Training Log Archive: Trav

What a rush! 4k in less than 15 minutes. Kept PH within a few meters until the last kilometer (which sounds better, somehow, than saying "until the last quarter of the race"), but he just kept accelerating throughout the whole damn race and I couldn't hang on. Still, trying to stay close got me past 4 or 5 runners.

GHO team well represented today with 9 of us. The Newmarket runners are insanely fast, but we GHOers come in not that far behind.

C • Congrats! 4

A 27 year old died in the Toronto Marathon. Awful. Awful, for his family. Awful for the marathon. Awful, for the race organizers. Awful all around.

Warm up for the grass race with PH and the grass runners who helpfully pointed out all the terrifying roots on the one 50 meter downhill. It was baffling to hear half a dozen guys yelling ROOTS! ROOTS! But there was something heartwarming and innocent about how earnestly they were looking out for me and PH.

Mini SMT in prep for the big grass run tomorrow (It is my goal to finish the full 4km in less than 3 hours). Jason and Turbo and canines along for the ride, then to Domestique for some gezellig koffie drinken

C • Watching your race 2

Smt tomorrow from the hottage. Likely a bit shorter for me given the big 4k grass sprint Sunday. The usual hospitality.

C • smt 1

5 Artabans with R Rix

Loooonnng intervals tonight. 3 x 8 minutes with 2.5 minutes in between, then 4 one minute blow the gaskets sprints to clear the air. Felt slow-ish.

Real Round the Bay with Turbo and PH. Perfect day for it. First time around those trails for me. Domestique to cap it off. That's a fine way to spend a Monday.

Couldn't not take the Tall Boy for a spin on one of the prettiest days of the year. Down the Monarch Trail to the rail trail and around the Main Loop. Tackled K2 and now know it can be cleared on a bike. I even know that I can clear it. I just have to figure out how to not spin out on the first of those three false summits.