Training Log Archive: Funderstormin

Jig jog around Valens trails.

Bike at Puslinch. SO MUCH POISON IVY!!! I made eye contact with at least three times so I'm sure I'm doomed!

C • Good luck! 5

Bike into Fletcher Creek Ecological Preserve for a picnic lunch in the beeaauuuutiful sunshine! This place is a little hidden gem.

Cycling around Valens, where Earl and I were camping for the night. Such a lovely park!

Run-ish. Very unhappy left achilles at the moment. :-|

Lovely spin around the Kelso trails. Haven't ridden there in awhile and it was fun to ride new / re-routed stuff. It was surprisingly quiet there given what a beautiful night it was!

With Up and Running group in Guelph.

One of my favourite Earl-venture routines is to earn my Sunday breakfast by going out to do something early, post-coffee, pre-breakfast potato. Saugeen Bluffs has a network of trails so I went out for a morning hike to check them out, as I'm trying to minimize running for a bit to see if my Achilles calms down. The trails were not particularly well-marked, and at one point I thought I was going to regret not bringing my phone, but eventually I found my way back to the river. This is a neat little park that I'd definitely return to.

Stopped at Brant Tract on my way home for a short ride. The bike I had brought with me had skinny slick tires on it which I knew would not bode well for what was likely to be mucky singletrack. I tried to stick to doubletrack trails around the exterior, but as often happens to me when my brain and my heart disagree, I soon ended up carrying my bike through swampy, mucky ATV trails and making guesses at unmarked intersections. Brain says: turn around, this is dumb. Heart says: but who knows what is up ahead, it might get better! Heart usually wins. :-D

This turned into a bit more of adventure than I bargained for but I was happy to have seen it through!

C • Brant tract 2