Training Log Archive: Bash

Sorry Goose couldn't join us today on his new arm bike. Wishing him a swift recovery from his bike-tree-body encounter!

To Spirit Tree Cidery in southwest Caledon.

We had a delicious lunch with pear cider at Spirit Tree. I'd made a reservation last night, which inspired us to keep a brisk pace on our ride over and got us a nice table on the patio. Cyclists arrived in droves. I highly recommend it as a destination ride!
http://www.spirittreecider.com/

Our ride home was a little more leisurely with a long, social stop at the Caledon Hills Cycling shop. We always meet one or two customers we know, as well as the owner, Don. And... well, it's always nice to walk past a bunch of new bikes. :)

This ride was mostly rail trail with a few kms of hilly single track and a little road. Rail trail rides from our place are mostly easy but the most strenuous part is the final kilometre of hill climbing on trail before our place. Nice to be forced to finish strong, I guess. :)

Ran around the trails of Palgrave West on a hot, humid day. I was surprised to have the same top-of-foot point pain that hurt with every step for the last few hours of our Killarney trek. I'd assumed it was a small bruise caused by tight shoelaces but that would have been gone by now so there must be a little more to it. I wouldn't want to do anything too long on foot till it's fixed.

There are two huge blockages on the K-Bash trails due to multiple large trees blowing down. That could put a damper on XC ski season since the property guardian doesn't want people to do trail work. Nice to see all the August wildflowers, anyway!

Men's fashion ads from the 1970s. Warning: Um... that's all. Just "warning".
http://www.vintag.es/2015/06/these-mens-fashion-ad...

Here's a creative concept for a race happening in Michigan next June. It's a team trail race where runners on a team all start together but they're running different distances so each one turns around at his or her halfway point until the final runner on the team (doing 50K) is alone. Total team running time is calculated using handicaps for age and gender.
http://www.muttrace.com

Rodney Yee Power Yoga for Flexibility. I had thoughts of doing more today but (a) the heat makes me lazy, and (b) I geeked out working on a new map filing system.

Things got a little crazy tonight...