Training Log Archive: billa

Had to shorten up my time in the woods because of the heat. 20 minutes in the open area under the hydro line and I was cooked. The mosquitoes were swarming. Discovered some reasonable forest around the long westerly lake that will be the boundary.
No problems with the hip but a little sore after the massage this afternoon.

Nice ride on a very hot day. Great to feel the breeze instead of the humidity. Beat the traffic from Sussex to Dows lake.

Up on the ridge again. No animals except mosquitoes!

Mapping the Spence property on the ridge. A pair of ravens were really agitated (crying) and several times one of them tried to dive-bomb me when I was in the open. Found out from the owner that one of their chicks was injured and they had taken it to the vet. I guess the parent birds didn't understand. : )
Otherwise a good mapping day but not an efficient one. Too many clearings not well defined from the LiDAR intensity data. Have the air photo now so I will improve the base for to-morrow.

The sun finally came out after 3 days of rain so it was a lovely slog to VM park, up Mount Mooney, and down the beach. Jogged maybe a third of the distance. Good stretch afterwards.

A quick spin before dragon boat practice. Should have done more. Will try a long walk/run to-morrow.

Mostly a walk with a few jog sections to VM park. In the pouring rain but it was warm so I was only wet. A few twinges in the adductors but otherwise it felt good.

Off on a busman's holiday in the Maritimes for a clinic and three days of mapping. So no regular exercise program in the last 11 days but was reasonably active. Now it's back to the regular routine.
Easy bike downtown and back in beautiful weather. Left calf cramped up even before I started biking so I took it easy.

Out on the west part of the basemap. A lot of nice woods with a mix of big marses and some swampy areas. A lot of them will be dry in the fall. The bugs have woken up unfortunately, so it's time to slather on the repellant!
Very few animals around, maybe it's because I sneeze loudly every few minutes!

Another beautiful day up on the ridge. More good woods today but the bugs and buds are blooming. So one more week of comfortable mapping before all the leaves and black flies are out! Trying to cover the thicker areas now to save the open areas on David Spence's land for the buggy season.

Good day in the woods. First 2 hours were in trashy woods with no real detail. The rest of the day was in better forest. Virtually no animals of any type - it was eerily quiet. Lunched by a lovely stream with beaver dams every 50 m. Ended at the Beck's sugar bush which looks very nice.