Training Log Archive: Bash

Power still out after more than 12 hours. Not a restful night with huge slabs of ice sliding off the roof and dogs "guarding" against it (not that I can blame them!)

A mix ranging from Bulgarian split squats to soleus stretches.

And now our power is out. Figured that would happen eventually.

Ice storm day with local schools closed, which rarely happens. Usually they just cancel the school buses and make all the teachers drive to work anyway. It's looking like we won't be hit as hard as originally forecast and might even keep our electricity! Still, the forest was icy and rattling, and the roads were slick so I ran in the basement and listened to Silkychrome's TA1 interview. I kept adding 0.2 mph every 2 minutes until it seemed like a good time to reverse the trend. Sure wish I could run as fast in the real world as I do on a treadmill at 1% incline!

Noon run around Palgrave West. I didn't feel great before I went out and it took a long time for this run to feel good. I felt fuzzy-headed for the first 15 minutes. Maybe it was because I ran right after eating or maybe it was because I woke up for 45 minutes in the middle of the night and couldn't make my brain slow down. I felt fine at boot camp last night. On the bright side, I didn't feel sore at all running on trails. I guess those gravel road runs are a lot harder on the body, even though they're a good way to work on running form.

The latest Stormageddon has begun. It's been snowing for the past 2 hours and it is finally cold enough to stick. At midnight, it's supposed to turn to freezing rain for the next 20 hours or so with possible "extended and widespread utility outages". I've filled a few water containers and am charging our big portable batteries. Thanks to 'Bent's lumberjacking, we have a shed full of chopped firewood.

Eight stations instead of six tonight. Caron's getting meaner. ;)

Gravel road run before the big ice storm or blizzard (or both) coming tomorrow and Thursday. Snow fell for a few hours today but it was too warm to stick.

I tried to use Coach Jeff's squat-scoot running form even though my natural tendency is to land like an elephant. The shorter strides and quicker turnover help me go a little faster even though my running style could best be described as "sack of potatoes".

Left knee, quad and hip were a little sore from Sunday's 4-hr run. Not an injury - just recovering from all that impact. It will be nice when I can mix mountain biking with the running although there's no way to avoid those long runs.

I was still exhausted from the poor sleep on Friday night so this felt harder than it should have. I guess it was good training for running when I'm tired, which is going to happen in a 30-hr mountain race.

The weather was spectacular once again and the podcasting was great. I heard Kyle interview Legendary Randy on TA1, then it was This American Life, Laugh Out Loud, DNTO on online shaming and Under The Influence. I had to run a little extra on our property at the end when I realized my distance was going to be 29.97 km. :)

Home via Oak Ridges Trail to Glen Haffy stile - Bruce Trail to Innis Lake Rd. dead end and back to stile - BT to Glen Haffy Side Trail north of Hwy 9 - Loop back to BT to stile, then home via ORTA.

We're dogsitting this weekend so I cooled down with the injured 'Bent by hiking four dogs.

Gally AR Party: Leg 1

Trail run around Silver Creek Conservation Area on a bluebird day! Patty led the way for Funderstorm and me. Mrs. Gally started with us but headed back to switch to her bike since she is still recovering from injury. The forest was beautiful and the conversation interesting. We ran into Mrs. Gally again near the end and she convinced me to do a hill run up 8th Line while she biked beside me and yelled inspiring personal trainer-type things. Thank you for making me do it, Mrs. G!

Gally AR Party: Leg 2

Mrs. Gally's Basement Boot Camp for Adventure Racers - taking it up a notch from last year. Good workout, then it was competition time. STORM won the pull-up contest and 500 m row. Mrs. Gally was top woman in pull-ups - by far. 'Bent was runner-up in pull-ups and also in the planking contest, where he folded at 5 minutes. Mrs. Gally outlasted everyone and looked cool as a cucumber.

And then we ate and drank and talked and hoverboarded. Thank you, Gallys!