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Saturday Jul 22, 2017 #
10 AM
Running 3:57:00 [3] 24.01 km (9:52 / km) +1411m 7:38 / km
ahr:145 max:176
Gleneagles to Black Mountain and back. Up via an unofficial trail to Whyte Lake, then Baden Powell. Down via ski hills and sentier transcanadien.
This was a really good, varied route. I like that the lower slopes have flat sections, rather than the usual North Shore peak trail routechoice of up-up-up. Pretty relentless climb from ~600m up, but broken up with some boulder fields to keep you on your toes.
From Eagle Bluffs to the peak was really busy. I'd hate to be there on a day when there was actually a view...
The ski runs seem way steeper when running compared to on skis. I went to the top of Raven Ridge and down a short black run, and had to zig-zag for the most part. The green runs still seemed tough on the legs too!
99.9% of the snow is gone now. But the white snow was just replaced by white fog. Despite being warm and humid at the base, I was pretty close to putting on a jacket once I'd got to the chalet. Also better vision with my glasses in my hand than on my face for ~5km!
Trans Canada Trail was very impressively marked. Started off with a few km of rough 4x4 type trail, then popped back into the forest for some technical stuff. Final few km were on flat wide trails. Seems a shame that I was the only person on it given how much effort was put into marking it!
I'm constantly amazed by just how much slower I run when I get on even a mildly technical trail. My fastest km was the very last one, which was on solid flat stuff (4:40 pace). Even when I pushed a little hard on the downhill on the 4x4 track I was barely at 5:00 pace. Regular trail pace seems more like 7:00. Maybe I'll do better at judging how long these runs are going to take in the future...
Nutrition-wise, I just used tailwind. Did 200 calories per 750ml water bottle (so quite weak). Carried 2 bottles, and refilled 1 at the chalet. Seemed about right, given I wasn't pushing too hard. Didn't get hungry.
This was a really good, varied route. I like that the lower slopes have flat sections, rather than the usual North Shore peak trail routechoice of up-up-up. Pretty relentless climb from ~600m up, but broken up with some boulder fields to keep you on your toes.
From Eagle Bluffs to the peak was really busy. I'd hate to be there on a day when there was actually a view...
The ski runs seem way steeper when running compared to on skis. I went to the top of Raven Ridge and down a short black run, and had to zig-zag for the most part. The green runs still seemed tough on the legs too!
99.9% of the snow is gone now. But the white snow was just replaced by white fog. Despite being warm and humid at the base, I was pretty close to putting on a jacket once I'd got to the chalet. Also better vision with my glasses in my hand than on my face for ~5km!
Trans Canada Trail was very impressively marked. Started off with a few km of rough 4x4 type trail, then popped back into the forest for some technical stuff. Final few km were on flat wide trails. Seems a shame that I was the only person on it given how much effort was put into marking it!
I'm constantly amazed by just how much slower I run when I get on even a mildly technical trail. My fastest km was the very last one, which was on solid flat stuff (4:40 pace). Even when I pushed a little hard on the downhill on the 4x4 track I was barely at 5:00 pace. Regular trail pace seems more like 7:00. Maybe I'll do better at judging how long these runs are going to take in the future...
Nutrition-wise, I just used tailwind. Did 200 calories per 750ml water bottle (so quite weak). Carried 2 bottles, and refilled 1 at the chalet. Seemed about right, given I wasn't pushing too hard. Didn't get hungry.