Training Log Archive: Bash

'Bent and I parked by the Tai Chi Centre and ran the Bruce Trail north through Hockleycrest and across Airport Road into the Hockley Valley. We went at our own paces and did some hill repeats around Sally's Pinnacle and Dave's Pinnacle, including the big 5th Line hill, which is closed to traffic now and rutted enough to feel like trail running.

It was one of the warmest runs that I've done this year, and my body wasn't impressed in the final hour. No big mystery: I felt like drinking *lots* of water but it turns out I hadn't rinsed all the dish soap from my hydration bladder so it tasted pretty gross.

On an easy-looking downhill about an hour in, I turned my ankle for the first time since last autumn. Grrr - ain't nobody got time for that! Luckily, it feels like the injury was only a 4 out of 10, although my cursing was closer to 8 out of 10. Sorry, chipmunks.

'Bent and I parked at the dental office and walked to the Caledon Equestrian Centre (used for the Pan Am Games) for the Rotary Palgrave Wines of the World evening. Lots of yummy food, some of it cooked by Crash, and dozens of different wines for tasting, along with a few beers and ciders. It's a community fundraiser so we were forced to consume lots of calories. I think my favourite dish was the strawberry goat cheese pizza. We'd brought trail shoes and headlamps so we could taste several wines in good conscience and then hike home through the forest around sunset. Lovely evening for it!