Frigid Friday

0C ,  NW wind 30 kph today sure not May like weather.  Debated on shorts over coffee this morning decided on tights ...turned out to be the right choice.    Up top was 2 long sleeve tech Ts with a shell over top.  After the first lap I took the shell off ,  had a compression hat took it off in favor of a buff exposing the top of the head but covering the ears and forehead.   Kept the pace in check not wanting to overheat ,  pulled it back a few times.     I was pretty comfortable running the old loop there was a bit of protection from the winds.   All and all I was pretty comfortable with the exception of my hands being a wee bit cold.   Logged 12 laps ,  10. 4 km today. 

Cooler Thursday

5C ,  a wee bit of rain but that didn't stop me from getting in 10.4 km on the backyard trail today. 

Nice Day

9C and rising when I headed out at 11 am.  It was a great day for looping ,  6 laps with the new trail segment ,  6 laps old trail and 1 extra loop for a total of 12.3 km today.   It would have been a great day to go even longer! 

Tuesday

7.5 km on the backyard trail again today.  Made a video and took some pictures.  Will post the video some other time.

May 2,3 and 4

Ignoring the blog again ....

Saturday May 2nd -  Worked Eves Friday and hit the trail at midnight for a 90 minute run logging 7.52  km.  No running the new trail in the dark...too rough yet!    It was super cold at around +2C really felt the cold pressing I was very happy to be finished. 

Sunday May 3rd -  Just a little morning run logging 6.1 kms doing 6 lops with the new trail segment included.  Temps were super pleasant ,  would have been nice to gone longer but I had things to do. 

Monday May 4th -  Took my pruning sheers to the new trail cutting down all the little sticks.  Its coming along very well next up is a pick ax to take some of the camber out.   After the trail maintenance I did 7 loops good for 8.0 km. 

May 1st

Logged a 6.9 km run today on the backyard trail.  6 laps were completed utilizing a new trail segment  that added a pretty good bit of elevation. 

Original 0.8K loop ...

New loop came in at,  0.87, 0.85, 0.87, 0.88, 0.90 and 0.87 km.   Limited data but I think its safe to say I added 70 meters to the loop. 

New 0.87K loop ...
















New loop more or less runs parallel to the original added close to 20 meters of elevation.  New loop ois a ton of fun to run. 

April Summary

April -  241.0 km
YTD -  749.9 km


Funny month of running with Covid 19 and being stuck at home.  Needless to say there were no races and only one long  run but I am quite trail ready now more so then I have been in some time. 

A record was set ,  only ran Trail.   No Track,  no Treadmill ,  no Road,  no Beach nodding just trail.  A second first ,  didn't leave my property all runs were done on the backyard trail. 


43 individual runs were done for a total of 241 km on the backyard trail.