Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Bazingadog's first hike to work since surgery. Peed on every other tree. Got a ride back.

C • Congrats Bazingadog! 6

RTH with Gally and STORM.
50th anniversary version, with 50CPs. Lots of walk-the-line type sections with some checkpoints that may or may not be there. Lots of escarpment climbs and descents on loose rocks hidden under leaves too.
Things started out fast , and we leapfrogged the top teams for the first hour. For some reason I felt like I was redlining early and just didn't seem to be able to get back In the zone, even when we dialed it back. I felt good on some of the rail trail bits but ended up on STORM's tow for some climbs. (A first for me). We were back up front after the first matrix, but I didn't have the gas to keep up with Griz/Trav or Bender/Logie. We did drop the Foreigners.

We had a killer finish as another all male team caught up at CP 47, and STORM dragged me to the line from there with some shoves from Gally to just beat them. I was completely done- hardest raid ever for me. STORM was a beast, Gally was sharp on the map and moving fast, but I wasn't able to contribute too much this time.

Big props to everyone who worked hard on setting this up and volunteering.

We ended up 3rd overall by 15 min, 2nd male. Good on Griz, Trav and Marie to take the win.

C • That first woman was Marie ... 7

Part of workout 3 at taper level, plus a lot of lumberjack work.

Easy dogless commute.

Full workout 2 and rehab, supervised by non-hacking dogs. They're getting better!

Cruse around Palgrave East and West. Miss my 4-legged training partners.

Easy night run home.

Solid run on another spectacular day. Did extra hills and singletrack.