Training Log Archive: Bash

Beautiful, sunny Easter trail run in Halton Forest and Hilton Falls, led by local tour guide, Browner. I arrived early at the northern Britton parking lot and was surprised when Mr. Gally stopped in briefly to say "hi" on his way to meet DoubleDown in the southern parking lot! The boys didn't run fast enough to catch us though. Maybe next time. ;)

Our run was a fun mix of rocky single track, mud and rolling double track. Not as much climb as we've been doing in the Hockley area but much more technical - a nice change of pace.

I had a scary moment when I got a Facebook Safety Check text asking me if I was safe after the explosion. Less than a minute later, I got a text from Mom asking me if I was OK. I thought there must have been a disaster in Palgrave so I phoned 'Bent who was fine and had received the same text from Facebook. Turns out they'd made an error in contacting people from around the world regarding the tragic explosion in Pakistan. Did any of you get this text?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lahore-park-bomb-1.35...

Browner brought chocolate Easter eggs for a treat when we stopped to check out Hilton Falls. At the end of our run, we could have gone a little farther to reach one of our goals (either 30 km or 4 hours) but we decided instead to take our remaining time to visit the awesome Flying Monkey bike shop and coffee bar in Campbellville. Sitting on their patio in the sunshine with a huge home baked cookie and double Americano was the perfect way to end an early spring run. Thanks, Browner!

Much better sleep at Mom's place! Back home now and grateful to all the Hydro One staff who gave up their Easter holiday weekends.

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.