Training Log Archive: the kempster

100 burpees in 7min!!! brutal!!

finished off with abs

fun fun fun!!

Ran the practice this morning for the ski team... and there was almost a mutiny! :P Had a whole circuit set up, and then between each exercise, we ran stairs!!! Wahoo!!! :P Probably either should've made the circuit shorter, or less stairs, cause we only had enough time to get through the circuit once. Atleast now I know what to fix for next time... if they ever let me do another practice! :P :P

Sprinting to the center and back cause wearing shorts this time of year makes for a pretty chilly run!!

Running around the block waiting for somebody... anybody... so show up. Then once somebody finally did (a grand total of 1) we ran to the workout site as a warmup and then back as a warmdown.

Ran intervals around a loop with the guy who actually showed. He's actually the leader of the group, so I wasn't sure if I was gonna be able to keep up with him or not... but i did for most of it!!! Ran a ladder sequence... 1min hard, 30sec rest, 2min, 1min... etc. By the time we got all the way to 4min hard, I was a few meters behind, but on the way back down I was able to push it a little harder since the end was in sight. The snow made it soooo much harder though probably much better training... just really tiring!!

Rest inbetween intervals.

Quick run through the snow... couldn't really see anything because of it though... and by the time we got home, we both probably looked like fluffy white snowmen!!! :P Tried to stay on the plowed roads, but even then it was like running on a treadmill! And the whole entire time, I had a craving for a turkey and cheese sandwich! Brutal!! So i made one when I got home... and it was yummy! :P:P

Started out with a warm-up ski and then some drills (one-skate, double poling, and offset) for another 1/2hr. Ended with a ski with the group... except that i ended up all by myself for most of it! I was skiing behind James, Reme, and Paul's Dad, and I was just gonna turn around when they came back... but I got 1/2 way up Pink and there was still no sign of them so I just started heading back myself. Except, there was absolutely nobody around and I couldn't see a bloody thing, so i started getting scared and really booted it back to the parking lot. Almost felt like the race at North Bay!!

Ah, it's great to be alive! Super fast conditions and an equal amount of climb and cruising made for an excellent ski. Stayed off the parkway and toured the trails up to Pink Lake... and then got to come back down in the dark!!! That was my adventure of the day for sure!! :P