Training Log Archive: Trav

A bit faster than normal, but not intervals. Too much damage from the SS relay. Having Rox with me is such a joy. What a thing to see a being enjoy the world so much.

Recovery workout and stretching.

Christian Pole Dancing with Bologna. Dundas turns out to be bigger than we thought. Big event! Well put together.

Warm up

Well, that did not go well. Wonderful day, but a Starbuck sausage egg sandwich is likely not good race prep. In any event, things started out well enough, but by the time I got to the Hermitage checkpoint the second time, I was in full on GI dissolution. Hung on as long as I could, but this was one of the more epic meltdowns in my running experience. Do NOT walk in the woods off trail around the lollipop loop. Sorry. I did my best to cover...things.

But what a day!

Estimated Actual Diff Started
Record Attempt
Johny Rasmussen 1:13 1:16 0:03 6:00:00 AM
Mark Tarnopolsky 1:26 1:38 0:12 7:16:00 AM
Kate MacNamara 1:25 1:35 0:10 8:54:00 AM
Rui Xu 1:24 1:24 0:00 10:29:00 AM
JP Xu 1:24 1:34 0:10 11:53:00 AM
Scott Ford 1:23 1:28 0:05 1:27:00 PM
Graeme Farrand 1:25 1:31 0:06 2:55:00 PM
Christian Michelson 1:25 1:38 0:13 4:26:00 PM
FINISH 11:05 12:04 0:59 6:04:00 PM

Team A
Al Magi 1:27 1:34 0:07 6:00:00 AM
Kay Kay Magi 1:50 1:57 0:07 7:34:00 AM
Danielle Charbonneau 1:40 1:49 0:09 9:31:00 AM
Mike Moore 1:40 1:54 0:14 11:20:00 AM
Mark Tamminga 1:30 1:49 0:19 1:14:00 PM
Harper Forbes 1:30 1:32 0:02 3:03:00 PM
Erinn Kennedy 1:50 2:02 0:12 4:35:00 PM
Wes Roberts 1:35 1:42 0:07 6:37:00 PM
FINISH 13:02 14:19 1:17 8:19:00 PM

Team B
Hans Frasson 1:35 1:35 0:00 6:00:00 AM
Steve Miller 1:27 1:26 -0:01 7:35:00 AM
Jack Van Dorp 1:28 1:37 0:09 9:01:00 AM
Yinze Xu 1:45 1:59 0:14 10:38:00 AM
Mark Adams 1:35 1:38 0:03 12:37:00 PM
Brooke Biggs 1:50 1:47 -0:03 2:15:00 PM
Ralph Ferguson 1:38 2:07 0:29 4:02:00 PM
Patrick Saile 1:45 1:45 0:00 6:09:00 PM
FINISH 13:03 13:54 0:51 7:54:00 PM

Last run before the SS Relay. Met a few of our friendly neighbourhood dogs along the way. Roxy used her amazing Paw of the Vizsla martial arts techniques on them. Mayhem.

C • Paw of the Viszla 1

easy peasy cruise around the steamy jungle. With Rox the magnificent.

Cool misty run with Katey Mac

3 times around K2 with Rox. Stops for water between each lap. Roxy has a keen interest in streams.

Lovely trail intervals with Rox

No SMT from the Hottage this Saturday. Oh, and next Saturday is the Sulphur Springs relay.

a nooner

Sunday morning burner. With Rox and Roll

Roxy's inaugural SMT run! She got an hour or so, dropped her off and then Did a coupla laps of k2. HC and DD were in good form

three early morning K2's with the Rox climber. She flushed her first rafter of wild turkeys. Everybody, and I mean everybody, was giddy with the commotion.

First run with Roxefeller! Roxy Raccoon! The Roxelator! Super fun. The main loop with some bursty bits. Then 10 minutes of poodle wrestling with Buddha-pest at the neighbours.

C • Yay Roxalicious!!! 12

Sunday morning burner. My God, did the Valley just blow up with greenery or what?

I wanna be like these guys when I grow up:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fit...

Squishy run with DD and the Collider. Surprisingly little damage from the constant rain.

Good gym session with Conor. Interesting how much is lost in 10 days.

Back from France a bit early. SMT run from the Hottage at 8am for anyone so inclined.

Artabans in the rain.

Such a trail! 15 km through the narrow 500 meter gash that is the gorge de verdon. The trail follows the bottom of the canyon and includes a 650 meter tunnel, Dr seuss level stairs and amazing cliffs. We took our time.

8 road km from the gite at the top of the gorge to our next hotel. It started to train and so I kicked it about to stay warm.

Castellane to point sublime at the entrance to the gorge de verdon. This is some dramatic terrain. Absolutely lovely.