Saturday Jul 21 |
 | Hiking 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| On a whim Friday night, Sarah M and I decided to try to get in a day hike at Forgetmenot Ridge SW of Bragg Creek. I was pretty intimidated by the size of this ridge at first and the climb to get up was almost pure straight up for most of the climb up on scree, rock and a variety of other mixtures. Took a good 1.5hr or so to just crest at a decent pace but was worth it once you could ridge hike along the top and view the beginning of the actual Rockies. Went along as far as we could before turning back since we started late in the day, hence didn't want to be stuck coming down at dusk. Total time just over 4-hrs of total hiking. Logging the climb time at lower intensity but it was some tough work. Somewhere between 500-600m of vertical climb with a max altitude of around 2100-2200m I'm guessing. |
Thursday Jul 19 |
| MTB 45:00 [2] | |
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| Early Thai dinner and some gelato. Realized it was actually a really cool evening and was itching to ride so decided to go on a stuffed stomach. On the way back I got stuck behind a train and noticed that there was a dirt trail running parallel to the tracks so decided to take it and wander a bit. I think it was part of the Douglas Fir trail (which is not for biking) and when i was riding up the Bow escarpment upshifting to the granny gear the chain decided to go over the back rings into the hub. Spent a good 5-10 min trying to pry it loose (thought i might have to walk home since it was that jammed, would have been a long walk). Gearing was off so that's why it went over the back ring. I better take it in for a complete overhaul in the near future. Got eaten by moskies in that short stop. Have some pretty big bites to show. |
Wednesday Jul 18 |
| Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Axiom 2 (Green) |
| Mexican food and sangria with the Strackersons the night before so didn't get out like i wanted to yesterday.
Bow-Crowchild-Bow-Prince's Island-Sunnyside/Rosedale. Decided to hit the big hill which is like Ron Lowery's nasty brother! Ran into Clarke again and I'm 99% sure I ran past Kelly Dietrich on the Bow (university acquaintance).
Calve still tight. Having a whole right leg problem in general. |
Monday Jul 16 |
| Cycling 40:00 [2] | |
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| After work ride to stretch out the legs. Rt calve really tight from the terrain running yesterday. Intensity a 3-4 out playing cat and mouse with a spicy female commuter. I really think people use commuting as intensity work since they are flying on the paths. Just as much traffic on the paths as at rush hour on the roads at times. Pretty neat to see that many commuters either biking, running (with packs) or rollerblading. |
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| C • glad to see that your mystery ... 4 |
Sunday Jul 15 |
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia 2 (Lime) |
| Bow Valley Provincial doing a follow John exercise with markg. Struggled with the map at the first but got more comfortable going through. Very subtle terrain in general and tough to figure out at times. Eventually found Pither running around late because of my best friends the Czech's. Oh yes you know what i'm talking about kids. Altitude a big factor today with the intense sun! Running was a chore.
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| Orienteering 1:00:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia 2 (Lime) |
| Was pretty pooched by this time and decided to focus more at Mt. Laurie. Just couldn't make heads or tails of that map. Very intricate and detailed compared to BVP. Couldn't get into it and just tried to pick off various controls. Hard to relocate in there. Key word of the day: Pooched
Ended up at the Drake in Canmore eating and drinking with markg and Pither and met a few other FWOC personal. Also got to watch the first mountain stage of the Tour at Mark's place. Cheers for that! |