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Saturday Feb 1, 2014 #
11 AM
Snowshoe Running 1:00:39 6.52 km (9:18 / km) +86m 8:44 / km
slept:7.0 shoes: Salomon XR Crossmax CS pink/gr
BulletDog and I went snowshoe running in Palgrave West a few hours into our Snowfall Warning. There's lots more to come, and then I'll want to go skiing. :)
The Bruce Side Trail was nicely runnable in most places - 5-10 cm of fluffy snow on top of packed snow. When we *weren't* on the main trail, we were breaking trail in dense powder ranging from ankle to knee deep. I tried to run as much as possible but some of it got quite anaerobic, even just walking. I'm still teetering on the edge of illness so I didn't want to push too hard.
We met 'Bent and BazingaDog skiing home from the office. Joyful greetings were exchanged by all.
The Bruce Side Trail was nicely runnable in most places - 5-10 cm of fluffy snow on top of packed snow. When we *weren't* on the main trail, we were breaking trail in dense powder ranging from ankle to knee deep. I tried to run as much as possible but some of it got quite anaerobic, even just walking. I'm still teetering on the edge of illness so I didn't want to push too hard.
We met 'Bent and BazingaDog skiing home from the office. Joyful greetings were exchanged by all.
6 PM
XC Skiing - Classic (Ungroomed) 46:28 4.04 km (5.2 kph) +86m
Easy ski, breaking trail through Palgrave West. I left at sunset without a headlamp, much to 'Bent's chagrin. It worked, just barely, because of the reflection from the snow although the last part of forest was fairly dark. ('Bent helpfully texted me on the trail to point this out.) I had my iPhone flashlight just in case but it never got to that point.
Our neighbour's big searchlight was easy to see from a long distance - grrr. These are the same neighbours who started the 70-acre forest fire a few years ago by burning waste on an empty lot owned by someone else who wasn't happy about it. Some people may not be cut out for country living. If you need to install 4 bright streetlights along along a relatively short driveway, and you need to leave them on all night, and you don't care that they ruin the night sky for yourself and your neighbours, then maybe you'd be happier in a big city where seeing the night sky was never an option. But I digress... It was a lovely ski, and the snow was still falling gently. And our other neighbours are all fantastic.
Our neighbour's big searchlight was easy to see from a long distance - grrr. These are the same neighbours who started the 70-acre forest fire a few years ago by burning waste on an empty lot owned by someone else who wasn't happy about it. Some people may not be cut out for country living. If you need to install 4 bright streetlights along along a relatively short driveway, and you need to leave them on all night, and you don't care that they ruin the night sky for yourself and your neighbours, then maybe you'd be happier in a big city where seeing the night sky was never an option. But I digress... It was a lovely ski, and the snow was still falling gently. And our other neighbours are all fantastic.
9 PM
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Welcome to February - looks like the trend is continuing!
