Grandpa Triathlon had a pretty good week. Logged almost 19 training hours, a training volume that I have not achieved in awhile and managed to total the following distances.
- Cycling – 195 km
- Running – 75 km
- Swimming – 2.6 km
Ok, the swimming distance totally sucks, I admit it. The challenge there is that my co-workers in eastern Canada keep booking early morning meetings and therefore I am missing my sessions with Fastlanes. It has been really frustrating. And I have 7 am meetings already booked for Monday and Tuesday of this week. Groan.
Three highlights from the past week were:
- Tuesday night’s Ninja Night Run. Ran from downtown Vancouver to Grouse Mountain and then took the Baden Powell trail out to Skyline Drive. I would have gone further but it was starting to get dark. Good think I turned around when I did because I did not finish my run until after 11 pm.
- Saturdays ride to Mt Baker. One of my fave annual events is the EBTC ride from Sumas to Mt Baker in Washington state. It is 140 km round trip that starts in the lush corn fields of the Fraser Valley and ends in the alpine glaciers of Mt Baker. It is spectacular. Unfortunately I got separated from the rest of the group and ended up riding solo most of the way. Big thanks to the guys from the Whistler Grand Fondo who pulled me back into Glacier during a big headwind.
- Sundays run/hike. Again I ran over to Grouse Mountain but this time I went up to the top using the BCMC trail. It was great training for the Canadian Death Race because I got to practice running with my poles. Of course I looked like a total moron running home through English Bay with poles but at least all of the beach bums gave me a wide path.
All of this leaves me pretty much in taper mode as I find myself less than 2 weeks out from the Canadian Death Race. And at this point I am feeling pretty good about my chances in that event.
Happy Training!
