Training Log Archive: Bash

Solo ski around Kolapore, heading to the southwest to do the Winter Only trails again - likely for the last time this season, based on the crazy forecast for the next 24 hours. The trails were fast, slightly glazed and a bit scary on downhills if other skiers were climbing.

I ran into two of the four other women who have been battling for Strava crowns in Kolapore this winter. (Kudos to them.) They often ski together and I've been wanting to meet them. We recognized each other from photos and had a nice 10-minute chat including ideas for doing stuff together in future. Social media has its good side.

However, we all knew our mission on a day with fast trails. :) One of the women took four of my Strava segments yesterday so I had work to do. By the end of the day, I'd recovered them all plus a few more, and the other women had taken two crowns from me. Friendly rivalry is fun!

I hope it won't be the last ski in Kolapore for the season but we're expecting rain with thunderstorms, double digit temperatures and very high winds tomorrow. Speaking of which, we're thinking of our friends racing Lawrence Foster's Beaver Freezer event in Sault Sainte Marie tomorrow: Goose and Coach LD, Bob and Hermes, and Hansel. Hermes and Hansel are running; the rest are skiing. Their temperatures will be lower but still above freezing, and the forecast is rain that turns to snow partway through their 42 km day. Fingers crossed they stay warm.

'Bent and I skied a loop around the south end of Kolapore on a spectacular afternoon. We included most of the "Winter Use Only" trails because Sunday is forecast to have rain and high temperatures so this may be our last chance of the season to ski the wetlands. One of the long bridges across Kolapore Creek was 50% bare wood already. The trails were mostly fast but some sections were soft and on the borderline of feeling slushy. :( Time deducted for a nice surprise chat with Vicki B. from Timmins, whom we hadn't seen in more than two years.

Family snowshoe hike around our Kolapore forest with 'Bent, BazingaDog and AdventureDog.

Just the weighted heel lifts.

My Achilles felt a little stiff this morning after yesterday's run but the pain level was below 1 on a scale up to 10. Progress.

Since the Snowshoe Raid didn't break my Achilles, I tried a treadmill run and I'll see what it feels like tomorrow. My right heel was a bit stiff the day after the SSR but it wasn't too painful. That may just be the new normal; it would be manageable if that's all there is.

Physio and Foothab