Training Log Archive: W

Day after the crazy big snow storm. Tons of snow, its glorious! Except, the trails were very not groomed, so my sister and essentially broke trail for an hour and ten minutes before hustling off to the shop. Still, nice ski, just not very fast.

Just a light cycle. So light it not even worth logging.

A very pleasant ski at Blackfoot. Conditions were excellent, except for the parts that weren't groomed. Arms felt a little tired from yesterday, though. Unfortunately my entire family is sick so I feel its only a matter of time..... Time to slam the ginseng tea!

15 x 1:30 intervals, skating. Was supposed to do them at 3000m pace, but it quickly turned into essentially sprint training. Reid was schooling me tonight, felt like I had some good core power on the flats, but the wheels seemed to fall off about 45 seconds in. Long day at the shop could be part of it, but Reid was there too! DOH! Sweet new boots though. All in all, a tough, tough hard workout.

Ski/Run workout. Did a few laps around Victoria golf course in my totally sweet not-uncomfortable new boots (Fischer Carbonlite), and then ran home. Legs felt pretty good for a long day at the shop.

24 x 30 second sprints at FT training. Warm evening, relatively new snow, so grip was relatively questionable at times. Double-poling strength also quite questionable, good power for the first 15 seconds or so but faded quickly. I was never really a great classic sprinter anyway, though come to think of it a classic sprint gave me my best nationals result ever. Huh.

Did a nice easy run post-race. I honestly thought I was taking an 1:15 route, but it actually took 57 minutes. Was I running fast or did I just forget how long it actually took?

Joined my sister for her usual fast paced stair workout. 250-ish stairs x 10 reps, with 20xpushups or dips at the top. Unexpected intensity! Legs felt okay, lungs not so much, may have broken a stair as well. If that's not a sign of my hefty weight, I don't know what is.