Training Log Archive: Bash

With wind gusts up to 90-100 kph, we weren't going into the forest today, so it seemed like a good time to set up my new trainer. 'Bent and I pedalled while watching "The Interpreter", a pretty good flick with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. It was my first time on a bike in awhile, so I spent the end of the movie stretching instead of riding. But it was my longest trainer session ever (i.e. less boredom than usual), so this idea just might work.

Happy Holidays to all!

'Bent, BulletDog and I snuck out for a quick snowshoe run around the golf course behind my parents' place. It was hard work with the dense snow and breakable crust!

Merry Christmas to all!
And Happy Hanukkah to 'Bent and Dlevine.

P.S. If you're one of those rare people who enjoy those annual holiday letters, e-mail me and I'll send you ours - if my incoming e-mail ever starts to work again...

I packed up my backpack with Christmas deliveries for five neighbours on our block of land - a borrowed book that I was returning, a photo CD for VO2Max, a card for Crash, etc. With the deep snow and new snow falling fast, even the trails were slow. I bushwhacked halfway to the Russells' place, which made it almost a 30-minute ski from our house. The hot cookies fresh from the oven made it well worth it! Then back to VO2Max's place for a brief visit. It was headlamp time by then, and I bushwhacked much of the way to Crash's place in the dark, then took trails to the Belusas' and Wiegards' places. 'Bent and I met in our yard coming from two different directions in the snowstorm. A very cool almost-Christmas outing. Wish it wasn't going to rain tomorrow.