Training Log Archive: El Chucko

To the Chalet on Mont Royal, right after breakfast so had some digestion problems.

Score-O on Mont Royal, 40 controls in all. Finished in 3rd place, a bit disappointed with this result. There were about 5 runners total of about similar running speed, 1st/2nd finished in 1:27, 4th in 1:36 and 5th in 1:38. Felt like my running speed and navigational execution were good enough for the win today, but my route choices cost me a fair amount of time. Had an inefficient route that left me with some extra distance at the end that the other runners I was out there with didn't have

PM recovery run

Winter training program week 3/20. 5/5 on the week, 15/15 total, 15% complete

to/from the map edge

Ran an orienteering course from the Ramblers OC blog on Mont-Royal Park. Wasn't too difficult, possible to make 5 min/km here (30 min would have been a pretty good time). Was cold, wet and misty. Was pretty slow with no o-flow today. Feet slipped out from under me and did a flying back flop on some wet bare rock about 12 minutes in, and was shaken up and never managed the same intensity afterwards.

toonie thursday shinny, was pretty good today as there were only 8 players so it was 4 on 4. Was only taking it at about 60% or so, but had some plays where I turned on the jets. Practiced shooting as well as passing and 1 on 1 stickhandling/pokechecking with Andre, the best defenceman on our hockey team.

Spent a bit of time trying to find some fast lightweight shoes for track workouts, but couldn't find them at the right price or in the right size. Ended up not doing my track workout tonight, but will reconfigure my week a little bit to make my training goal.

Just had one of those days where it took me 2 hours to motivate myself to get out of bed and train. Tempo run, a mix of trails and terrain. Was labouring a little bit for the first 25 minutes or so but felt strong after that and powered through until the end of my run.

Well-earned rest day after 12 straight days of physical activity. Feel like a bit of a bum taking it, but my joints will probably thank me