Friday Repeat

 4.8 km on the backyard trail today with Dax.  Got out after breakfast with rain in the forecast. 

Trail Thursday

 4.8 km with Dax on the backyard trail today.  

Another Run and Lift

 Skipped last night but made it to the gym tonight doing a 5 km run followed by an upper body weight routine. 

Disappointing weekend and now its Monday

 Bailed on the Bad Thing 50 km on Saturday.  I was super tired and just not up to it.   I prepared Friday night went to bed before 8 with the alarm set for 3 but when it went off I decided I wasn't up to it.   I am little disappointed but there will be other races. 

Working eves this week ,  hit the Gym for a 5 km treadmill run my first in 4 days.    Afterwards I did an upper body weight routine.   

Taper of sorts!

 3 km walk on the treadmill on my meal break ahead of tomorrow Ultra. 

Today and Yesterday

 Yesterday it was a lift at lunch then a 4.8 km backyard trail run with Dax after work. 

Today it was just a 3 km walk on the treadmill on my meal break.   Doing a taper of sorts ahead of Saturdays Bad Thing 50 km trail race. 

Monday and Tuesday

 Monday at lunch I hit the weights doing an upper body workout.   after work it was 4.8 km on the backyard trail with Dax. 

Tuesday it was 5 km on the treadmill during my meal break. 

The past weekend

 After going long Wednesday I took Thursday and Friday off then did a 4.8 km on the backyard trail Saturday taking Sunday off again. 

Saturdays run was 11C,  heavy rain.  Almost didn't go  out but I view these misserable conditions as character building.   After 20 min the core warmed up and I was pretty comfortable.  

Going Long and Going Up - Wednesday Oct 20

 Returned to BV with the plan to add a few Ks and elevation to my Grahams Hill loop adding two side trails.  

I was super slow mainly because it technical terrain that was entirely covered in leaves.  I  like to think of it as super technical running.  Its also a good approach to going long for hours and hours and hours!   

HR was super low averaging 118 bpm spending the majority of the run run in the 120's.  

This was my last long run before the Bad Thing 50 km race on October 23.  

Two Turkey T Giving

 After running at lunch I went home and ran the backyard trail after work logging another 4.8 km. 

Warm October 11 - Happy Thanksgiving

 Its a warm Thanksgiving Monday worked up quiet a sweat on my lunch run today ,  22C / Sun / Humid.  

To nice not to take it outside.

 10 km done on a rather warm 20C humid but breezy Oct 10 afternoon...it was nice! 

WOW treadmill WOW

 Its been 18+ months since I ran on a treadmill.    The Gym at work is open again and I logged a 5 km run followed by a much overdue upper body weight routine.  I missed the rhythm of the treadmill run there is nothing quite like it.  

Lunch Run

 5 km around APK today on my meal break.  

Two Run Thursday

 Good weather made for a 2 run Thursday.   Working days I did a 5 km run looping Allan Park on my meal break.  After work I grabbed the cooler and headed to the backyard trail for a 4.8 km trail run followed by a hammock session .... 21C and humid Oct 8!   

Mid 7 and Days Off

 Wrapped up mid 7 ( Monday )  with no access to a shower so it was a good excuse to skip the run!

Tuesday I hot Beaver Valley with the plan to run a wee bit further and to slow it down a bit aiming for 5 hours on my feet.   I wanted to finish the loop feeling like I could easily so it again and that is more or less what I did logging a 23.9 km run.  The fall colours were amazing it would have been even better if the Sun had of been out!    

Found this gem of a water fall looping a side trail...

Mid 6

 It was a super nice Oct night with temps in the mid teens.   Working a 12 hour shift I had time to fit a 10 km run around Allan Park on my meal break.  

Mid 4 and 5

 Skipped Mid 4 run ,  it was frosty and I just didnt feel like it!   Mid 5 almost got skipped ,   did things in reverse order eating ,  catching a cat nap then run ... usually its the other way around.   I sure feel great getting it done logging a little 5 km around APK on my meal break this morning. 

September 2021 Summary

 September     -   179 km

YTD               - 1,485 km

17 runs including   two races a trail 1/2  and a road 50 km were logged.   Managed 3 longish runs at Beaver Valley running the 21 km Grahams Hill loop. 

8 X Road = 85 km

9 X Trail = 94 km