minute mistakes, otherwise a good run. Awesome control locations on awesome terrain.

Got the new issue of MTB magazine. This called for a long session of spinning while fiending on the goods.

A few quick miles after biking when the badger game caught my eye on the TV. A fist pumping 8-0 run pulled Bucky from down 7 with 3 to play, to up one with 45 seconds to play. Somehow Bucky lost it.

I'm not sure I can go on being a Viking and Badger fan this winter. Not only are the losses tough to take, they happen right at the exact moment I let my guard down. Right when I start to believe. Why god? Why me?

Shred mill. One mile slow, half mile at 6/mile, repeated once. Cooled down and went to the weight room. I was feeling stiff from OTNT, I was running the flat trails fast as I was being pushed by the two headed Pete monster (Curtis and Wentzel).

Mostly lower body workout at the gym.

A really fun OTNT around loring park and the sculpture garden. Orienteering has taken me to so many places I've never been. This was same same but different. Places I'd already been--but going there in a way I'd never have expected. Thanks Todd, a great idea. Not idea really on time and distance.

Spent 5-7 hours studding a pair of MTB tires with 820 #6 3/8 inch sheet metal screws. It was worth it. The results are better than I expected, and probably than I imagined. I can bank as hard into a turn as I can on many dirt surfaces -- such a strange feeling. Went out to Maynards where they had the Pond Hockey tourney to find a vast expanse of ice (2+ rinks and associated roads and paths) and tested 'em out.

C • 820 5

Put on my skates while I let Scott have a rip on the new Ice Bike.

Short Stremph training session, upper body.