Training Log Archive: Bash

So nice to have Goose and Coach LD visit Tree Hugger ABC this weekend. Not only did they bring dinner and help us decorate the guest room, they went outside with us in the snowy weather.

Coach LD, BazingaDog and I did a flat circuit of trails and a little road in northwest Collingwood. It snowed a lot of the time and when we hit the boardwalk at Hen and Chickens Island, it was howling like we were in the Arctic. Wishing everyone a happy 20th day of "spring"!

Coach LD and I went to the fitness centre where I did some stretching and a few sets of weights.

Fun, chatty run with Dee, Red and AdventureDog up Switchback and around trails at the top of Craigleith and into Loree Forest. Still rocking my Snowcross well into April!

Snowy group hike around Loree Forest with 'Bent, Goose, Coach LD, Hermes, Bob, Hank, Hansel, Mrs. Hansel, the #FordFour, Jeff and Nate MacInnis, BazingaDog and AdventureDog. Fun to catch up with a bunch of friends and chat up some super cute kids.

Grateful to Jamil Coury and Billy Yang, whose films have helped me get through a bunch of treadmill sessions. This time I added a short Brad Jennings film for variety and CanCon. I just ran a steady pace other than warm up and cool down; I didn't want to do intensity because that's what boot camp is all about. Suuuuuuper windy outside today (90+ kph gusts) so there's no way I was going in the woods!

TRX Boot Camp with Kristy. Only two of us braved tonight's winter weather to drive to the studio.

REI introduces the ZipAll to meet all your outdoor clothing needs. ;)

After a busy Easter/Passover weekend with family and too much good food, I needed a long run in this spectacular, sunny, chilly weather. The local trails are mucky in enough places that I didn't want to damage them. Instead I did a big loop of country roads (mostly gravel and dirt), rail trail, forest trails and even a little bushwhacking in KBash woods when I lost the unofficial trail under fallen trees. It's not a good route during commuting hours but lunchtime on Easter Monday was fairly quiet and I only saw 15 cars. One of them was fishtailing and going about 120 kph in a 60 kph zone on a road with blind hills and curves. Ugh - he's one of the reasons I rarely bike on roads. Otherwise, it was an amazing run - almost feels like it might be spring one day!

Route: Finnerty Sideroad to Centreville Creek Rd. to Caledon Trailway (rail trail) to Duffy's Lane to Palgrave West trails.