Training Log Archive: Bash

'Bent and I parked in Thornbury and rode the Georgian Trail east to Camperdown Road, which we climbed to the top - just before it becomes a trail. Then we rode back west of town, left the trail to go down to a beach and followed a road with expensive waterfront houses before rejoining the trail and heading back to town. There's a new restaurant and fine food boutique named Sterling's in the building where The Grey restaurant used to be. They have a great patio overlooking Thornbury Harbour and the menu looked yummy.

There is always one challenge that I dread in each CMTR Scavenger Hunt, and this time it was the Night Owl - a 30+ minute run or hike crossing the midnight hour. Ironically, I *am* a night owl but 'Bent is a morning person so I'm on my own for late night hikes. This challenge was part of last year's Summer Scavenger Hunt too, so it didn't even have novelty going for it.

We live in a rural area where the wildlife comes out at night. We often hear coyotes howling or find their beds in our meadow. Deer hang out in our yard. There has been a bear on our property and a cougar nearby. This was on my mind when I saw a pair of eyes and froze. Skunk! We both took evasive maneuvers. Later, I saw two pairs of orange eyes watching me from the big hill in front of our house. I didn't find out whom they belonged to.

Anyway, it's done!

I did the Summer Scavenger Hunt "Multisport MIssion" challenge today. Unfortunately, I didn't re-read the details and thought I had to do a minimum 30 minutes of each sport when it was actually 20 minutes. Not the worst mistake, I guess! I ended up spending almost 5 hours on it, not counting transitions and driving.

Coach LD and I did a brisk Bruce Trail hike around Duncan Escarpment Provincial Park and had a good catch-up. Trail conditions were excellent and there weren't too many other hikers. I tested my seldom-used hiking boots in anticipation of using them for our upcoming backpacking trip. All good.







It was so humid that my glasses fogged up and my hair frizzed out.

We learned that 'Bent and Tarno were going for a Wilderness Traverse training paddle so Coach LD went home and quickly loaded her canoe so we could join them for an afternoon paddle around Collingwood Harbour. Thunderstorms were in the forecast but the weather just got better and better.

It was after 4 pm and I still had to do three more sports to get maximum points in the challenge. I grabbed the Kolapore orienteering map and invented a few controls to find.





One of the stone walls in our area.

Because the weather forecast had been so gloomy, I'd planned some indoor strength training for my 4th activity but the rain held off a little longer so I took my bike out on the trails for a short ride.

I finished off the challenge with yoga videos from Caron's 10 Minutes 2 Zen series.

Attackpoint has been helpfully suggesting that I "use my log" so I'd better catch up after our 6-day canoe trip!

'Bent and I went for a bumpy bike ride in Kolapore in warm, sticky weather. Torrential rain began within minutes of our finish so our timing was excellent. Then we visited the Cameron/Mueller family at the Doughtys' place and had dinner with our former Collingwood neighbours, Dennis and Dorothy.