Training Log Archive: Bash

Humber Trail near Bolton with K/O, whose e-mail ID is "Slowrunner", but I have officially raised the bar in that department - or lowered the bar, as the case may be. Actually, it was great to have someone set a pace a bit faster than I would choose for myself, but not totally out of reach. I could almost keep up most of the time. K/O will laugh to see that it was a level 4 for me, but it really was! It was no surprise that she is awesomely strong, given that she has completed the mountainous 125 km Canadian Death Race and is preparing for a 50-mile trail race in a few weeks, amongst other accomplishments. Lots of fun today, and a good workout.

Beautiful day, marred only by some early inattentiveness when I was staying close behind K/O for conversational purposes, and thus couldn't see the upcoming trail surface. My left foot caught a small root, and I did a heavy swan dive and slide on a concrete-hard, gritty trail. I landed on both forearms and my right kneecap (the bad one). I stopped sliding just before a wooden trail bridge, which would have knocked my head hard, so there is a silver lining. I've got some big, nasty, painful scrapes, but at least it's all on the surface. I'm icing my knee now, since it is swelling a bit after landing so hard on it.

I rewarded myself with a DQ hot fudge shake on the way home. After all, I'm carb-loading for the weekend, right?