Training Archive: MeridianIn the 7 days ending 2008-09-06:
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Saturday Sep 6 | ||
| Running 3:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Montrail CD | ||
| Seven Summit 26K trail run in Rossland BC. Most fun race I've ever ran. Went in with a relaxed attitude just to have fun, take pictures and chat along the way. I've realized that its more fun to meet people and enjoy the ride rather than bust a nut on a course these days. The morning started off ridiculously foggy but on the shuttle ride up to the Nancy Greene base I realized how low we were in a valley and suddenly we're over the cloud line - sunny as hell and conditions were nice.
The run starts off with a killer 7k and 700m of climb to the top of Nancy. After that it was all ridge running and downhill at that! One big bump in the middle which hurt after mashing the quads for so many kms then all down again to the finish at Red Resort. Along the way befriended a couple from Vancity, a native Torontonian, and chatted away with a dude from Bozeman who was hurting so I stuck with him for moral support to get him through and even met LR the orienteer and his buddies from Rossland. Great event, booze and burgers at the finish and such a relaxed atmosphere. As they say, its Beautiful BC. 
Red Resort Day Lodge...Foggy! 
The start way above the fog/cloud line. All up from here. Single Track Start 
Welcome to the Kootenay Sea! This is the term when the fog is in the valley and you're high above it. Amazing. 
Ridge running! First hand view 
Goofing around. 
Straight to the beer and food please! Next time I'm going to bike the trail! | ||
| C • nice report 4 | ||
| C • Awesome movie... 3 | ||
Thursday Sep 4 | ||
| Note | |
| Last minute decision. Heading to Rossland BC tomorrow morning and racing the Seven Summit Race on Saturday. Going to be a shitty 7hr solo drive but hopefully worth it from what I've heard. The things you do while sitting at your desk at work;) Plus I'm not in the mood to go to work tomorrow...even better excuse to bugger off and have an extended weekend.
FYI: They have a hill called the Nancy Green. I suspect much larger than the Chedoke version from the elevation profile. | ||
| C • Good luck dude! 6 | ||
Wednesday Sep 3 | ||
| Running 35:00 [2] | |
| Extended campus lap with T&K at lunch. | ||
Tuesday Sep 2 | ||
| Running 40:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Brooks Burn 3 | ||
| Crazy day in the working world. Good hard de-stress run doing the Sunnyside Up Loop. Needed it after being couped up for the past few days due to craptastic weather. I ain't pulling out no tights this early in the year. | ||