Training Log Archive: Bash

Bluebird day for a long run in Hockley Provincial Park with Browner, Yumi and AdventureDog. For our first round, we did the three Bruce Side Trails then ran back on the main Bruce Trail. Then we went out backwards, taking the main Bruce out and returning via the two southern side trails. (Our track is missing 1.8 km where I paused my Ambit but I've adjusted the data.)

The sun was shining, the temperature was perfect and the trail conditions were... a little bit of everything! On our first loop, there was a light layer of snow over frozen ground, hard snow or occasional ice. It was pretty good footing although I fell a couple of times on hidden ice, even with spiked shoes. Ironically, I'd suggested that it would be a great route to practise running with poles, which the others did. After all my skiing and TRX over the past week, I decided to leave my poles at home to work my legs harder and boy, did I miss them! When we went out for our 2nd loop, there was a lot more goopy mud than snow.

While we were running, STORM and 'Bent did a Hockley Loop with Scout and Contour, then politely waited at the Black Birch while the ladies slogged through the slow mud and arrived late to brunch - oops. Fun day, great company and yummy post-run meal!

I went to Hardwood Hills with my favourite leprechauns, 'Bent and Coach LD, and sent them off to ski fast together!



It warmed up considerably during the morning so I was glad for my waxless skis, even though they felt slow. It was a spectacular, sunny day and I went for many kilometres without seeing anyone. (The Irish hat didn't last long. It kept flying off on the downhills.)





In the last half hour, I tried to ski Seefeld, an ungroomed, single track classic trail. The tracks I followed didn't follow the trail properly and I ended up doing some unexpected bushwhacking on skis. I fell on a hill and managed to re-injure my right hip that hurt for a few days after the overseas flight two weeks ago - ugh. Other than that, it was an amazing March ski. We ran into Almageddon again; we're all hoping for a little more skiing but we know it will be over soon.

My Transgrancanaria 82K race report is posted. It's long so it's not for everyone. I recommend coffee! There are dozens of photos and some short video clips. Bottom line: If you like ultras, I recommend this race.
https://ar.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_920/pe...

Tabata TRX class - from squat jumps to planks.

Core with Caron

C3 yoga for injury prevention

Tight for time so I watched more of Eco Challenge Morocco (1998) on the treadmill. Where I stopped today, they had just scrolled through the full rankings at that point in the race. I think FB was there - maybe on Team Adventure Spirit? There was also a Team Canada and a Team Outback Canada (Zietsma, Foster et al).

I did four ladder intervals totalling 13 minutes. I've recently figured out the miles vs. km issue on my treadmill although I suspect it just doesn't measure distance accurately in any unit. It seems wrong that at a high level of effort, I can run higher in kph on rolling trails than I can on this treadmill. And I was way too fast in mph before I sorted this out, not that it really matters. The important thing is that I'm getting to watch Eco Challenge again. :)

Here's a disturbing story from the world of trail running. Three-time English fell running champion, Lauren Jeska, pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a UK Athletics official last year. He survived life threatening injuries, and two other UKA staff members were stabbed as they intervened.

UKA had requested a hormone test after complaints that she might have an unfair advantage because she was born male. She was afraid she wouldn't be allowed to compete.
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/fell-runner-la...

86-year-old running legend Ed Whitlock passed away of prostate cancer today. What an inspiration he has been to so many! Strange I feel so teary about someone I never met. Ed was supposed to be forever.
http://canadarunningseries.com/2017/03/legend-ed-w...

Here's a nice feature published in the Jan/Feb 2017 issue of Canadian Running magazine when they gave him their 2016 Canadian Runner of the Year award.
http://runningmagazine.ca/2016-golden-shoe-awards-...

'Bent and I went to Caron's TRX class - early season training for the Big East River X canoe race. Every exercise includes upper body and core, which seems like the right idea.