Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Cautious but excellent ride in with AD on snow-over-ice. Some bonehead drove an ATV through Palgrave East, and traction was better in those tracks.
Ice softened up on the return trip, and I made it home before dark!

C • Scary ice 3

Run with BZdog. Light powder over zamboni ice made for tricky conditions.

Rehab, stretching and part of workout 1

Ride in with AD. Some parts of the singletrack were boilerplate ice where the studs spun and scratched a bit, but I never lost control. Almost all of the ride would be nasty/ impossible without studs.
Ride back home in the dark was gorgeous in falling snow- but I rode cautiously with the hidden ice. Pushing up the bikewhack was really tough even with toe spikes in my bike shoes.

Snowshoeing Scenic Caves with Bash, Storm and Browner.
Still some snow even after all the rain last night.
Skate ski would have been crazy fast.

C • Terraventure 2 2

We tried the skating trail up top on Blue. Nice to skate a trail instead of around a rink, but I had to stop before my crummy skates drew blood on my ankle.

Back to Scenic for a nice classic skate with Bash. Used the skin skis and things were surprisingly fast.

Up at Highlands where Phatty and Leanimal were in town. Phats and Coach LD were on skate gear, while I was on waxable classic. We did a few early short laps, then Bob, Shannon and Hank joined us for more laps.

Only part of the red was open, and none of the back red or hawberry. Icy under a thin powder, my wax quit half way through and I ended up skating almost all of the last 2 laps on my classic gear which worked pretty well.
Not sure about the time.

Afterwards, back to ABC for an amazing French cheese fest.

We tried the skating trail up top on Blue. Nice to skate a trail instead of around a rink, but I had to stop before my crummy skates drew blood on my ankle.

Some nice powder over yesterday’s rain made for nice wintery woods. Skiing was a bit faster than last time, but slower than I’d expected thanks to the fresh pow. My knee can handle 10k of skate now.

2-dog hike jog up the switchbacks and around and down the river trail.