Training Log Archive: AliS

To the gym!

Had to work the early shift, so headed out to Bridle Path with Pascal. Was easier than I remembered in parts, and I hiked less of Bridle than I did last time. Guy from Pascal's work told ua about a trail not in the books... You had to cross a fallen log and walk through a marsh to get to the trail... Little beyond m comfort level, so I pushed most of it. Nice to be out riding on a warm and beautiful evening.

CLimbing with Erica at Cliffhanger. Wonderful afternoon!

Helped out with the post-Sun Run breakfast at work in the morning. Bumped into Laura, Ian, and Lucille on the way in.

C • Pom Poms 2

Dreadmill. Had to stop early because my leg started to feel tight. Great.

Various strength things. Lots of arms.

On the x-trainer.

Various core/legs/arms exercises.

3 days of climbing in Skaha. Not sure it really qualifies as solid, loggable training; more like being active for the weekend. It was a really fabulous weekend with Pascal, John Oram, and a bunch of John's friends. I lead a couple of 6's, climbed some 9s and 10a's. Main issue was my soft, wimpy skin on my hands are not hardened enough to climb outdoors, and my shoes are a little too tight. Together these definitely hindered my climbing on the sharp, tiny ledge climbing. I did a little crack/overhang climbing as my last climb and just flew up it...

Climbed on Diamondback, Fortress, Red Tail, and Claim it all.

C • Where is Skaha? 7

At the gym. 20 minutes on the elliptical, followed by some half ass strength.

At the gym

Squamish with Pascal. Long loop from Alice Lake up 4 lakes trail to Robs Trail, Roller Coaster, Lumberjack, Jacks Trail, 50 shades of grey, credit line, and Jacks trail back to the car. Out for around 4.5 hrs, with 3 longer breaks for a "how to corner" lesson, lunch and spoke tightening.

Only bike hiked a little of the uphill, and most of Credit line (it was a technical black and I was pretty tired). Definitely much fitter and more comfortable with biking. This summer is going to be awesome!

Hill climbing on the bike. Very warm...

Lots of random exercises.

Hill climb at the gym. This was hard, and I was very sweaty by the end. It was pretty tough, so I was just trying to keep going rather than pushing... Probably 18 minutes of this was really hard cycling, so it was good endurance training, I guess??

Some core and arm weights, but I was pretty beat from the biking.

Easter egg-stravaganza with Ian Collings. Had to run to keep up with him most of the time, so there was definitely a reasonable amount of effort exerted. Hard clues this year. I will post them at some point soon.

At the gym. Upper torso was tired from climbing yesterday. Face-planted on my plank attempt. Classy!

C • Hmmm 1

Climbing with Pascal. Should have learned by now that warming up is key, but I warmed up on a route that was a little too challenging... paid for it with lack of strength for the rest of the night.

Need to work more on flow, balance, and poise so I can be more controlled with climbs, rather than throwing myself up the wall. These are not words anyone would use to describe me, so it's definitely a challenge! I did one climb yesterday that was very controlled, so it is possible... :)

Before work run, with 5x 1.5 minute pick ups with 30 second walk/jog between each. Beautiful morning.