Tuesday Trail

 Took Sunday and Monday as rest days the logged 4 laps / 4K on the backyard trail + hammock session!   

Pure Grit - Saturday June 25, 2022

 8 Litres of Water, 14 S Caps, 7 Gels and 8 hours 5 minutes ,  50 some odd Ks done!   Went out super slow and just tried to maintain.    The course was shorter then the advertised 52.5 km... loops were somewhere between 6 and 7 km in length probably closer to 6!   Finishing up the 5th of 7 laps I was done,  way too hot so I sat down for 10 minutes cooling down.   The final two laps seemed daunting before I stopped but after cooling down a bit I was OK to go on.   On the last two laps I held my left collapsible water bottle and put a bottle of Ice in its place.    It seemed to help having the cold spot over my heart.    So I finished and thats about all I can say.  Came pretty closes to DNFing my first 50K but i am glad I hung in there and got it done!  

Wednesday June 22

 One more 4.8 km backyard trail run ahead of going long Saturday. 

Two Run Tues June 21

 Hit the trail for 5 laps after work Tuesday logging 4.8 km. 

Taper Time

 3 km walk on my meal break today...it was nice! 

Treadmill Monday

 5K @ 6:00 pace today on the treadmill at work. 

Easy Sunday

 Feeling like I am fighting off a bug so I walked 5 km on the treadmill on my meal break today. 

Saturday at work

 Working a 12 hour shift so I had a little longer meal break today.   The weather was super nice ,  16C Sun and a stiff N Wind.... all good for a 10km run.  It was nice.  

The rest of the work week.

 Wed. 5 km on Sauble Beach …. it was hot! 

Thurs / Fri ... reset days! 

Tuesday Trail

 21 km looping Beaver Valley on Tuesday.  This was a solo run not knowing when I would be going.  Started at 09:34 and finished at 13:34.  I thought I was a wee bit faster then that but it was a wee but warm and I am still a little tired from nights last week. 

Staying awake Monday - 2 more Runs

 Finished my Mid 7 Monday morning at 08:00 am .  My turn around strategy is to stay awake all day going to bed 9ish.   To keep awake I keep moving so I logged a 4.8 km run in the afternoon then a 4 km run in the evening...backyard trail. 

Mid 7

 5 km on my meal break this morning. 

Mid 6

 5k on the the treadmill on my break today. 

Mid 5

 Didn't run at work this morning so I hit the trail when I woke up today.  Dax was very happy logging 4.8 km with me.  Left knee flared up ,  different this time woke up with a stiff knee part of the reason why I hit the trail... no problem running, phew!  

Mid 4

 3k walk on the treadmill this morning ...just felt like walking!  

Mid 3

 It was a trail run on a treadmill logging 5K at a 7:30 pace.   It seemed rather jarring but I am a wee bit treadmill shy with the left knee issue I was having.  There was no problem at the slower pace this morning.  

Mid 2

 Didn't take it outside this morn opting for a 3K treadmill walk on my meal break. 

Mid 1

 Mid 1 ,  5 km in the rain at Allan Park.  It started off great ,  17C and no rain then the sky opened up heading out on my 3rd of 5 loops.  I thought about quitting at 4 km make but opted for one more very wet loop ... it was fun!  

Saturday June 4

  Working eves it was a late start  to my weekly long one heading to Beaver Valley at 10 am.  Met up with Grant running the opposite direction he turned around and did the loop for a second time.   The weather was great ,  mid teens,  stiff breeze and Sun.   Logged 21 km in just a little under 4 hours.   

Afternoon trail

 Took yesterday off ,  logged 5 laps on the backyard trail before work today,  4.8 km. 

May Summary

 May - 180.1 km

YTD - 702.9 km

There was one race in  May the Sulphur Springs 50 km.   Didn't feel like I ran much only 1 sort of long run between PYP and Sulphur.   The race was OK I did what I thought I would.  

Breakdown 

Rest Days X 8

Trail 8X =115.8 km 

Beach 1 X = 5 km

Treadmill 14 X = 59.3 km 

Trail Run Today

 5 laps / 4.8 km on the backyard trail this afternoon.   Recovery was a dip in the pool and a flaot with a cold one before heading to work.