Weekend

 Did a run both days,   Saturday it was 21 km around the Beaver Valley Eugenia / Hogs loop.   Sunday it was 4.8 km on the backyard trail followed by  my first hammock session of the year.  

Thursday Friday

 Thursday - 5km Run on the meal break ... felt recovered ready to go long again.

Friday - 3km walk ... just felt like relaxing ,  going longish tomorrow. 

First Run after PYP

 5 km on my meal break today.   A wee bit rough the first couple of K the right hip was a little tight... all smoothed out as I went along.    The 6:00 pace felt way faster then normal.   A couple more of these runs this week then its trail time on Saturday morning.  

PYP Race Picture

 

Year To Date + Monthly Breakdown - 522.8 km

 I haven't been and do miss my monthly summaries so here it is ...

January  86.6 km 

19 Runs 

5 X Snowshoe = 17.6 km

5 X Trail = 24 km

9 X Road = 45 km

11 X Rest Days

February 81.6 km  YTD 168.2 km

15 Runs 

3 X Trail = 14.4 km

2 X Snowshoe = 7.2 km

10 X Treadmill  = 60 km

13 X Rest Days 

March 158.4 km YTD 326.8 km 

20 Runs 

14 X Treadmill 136.2 km

4 X Trail 17.2 km

1 X Road 5 km

11 X Rest Days 

April 196 km YTD 522.8 km 

19 Runs 

5 X Trail = 86 km

14 X Treadmill = 110 km 

3k the easy way!

 Rest day yesterday after Saturdays fun.  Walked 3 km on the treadmill during my meal break today.  It was nice! 

Pick Your Poison - 50K Trail Race - Saturday April 30, 2022

 Did my 10th Pick Your Poisson 50 km Trail Race on Saturday.     Finished the race in 7h53m my slowest time to date but quite pleased by how the race played out.   12.5 km Splits 1:46:38, 1:55:03, 2:07:46, 2:03:42.   The  weather was perfect and the course ran dry.  First two laps were pretty comfortable.   Heading out on the 3rd lap I changed gears running out of glycogen.  Didn't want to push it so I watched my heart rate this lap keeping it in the 130's with the idea that the last lap would be in the 140's.  As it turns out the last lap was mostly in the 130's too just hanging in there using the other gear.   I gelled twice / loop minus the last on ,  took in at least 6 liters of water and a wee bit of heed and some ginger ale.   The highlight was a bag of Doritos heading out on the3rd lap ...YUM.    Felt a bit nauseous on the 4th lap probably just on the edge of drinking too much.   

  I am happy with my first little Ultra of the year.  Next up is Sulphur Springs 50 km at the end of May ...looking forward to it!

Heart Rate