Training Log Archive: Bash

Running-specific drills, stretches and balance training with 'Bent and Coach Jeff in Mississauga. (Elapsed time 90 minutes) Cool stuff - different every time.

I'm not feeling much residual pain from yesterday's rowing machine miscalculation. Phew!

Chatty run around Georgetown in the pouring rain with Dee and Mrs. Gally. Nice mix of residential roads and muddy park trails.

Mrs. Gally led us in a great post-run boot camp in her basement. It was going well until I couldn't reach the handle on the rowing machine with my feet strapped in. As I started my first stroke, in a textbook demonstration of poor rowing form, I leaned way forward and pulled back on the handle, planning to bring it back to the right position. Unfortunately, I expected the handle to come back more easily so I pushed back hard with my legs but it didn't budge. I heard a *crack* around one of my vertebrae. I probably did my own chiropractic adjustment or strained a ligament in my upper back but it's always freaky to hear noises near your spine so I stopped boot camping. Mrs. Gally and Dee were great. When we'd established that nothing was hurting or numb, I took over Mrs. Gally's role. I did my best imitation of an army sergeant/personal trainer, yelling "motivation" at the ladies as they finished the workout.

Thanks for the fun, Mrs. Gally. Hope I finish the workout next time!

Funderstorm, Allison, BugsinTeeth, Simpy and I did an evening Hockley Loop, - half in daylight, half in the dark. We were surprised to find snow and ice in numerous sections but mostly it was mud. Without spikes (except for Funderstorm), we were very cautious and sometimes had to go off-trail.

The biggest surprise, however, was the ice storm damage; it was huge. We had to bushwhack away from the trail on a number of occasions. There are so many large trees down, especially north of Hockley Road, that I can't imagine running the Hockley Loop very much this year. The Bruce Trail volunteers have a very busy season ahead. We should see if we can join a work party. Unfortunately, without any chainsaw skills, we probably can't help much. If you run on the Bruce Trail, be sure to buy a membership. They're going to need it.
http://brucetrail.org/

Great company and warm temperatures for this Loop, which felt more like an adventure race than a trail run. I had dinner after 11 p.m. so I'm not improving my sleep habits just yet!

After watching The Nature of Things episode on the latest research on the importance of sleep, I'm trying extra hard! Still falling short though; my brain won't always shut up in the night.

The last class of each month is Tiara Tuesday - an extra tough one. Lots of Tabatas!

Gusty wind warning and some of the trees around here are still fragile after the ice storm. So... the basement it was.

Mix - mostly lower body and core, including some Coach Jeff drills and Dr. Bell-xercises.

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.