Training Log Archive: Bash

Continuing with this weekend's "48 Hours of Hypothermia" theme, I headed to Uxbridge on a chilly, damp morning for the TOC Mob Match. Still feeling rotten and hadn't gone running in the past 8 days, but I have a tough time resisting a Score-O. Nice course and terrain. Happy with my nav for the first 60 minutes - got 12 controls, no problems. I'd considered walking the racecourse today, so wasn't too concerned about my low speed. Unbelievably, I see now that I only got 2 controls in the final 30 minutes - which ought to have been darned near impossible on a course where the longest distance between controls was 500 meters. No good excuse. I lost contact with the map and with my brain - probably not in that order - and never made contact with my lungs during the race at all. Lucky to make it to the finish line before the time limit for a change - I usually get greedy and cut it far too close. For some inexplicable reason, I still had a great time! :-) The Minister came out and did really well at his first Score-O. Hopefully this will get him psyched to do the North Am Rogaine Champs.

In my first attempt to cure my bronchitis earlier this week, I did a 90-minute pre-dawn paddling class, sitting behind four other people and thus getting soaked from head to toe within the first few minutes. Today, in my next attempt at a cure, I pulled out the heavy artillery and agreed to help Bob Miller coach an adventure racing field navigation course in heavy, driving rain with gusty winds and temperature hovering around 6C. It remains to be seen whether this will do the trick, but at the moment, I'm afraid I'm not feeling much better. Too bad, because it looks like it's time to go back outside and build an ark. I think the O practice has helped, as several of the students told me that I "see a lot more on the map" than they do.

Another sick day. :-((((

Argghh, another beautiful sunny day and my lungs are still non-functional. Trying to be good in hopes of recovering for the weekend.

Core Strength - Balance ball and floor exercises while fending off two concerned dogs.
Getting extremely bored with no outdoor activities, but not feeling better yet.

Intervals. Our 6 a.m. hydrospinning class really wasn't the best way to cure my cold, but next week is the last class of the season, so I decided to go and take it easier than usual on the intervals.

Drills and Technique. Things to think about today:
1) Hip moves forward with the arm.
2) Don't lean away from the paddle in the water. The "hinge" in your body is in the shoulder closest to the paddle in the water - not the opposite shoulder. Rotate around spine, don't move from side to side.
3) Spine is straight, but I'm dropping my chin. Need to lift head up.

Believe it or not, I was actually looking forward to my first day of hill intervals, but my cold has gotten worse, so no aerobic exercise for me today. Rats. :-(((

Core Strength - balance ball. Speaking from personal experience, people who live with two enthusiastic Lab Retrievers get a more intense workout when attempting to use their balance balls.

Combined business with pleasure by riding to the Palgrave post office with my taxes. Easy ride to stretch the legs after yesterday - a bit of rail trail and gravel road on the way home. Trails in the woods are still too wet to ride (not that it stops the equestrians who have trashed the Bruce side trail in Palgrave West - grrrr).

Upper body workout. Need to do this more often.