Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Last skiing of the visit to Ottawa, in Gatineau Park heading up towards Pink Lake from Asticou. Passable conditions (at least compared to the preceding two days - it may not have rained on us at all and the sun came out and it snowed quite prettily for a while) and a much more fun outing all told what with Dan not having to struggle on every uphill and challenged but not utterly overwhelmed by the downhills. Should probably, despite the slow pace, have turned around and headed back to the car at least 10 or 15 minutes sooner though - Dan did the last couple of kilometers on pure stubbornness.

Run leg of the Winterlude Duathlon. 7th on this.

Ski leg of the duathlon - 39th for 19th overall. Maybe I'm not in quite the form I was last year but mostly I think the pavement run/ski format hurt me compared to the usual skate/ski/run mostly on ice - skating drops a few people and then people have to make the adjustment to running after the ski, allowing me to pick off most of the people who pass me skiing on the run (using O shoes to run on the ice being helpful but mostly just exploiting the fact that I do running training through the winter and most people in the snow zone who are contenders in winter triathlons focus on snow sports). Next year.

C • Looks like a pretty damn good ... 2

In Stoney Swamp Conservation Area, having sanely decided to give Dan a chance to get used to skiing somewhere less demanding that the Gatineau Hills. Despite the almost dead flatness of the area, I wish it had occurred to me to switch Dan to waxless skis before trying this.

In Gatineau Park, skiing out of P7 - raining and trails not groomed since wet snowfall that preceded the rain but beautiful. Dan's first time skiing in a few years was not easy. Actual time, as she notes, was longer than this.

Uneventful commute. I'm going to have to actually time the homeward direction in the interest of accuracy sometime. Dropped some membership forms that had been sent to George Ford off at the Dunns' place on the way home.

C • Commute 4

Warmup/cooldown getting to and from grass to do silly walks, etc. on.

Silly walks, bounding (4X up a steeper hill than I used to have) and 6x~100m strides with minimal jogging between things.

A quick set after the silly walks.

Rain had all but stopped but roads were still fairly wet for the ride in. Dry on the way home with a tailwind. Avoided the State of the Union by going to see ABT at the Kennedy Center.

Warmish commute in. I'm slightly alarmed to learn that the Ottawa forecast has taken a turn for the milder over the weekend with cold predicted mid-week and then some hovering around/just above freezing later in the week and over the weekend. I suppose the good news is that only a small correction is required for everything to turn out well.

Home with food shopping and dance class en route.

Dance class. After the warmup, my group of four pairs got sent to the lobby again to learn another sequence. For the first time in my dance experience, a choreographer is requiring a quantity of women less than two to lift me (truth be told, I think the previous low was three).

While catching the tail end of 24.

C • She must be very strong! 3