Training Log Archive: iansmith

Easy session at setting 4. I read Wilson et al preprint on spike in controls for cfMeDIP-seq.

My running fitness has conspicuously declined since I started graduate school. While I still hope to set PRs in 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon distances, it will require a concerted running training regimen. It also looks like my orienteering competitive window has largely closed, though I still hope to compete at goat-type races and major European relays. That said, ultracycling has provided a promising new athletic outlet; riding for 300+ km per day is a new challenge and adventure that is attainable even as my physical abilities start to decline with age.

While I certainly haven't exhausted the potential of Ontario, which is oddly well-suited to ultracycling, I am eager to try new locations. Places that particularly appeal include Ireland, the Canary Islands, Switzerland, Scotland, the Rockies, New England, Mallorca, and Norway.

After biking, I decided to go for a quick run around Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The northern leg of my path was along the Kay Gardner Beltline trail, which was a sheet of ice for most of its length. I elected to keep running on it to stress my stabilizer muscles, and I negotiated it without incident.

Forty km at setting five between ten km warm up and cool down at setting 4.

Easy ride at setting 4. We roasted some veggies for dinner tonight.