Training Log Archive: Bash

'Bent, BulletDog and I intended to do a long slow trail run to Glen Haffy and back. When we got to Gore Road, the wind came up, light rain started, and the sky looked like a tornado watch had probably been declared. So we decided to backtrack home and plan another run when things looked better.

Naturally, as soon as we got home from our shortened run, the weather improved substantially. I needed to postmark my corporate tax return and an adventure race entry with today's date, so our second run of the day was cross-country to the Palgrave post office. It's only 25C, but I was really feeling the heat for some reason. Weird.

The post office staff commented that I looked like I'd been exercising in the heat, but 'Bent didn't. So the only reasonable solution was to make a detour to the place that blends real fruit into frozen yoghurt - yum. It didn't make much difference to the way the heat was bothering me, but at least I was a happier camper. Then we ran home by another route. The loggers had advanced very close to our property line today, so the mess has expanded - although the going is slightly easier with the big logs removed. It's going to take a lot of work to clean that area up. We may have to abandon it except perhaps for snowshoeing.

We are SO proud of our Canadians at Primal Quest!! (Even though we are spending far too much time watching them on the Internet.) Urthbuoy's Team Spirit is holding steady around 30th place on the 6th day of racing. BobTheNavigator's remarkable Team Supplierpipeline has climbed into 4th place, and are only 80 minutes out of 3rd place (currently held by Robyn Benincasa's Merrell/Wigwam team). Check out the Primal Quest web site if you haven't been watching. The top teams are approaching the biggest ropes section in AR history, then the leaders should finish overnight, I'd guess.