Training Log: Carbons Offset

CTC decaf group led my Myka.
Horseshoe, up the left to the slabs and above, then over to the left toward the canyon and back down.

“Mondays with Marta” run up Spray Lakes Road to the gap. Wasn’t sure how I’d do on this because I haven’t run much and might be a little tired from the skiing and biking. Set a pace that wasn’t too crazy. Simply held it all the way and it ended up being good. To the gate at the top in 28:30.
Jogged down a fair bit to group up with the others and jogged back up again. Then Annalise and I did a quick run back down, thinking we were each trying to keep up with the other.
Then out for the weekly community “Food and Friends” dinner with Myka and Amik.

C • Food and Friends 5

Kloosifier trail in Invermere with Miles. Some nice berm work. We were surprised by how the punchy climbs made us really notice that this was the first ride of the year. Lots of good curves to practice leaning the bike over and start practicing some handling technique. Dirt was perfect. Trails were dry but still tacky; they will only get drier and dustier.

After a refuel at the truck, headed to the Johnson trail with Miles. A couple of little technical bits that were interesting. Again, some good views down to the river far below and the hoodoos on the steep banks. More nice weather.
Bike is running nice after being serviced. Great to be out on the mountain bike again.

CNC with Miles, Peter and Laurent. Out via Olympic, westbound on Meadowview and back, then down Banff Loop and back up Banff, then up puke hill, across Meadowview and back down. Timed the snow conditions well but the grooming wasn’t quite as nice today as yesterday on Meadowview. Maybe they are limited by snow depth. They seemed to groom/roll it with something that left marks like an aerated lawn, as if they were trying to break up some of the ice but didn’t give a nice corduroy. Was still pretty icy across most of Meadowview.
The Olympic trails above the stadium were beautiful corduroy (but the occasional piece of tall grass sticking through). Banff and Banff Loop were also pretty good but it is getting really thin in one spot near the top of Banff so you will only be able to go via the Banff Loop on the right.
Puke hill was not too bad on our descent (stay far skier’s right and straightline it to get past the bare/thin patch) but on our return we could already see that there was only about 1 cm of slushy snow remaining and you could see it pushing aside to soon reveal the gravel underneath. It may not last through the rest of today. Too bad, because it is needed to connect the nice Olympic trails and the rest of Meadowview. Still, it is possible to go up and ski around in Olympic and the east half of Meadowview, then back down to the Stadium and out Banff Loop to go to the west half of Meadowview.

Up Banff Loop, out and back on Meadowview both ways, down Banff Loop. Still good conditions. 9:45-11:00. It even would have been good a little later still.