Training Log Archive: Trav

steamy gorgeous run around the main loop. Took it slow, enjoying the scents and sheer jungulosity of it all. Still a bit creaky from the weekend.

Family loop with Trix. Not the same without Balogna.

Abbreviated TNT. Did the right thing and ran in the pouring rain, but at a certain point it just got stupid. So four Mac field loops. Same as last week .

SS Relay times:

Team 1: 11:24:43
Al 1:25:03
Kate 1:24:20
JP 1:23:46
Chris 1:26:39
Mark 1:26:22
Patrick 1:26:11 (grrrrr)
Duane 1:28:40
Simon 1:23:45

Team 2: 11:35:28
Scott 1:21:23
Paul 1:21:10
Jack 1:20:09
Dave 1:24:53
Gustav 1:40:13
Nick 1:36:37
Wes 1:27:53
Greg 1:23:14

C • Mike 2

Quick little ride just to move my legs a bit.

Event: Sulphur Springs Trail Run
 

My relay leg! After missing it last year and running well so far this year, it was simply and sweetly satisfying to put in an honourable time. Two great teams, fantastic record set by both. Someone had to lose and it is only fitting that it wasn't us. Woot, woot, Team 1.

main loop with a dozen or so 20-30 second bursty bits.

Hey Hansel, want us to get you some Thai food for tomorrow evening?

C • Whoa 6

snappy interval set with Turbo and Brooke. Felt good.

C • Sulphur 11

Hot,hot, hot run around Reid's lake in grand rapids. It's 32 and humid here. Good to get a hot tempo run in.

Another crack at the SS loop. Good group with KM, Sudden, JP and Bender. JP had just gotten back from China, but he was cookin' out there. 92 minute loop. sub 90 should be a cinch for everyone.

Smt tomorrow. Kathy Mac is in. Bender? Others? Turbo is out

C • Nope 7

Quick run around the main loop with a K2 and Artaban in there to keep me honest.

1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1 around Cootes. Trying to keep Turbo in site.

Course speccing run with PH and Dr CP. Remarkable route finding gifts that woman has. Uncanny abilities. Scrambled home a bit early to get away for a Mother's Day bbq.

C • grrrrrrrrrrmmmmm. 1

Gonna rate this a four, though it was maybe a bit more. Good group with Greg the new kid joining in. Felt like I had lots more in me than last weekend and once we got to headwaters and the climb to farmers field, we pushed the pace up a notch. Ran the loop in 92 minutes which was a bit of a surprise, but mucho encouraging. Ther was colourful conjecture about how fast we would have gone if Supe or PH were with us and after some talk we agreed that what gets said on the trail stays on the trail.

Will run another loop tomorrow, but gotta be out the door at 8am

C • 8am 2

Sore knee yesterday, but the family run this morning seems to have pushed it away.

Pretty family run.

Feeling much better. Not all the way back, but close

Hottage lost and found: 1 Dalewood grey hoody sweatshirt.

C • Maybe 1

Bike to and fro work.

Sunday loop of the Sulphur course with a good group and the dogs. Felt just fine for the first hour and then the wheels fell off one spoke at a time until, just shelled, I tried to get up Artaban. My will broken, my spirit shattered, I slowed to a walk and was about to start crawling when I thought back to that moment in the run when, in a ditch, Super saved me. Cue the stringed instrument, swell the trumpets, meaningful glance at the heavens, set my jaw, squared my shoulders, squinted my eyes, thought about throwing my hat to the ground like Whitfield in Beijing, and...kept walking. I had nuthin.

C • It... 1

solo smt. Feeling much better. And what a beautiful morning. The trails are perfectly buff. Cruising time.

9:30am Sunday at the Hottage?

C • Yes 3

Anyone around for SMT tomorrow? Am I the only one not getting muddy?

C • smt 5

Still tired run around the valley with Trix. Looking forward to getting some spring back in my legs.