Last week's goals: walk x 3: win with 6
swim x 2: win
bike x 1: win
run x 1: win with 3
Ankle felt fine again by Thursday, so I went for a short run - has been ok since, but I've been trying to be careful. Trail running after dark on Saturday probably wasn't my smartest move, but I managed not to do any damage and that left me with Saturday afternoon to rake all the leaves for the vacuum truck to come this week - back wasn't super happy about it (and husband had to work all weekend, so I was on my own), but it's done now. Was pretty shagged out Saturday night after 20km of cycling (to the market & back since I had no car; carrying ~15lbs of groceries up the big hill we live on to get home), 1h20m of raking leaves plus a 7.5km run!
Crossing the Speed River after dark
It was beautifully warm and sunny all weekend, so I walked about a mile from home down to the other end of the same trail for a run on Sunday afternoon. It's been under construction so you can't run the whole thing through, but I did an out-and-back to the spot where it's closed, covering the whole trail over the 2 runs.
Speed River in glorious sunshine.
Still a lot of green for November.
I ran on my lunch yesterday, too, so I could take advantage of another lovely day - maybe the last of the year? Sunset is just 4 short minutes after I get off work since the time change, so it was my only chance to run in the sun.
Looking pretty low on the horizon just before 4pm.
This week's goals: - swim x 1
- run x 4
- core/strength x 2 (done)
- mobility/stretch x 2
I have another 6-hour ultra on Sunday, and we'll be staying in a hotel near the race venue Saturday night. Just trying to take it pretty easy this week as I'm still carrying a lot of fatigue from the 6-hour on the 29th - I did a lousy job of getting decent amounts of sleep for recovery last week. I don't care how I do as it's just for fun, but I don't want to injure myself or be unable to make it through, even if I'm mostly just hiking. The start/finish is at Batawa Ski Hill and apparently the 7.5k loop climbs the ski hill twice per lap, so it's not going to be a cakewalk!
__________________________________________________________
ill advised racing inc.