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Thursday Nov 19, 2009 #
Running (Trail) 1:55:00 11.2 km (10:16 / km)
shoes: Salomon XA Pros - Tomato
KBomb, BulletDog and I returned to the Scene Of The Crime - the place where KBomb and Dee got turned around on Sunday while trying to complete the 21K Bruce Trail loop around the Hockley Valley.
We started at the top of Anderson Tract on the northeast corner of the loop, then followed the blue BT side trail blazes to 5th Line. KBomb recognized a number of places where she had been before - both on her run with Dee and on her reconnaissance mission from the south on Monday. Meanwhile, I realized that I'd taken an incorrect fork in the trail on Sunday too, although I was fortunate to rejoin the marked trail a few minutes later, so it didn't matter. It turns out that the side trail is fully blazed all the way through Anderson Tract, but sometimes with all the leaves down, it's hard to see the trail you're supposed to turn on, and there may be a much more visible (but wrong) turn near the correct turn. It wouldn't be a great place to get lost, since it's a large area filled with the most insanely steep hills of the entire Hockley loop!
We crossed to the south side of Hockley Valley and ran the BT the rest of the way back to the parking lot. Dog lovers be warned that there is one stile on the main trail east of Hockley Resort that has no "doggie door" in the barbed wire fence beside it. Thanks to KBomb for helping me get my muddy 30 kg pooch over a big Bruce Trail stile. BulletDog was *not* happy about negotiating the ladder steps, and given the cost of her bionic metal-plated knee, there was no way I was going to allow her to leap to the ground from 5 feet up, as she attempted to do. Other than that, she was a perfect running companion and had a terrific time.
It was a cold, rainy day where, if I hadn't made plans to meet someone, I would probably have made an excuse to skip this run. So thanks to KBomb for making it happen!
We started at the top of Anderson Tract on the northeast corner of the loop, then followed the blue BT side trail blazes to 5th Line. KBomb recognized a number of places where she had been before - both on her run with Dee and on her reconnaissance mission from the south on Monday. Meanwhile, I realized that I'd taken an incorrect fork in the trail on Sunday too, although I was fortunate to rejoin the marked trail a few minutes later, so it didn't matter. It turns out that the side trail is fully blazed all the way through Anderson Tract, but sometimes with all the leaves down, it's hard to see the trail you're supposed to turn on, and there may be a much more visible (but wrong) turn near the correct turn. It wouldn't be a great place to get lost, since it's a large area filled with the most insanely steep hills of the entire Hockley loop!
We crossed to the south side of Hockley Valley and ran the BT the rest of the way back to the parking lot. Dog lovers be warned that there is one stile on the main trail east of Hockley Resort that has no "doggie door" in the barbed wire fence beside it. Thanks to KBomb for helping me get my muddy 30 kg pooch over a big Bruce Trail stile. BulletDog was *not* happy about negotiating the ladder steps, and given the cost of her bionic metal-plated knee, there was no way I was going to allow her to leap to the ground from 5 feet up, as she attempted to do. Other than that, she was a perfect running companion and had a terrific time.
It was a cold, rainy day where, if I hadn't made plans to meet someone, I would probably have made an excuse to skip this run. So thanks to KBomb for making it happen!
Strength & Mobility (Core) 22:00 [2]
Hard Core Live with Caron
Power Yoga 48:00 [1]
Class with lots of upper body twisting. I missed 'Bent's company, but his injured knee can't handle extreme sports like yoga.