Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Easy jog to work on the bouncy shoes.
Good day for it- my knee is a little touchy.

C • Are they bouncy??? 9

Event: 2013 Salomon Giant's Rib Raid
 

GIant's Rib Raid
Great to race again with Bash and The Gazelle. We make a good team.
We lost the lead pack early on, and got to race by ourselves in perfect conditions until the Butterfly, where we leapfrogged the all-male masters team Lost Bearings. Bash's nav was confident and accurate, so that tricky section went well. We'd dressed for the water crossings, so no big deal to get waist -deep on a sunny calm day.

We passed Lost Bearings when we got down to business on the road allowance. Bash nailed the Control Blast and we were 7th overall and 1st masters.
I felt good, and had plenty left in the tank. My knee was 9/10 after.
Really pleased to see Hammer on the podium over 2 hrs ahead of us!

C • Thanks for the Pocketfuels 3

C • Nice pic from the finish 1

Hey, I'm famous. Little article about endurance sports and tooth decay.

http://pocketfuelnaturals.com/2013/04/19/comments-...

C • Sweet! ;-) 5

C • Whoot Whoot 4

Trails froze up, so I took the big boy for a nice ride around the Charlevoix loop. I'd forgotten how good he is on double track- loves biking pace. We even saw 2 deer and some turkeys.

Workout 2- fairly easy.

Wanted to ride outside, but mucky and stormy still.
I finished the Premium Rush movie (Alternate title I suggest - "Don't try any of this at home") on the trainer- made sure to pound during all the biking scenes. I was drenched, even with the window open and the fan howling.

Any movie with dozens of CG artists, Danny McAskill doing stunts, and the actor actually running into a taxi's rear window as seen in an outtake can't be all bad.

Foot/kneehab.

C • Danny McAskill?! 4

Solid workout 3, foot/kneehab and KBs.

Gorgeous sunny day out, with little mud.
First lap with both dogs, then out with Brody via Trail2Summit, Charlevoix, Rollercoaster and singletrack.

Solid hilly tempo as per Coach Spaff.

I had recorded the bike courier movie Premium Rush. Bash couldn't stand to watch it, (too much bike-eye-view of traffic riding) so I guess it's Trainer fodder for me.

C • Couldn't stand it 3

Night Run home in my new clown shoes.
Spaff suggested theses or long runs for my knees.
I was surprised that they don't heelstrike and felt pretty normal, but felt a bit like this guy

From 18 April 2013

C • Clown Shoes 6

Run in with BZdog in strangely warm weather. Mostly mud, but still some slick ice.

Brought my Boston Marathon shirt to wear at work today.

Sunny and warm for the run home! Ice is receding, and there were even dry sections of the trail. BZ dog got after a chipmunk but actually left it alone when I whistled him off- will miracles never cease today!
Finished up with an ascent of Mt Tobler from sea level.