Training Log Archive: Bash

My first ever home Crossfit WOD - with AMRAP-ing and everything! Baloney sent us instructions for "Hero WOD Heidi", a workout named after Constable Heidi Stevenson, who died tragically in the line of duty last week. She was a Mountie for 23 years so we did 23 reps of each exercise for a seemingly interminable 23 minutes. I had to do some scaling, of course - no jumps on my injured foot and I did knee push-ups. It was tough and fun, and I kept Constable Stevenson in my thoughts.

Time includes warm-up and a much-needed outdoor cooldown. I should have done the whole thing outside.

Also fun was the DGL Attackpoint Zoom session that Hammer organized today. Wifi problems knocked a few people off the call but it was great to catch up on news from friends in isolation.

This week Ultra Trail Snowdonia, our trail ultra in Wales, was postponed from June 12-14 to Sept. 18-20.

(a) It's about time, and
(b) Seriously, September?

At this point, most race directors have realized that autumn weekends were already full of races before this happened, and the schedule has become even busier as events have been shuffled back on the calendar. Aside from that, it will be a challenge for big ultras to meet whatever health requirements might exist by this fall.

Since 'Bent and I can't go in September, our other option was a 70% refund. We would rather defer our entries to 2021 but that wasn't permitted since the event is expected to change next year. In the end, we decided to donate our full entry fees to the race director since he is having an even crappier year than we are.

So now the next race on our calendar is RockstAR in late July.

Another sunny ride in Palgrave East, hitting some different trails this time. A nice break from paperwork.

It looks like 'Bent had trouble concentrating on his work today.

Sunny ride around Palgrave East. The single track was dry and perfect. I met a pair of trail runners and a pair of mountain bikers, and we avoided each other nicely. At one trail junction, I turned off just as another rider flew out of the woods from another direction, apparently without looking. Otherwise, the forest was quiet and absolutely wonderful. :) Much more fun than working on taxes - but that's all the fun for me today!