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Last week's goals:
run x 6: win with 7
bike x 1: FAIL
foam roll x 1: FAIL
core/strength x 4: win
Got in my longest training run for the 8-hour in January on Saturday...in a big dump of fresh snow while freezing rain fell, starting about an hour before sunset. It took me 3h40m moving time (I was out there for over 4hrs, stopping here & there to refill my hydration pack from my car or take photos) to cover a measly 27km, but the snow was knee deep in places and I was basically postholing. Tough run but got it done!
It was really beautiful, and not too chilly. The places where fat bikes had packed things down were pretty runnable.
The xc ski tracks still had 4"+ of snow under them, so much harder to run through. I scared a deer just a few metres from where this was taken and watched enraptured as it gracefully bounded away.
Knees up!
By Saturday evening the streets were glare ice from the freezing rain, and we plunged into the deep freeze - it was -10c/14f when I went out for a sunset run along the river, spotting a coyote criss-crossing the trail.
Tough slog again as it was a combo of smushy snow with a crust of ice. I started off in a pair of knockoff Yak Trax a friend gave me, but took them off halfway through because they didn't help in the snow and were putting pressure on my big toes - my left one is really prone to frostbite and I could feel it freezing up, so just ran in trail shoes the rest of the way. Finished the week with just under 75km.
Tweaked my poor left ankle a few times in the shifting snow both days so just hoping to give it a break today - my lunch run went ok despite some snow & ice on the sidewalks, but I may have to run on the streets after work because our neighbours don't seem to care about shoveling or salting their walkways. I'll be starting to taper for the 8-hour this week but want to keep the frequency up even if the runs are shorter.
Christmas will be my Mum coming out to spend the day & night at our place - we'll open presents, I'll make Christmas dinner, and then we'll have Boxing Day brunch together. Low key but I still have a ton to get done beforehand!
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ill advised racing inc.
Last week's goals:
run x 6: win with 7
bike x 1: FAIL
foam roll x 1: FAIL
core/strength x 4: win
Got in my longest training run for the 8-hour in January on Saturday...in a big dump of fresh snow while freezing rain fell, starting about an hour before sunset. It took me 3h40m moving time (I was out there for over 4hrs, stopping here & there to refill my hydration pack from my car or take photos) to cover a measly 27km, but the snow was knee deep in places and I was basically postholing. Tough run but got it done!
It was really beautiful, and not too chilly. The places where fat bikes had packed things down were pretty runnable.
The xc ski tracks still had 4"+ of snow under them, so much harder to run through. I scared a deer just a few metres from where this was taken and watched enraptured as it gracefully bounded away.
Knees up!
By Saturday evening the streets were glare ice from the freezing rain, and we plunged into the deep freeze - it was -10c/14f when I went out for a sunset run along the river, spotting a coyote criss-crossing the trail.
Tough slog again as it was a combo of smushy snow with a crust of ice. I started off in a pair of knockoff Yak Trax a friend gave me, but took them off halfway through because they didn't help in the snow and were putting pressure on my big toes - my left one is really prone to frostbite and I could feel it freezing up, so just ran in trail shoes the rest of the way. Finished the week with just under 75km.
Tweaked my poor left ankle a few times in the shifting snow both days so just hoping to give it a break today - my lunch run went ok despite some snow & ice on the sidewalks, but I may have to run on the streets after work because our neighbours don't seem to care about shoveling or salting their walkways. I'll be starting to taper for the 8-hour this week but want to keep the frequency up even if the runs are shorter.
Christmas will be my Mum coming out to spend the day & night at our place - we'll open presents, I'll make Christmas dinner, and then we'll have Boxing Day brunch together. Low key but I still have a ton to get done beforehand!
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ill advised racing inc.