Training Log Archive: C-Bass

Fun first experience sans Bart for Atsuko, Russ, Brook, and I today. Ventured out on our own to the Macpherson. Quite an interesting experience. We are more than ever humbled at Bart's ability to guide us. It was however a great adventure for us today. Had a map with me but then when we got to the trail head i realized it was not in my pocket. Turns out i left it at home. Couldn't believe it. Bart sent a photo to me by text which was useless. Got up to the Furry knob by following an uptrack. Had to make some judgment calls about which one to choose but we kind of felt like we had cheated. Once we got up to the top neither Atsuko, Brook, or I felt like we'd been there before. A quick call to Bart helped sort us out. Had an awesome ski down. Although i do not think i've ever skied the line we did. Deep, fast pow, completely untracked. Then climbed up to the Burnt knob. I was less worried about getting there but it proved to be a challenge. Ended up not taking the usual way up. The up track we were on was not right, so walked through the woods to find what we found was more appropriate. Still ended up further back then we anticipated. Managed to ski down it no problem (my memory was much better there). Great snow with no tracks in the top half. The final decent did have tracks but lots of fresh powder to be had. Overall a good experience but we all felt like we have so much to learn.

C • OMG! 2

Brutal morning at crossfit. Workout was called Angela.
warmup
WOD: each minute you had to do 5 pull ups (assisted), 10 pushups - had to do ladies pushups, 15 squats. For 30 mins straight. If you missed the time cut off you took off 1 min. Could never have managed this on my own.

Overall did:
150 pull ups
300 push ups
450 squats

Not sure how the body will feel for skiing tomorrow!

C • Wow! 3

Beautiful day at the Gorge. Cold but seems warm enough. Nice to get out.

Evening nordic ski.

warmup
skills practice - more attempts at the rope climb, wall climb, box jumps
WOD: 10 mins of as many rounds: 3 rope climbs, 6 wall walks, 9 box jumps, 12 push up
Extra skills: 3 x 10 pull ups; 3 x 10 chin ups

Early morning ski at -23. Surprisingly we stayed warm. Planned to classic ski but my bindings were frozen and i couldn't get my boots into them. So a quick change to skate. Skied a new loop to Bart (i did it the last time we were here). It was lovely but there was some fresh snow on top which almost meant i had no forward momentum. Still really nice to be out despite the cold temperature.