Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Walking Wednesday

 3K walk again today on my meal break.   With  the 50K N89 on Saturday doing less is best!   

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Tuesday

 Busy morning made for a late late lunch squeaked a 3K walk in before the end of the work day. 

Monday, May 26, 2025

Monday, back to the office.

 5K @ 7:00 pace on the treadmill at work today. 

Weekend Running

 Wanted to do another BV loop but the weather was horrible Friday ,  3C Rain and Wind!  Opted for an old 11km local trail loop that I use to run all the time.   There was lots of bushwhacking around groen over trails + massive puddles after days of rain.  Did a little exploring along the way...

Didn't have the Garmin on for the first K...though I did! 












Lots of elevation over such a short run.


On Saturday eve the weather improved  it finally stoped raining with a few sunny breaks.   Did a faster constant run around my old Mc Cormick loop... all road and tractor trail.   






Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Monday Backyard Trail

 Nice and warm ,  29C Monday perfect for looping the backyard trail + hammock session.   4.8K logged! 

Warm BV

 21.3 km logged today doing th Beaver Valley Loop.  It was relatively warm , 23C with humidity.   Not quite use the that yet.   Started a little underhydrated and never caught up making the last 7km unpleasant.  




I drank 2.5l of water and took 3 S Caps ...usually well enough but not today!    I  was sweating heavily ,  lots of salt stains after the clothes dried.     


















Monday, May 12, 2025

Mid 7

 12K logged,  10K @ 7:00 pace then a 2K walk.  


Weigh in 175 lbs

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Mid 2

 5.5 K at a mostly 7:00 pace on my meal break this am. 

Mid 1

  Nights again this week!  Logged a 3.5k walk on my first shift. 



Pure Grit 6 Hour Trail Race - May 3, 2025 - Hepworth, Ontario

 First race of the season is in the books running the Pure Grit 6 Hour at the Sawmill Cross Country trails on Saturday.   It was a chilly morning , 3C ,  no wind ,  no sun either.   Dressed in a long sleeve tech T ,  wool gloves, shorts with light running pants over them.  




 Had the pleasure of running with Patrick and Raj.  Stuck with them for 4 laps they were doing the "30K" race.   I went on to do one more lap officially credited with 37.5K on the day however the course was short and it was probably around 30K.     I finished my last loop at 5h14min.  I wanted to go out for a partial loop however it was " how ever many loops you can get done in 6 hours"...no problem!    I did however did a cool down 2K walk brining the days total to 32K ,  longest run this year!   

 Love the small local races ,  came in 3rd overall in the 6 hour race.   The kicker .... only 6 were registered and one no show! 






None the less I picked up a bottle of wine and a chocolate bar for my result!


Garmin Data 
















 I did around 500 ml of water / loop about 2.5l all together.   The success of the day was fueling with Maple Syrup shots....it worked extremely well!  

 Up next in 3 weeks is my one and probably only 50K of the year the Great Mansfield...only a couple of long runs away.   



Thursday, May 1, 2025