Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

According to the front page of the local paper there is a $150 fine for residents who fail to clear snow and ice from footpaths in front of their property. If the Victoria city council cared to enforce this law they could make themselves a ready $10 million or so very quickly, as I saw very little evidence of any such action having been carried out. A couple of days after the big dump, surfaces vary from bare (mostly downtown and in places exposed to the wind) to compacted snow. Both of those are fine to run on; the compacted ice that covers many of the footpaths is rather more challenging.

Apart from the search for ground where I could be vaguely confident of staying upright, this was a fairly reasonable run, west from the city centre into Esquimalt as far as the military base. Not slowed down as much as I thought I might have been by the ground conditions, either.

Quite a nice morning although colder than it has been, enough for me to drag out a hat (which also gave me the opportunity to join those wearing red and black in solidarity with Christchurch, although this particular hat was that of a football team which is not the Crusaders).

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Afternoon session as the sun was going down, round the point south of town with its great views across to the Olympic Mountains in Washington, and then around the east side of Beacon Hill, featuring a substantial proportion of Victoria's under-12 population on toboggans (an indication that snow is a bit of a novelty here). Also past the mile 0 marker for the Trans-Canada Highway, departure point for the debt truck on Tuesday (yes, Canada's got one too).

A bit slow at the start but worked into it quite nicely and moving well by the end. Footing still a bit uncertain in places. Still below freezing, but the wind had settled down making it quite pleasant.

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