Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

I learned a new climbing game today: toe tap. Before you grab a hold with your hand, you need to to touch it with your foot. It’s really great for spicing up v0s.

Treadmill jaunt

West Yellowstone rendezvous 25k skate
This was so much fun!! I was seriously questioning doing this race after having been sick all week, which foiled my plans of a long ski last Sunday. Also, having never skied further than 20k before, doing this while coming off the flu seemed like it was maybe not a good idea. But, I had signed up for the race, and I was feeling a lot better, so I did it.
What I was most scared of was dying really hard in the middle of the race, so I took the first 15k easy, just skiing, definitely not racing. At that point I figured I was feeling pretty good and could pick it up and maybe turn it more into a race. I kept passing people through the end, which was pretty great. Stopped at the two early aid stations (somewhere around 6k and 12k) but skipped the last (17k). A couple of toes were frozen for a good chunk of the race, but everything had warmed up by the end. The sun came out and it was such a great day for skiing!

C • Ski racing! 2

West Yellowstone Rendezvous 25k tomorrow!

C • Grizzly country 3

Didn’t sleep well last night at all, and I woke up achey this morning. In terms of exams this is a pretty big week for me, so I’m hoping to kick this soon, at least enough to be able to focus on my work.

Today was going to be some skiing, but I have a ski race on Saturday and I think I’d rather be healthy for that than have more km’s under my belt before, so today is a more relaxed, sleep and tea-filled day.