Wild Week Last Week: MINIMAL Training

>> Thursday, June 19, 2025

After the Oakdale Spring Classic duathlon 10 days ago, I threw my bike and boys in the car, drove just a few miles to my sister-in-law's place, unloaded my bike and race gear, grabbed her kids and their luggage, and the 5 of us hit the road for a North Shore adventure! We all had so much fun when we did something similar last year that we had to try it again. I have a lot of photos to fix up yet, but here are 5 quick ones:


About to swim in Caribou Falls even though it was in the 50s!!


Highest waterfall in MN, and along the border with Canada.


Posing at Judge C.R. Magney State Park.


Foggy evening at Artists Point in Grand Marais.


Rock climbing at Black Beach.

We got back after 4 days just in time for Henry's birthday, then we packed up to go camping THE VERY NEXT DAY on a long-weekend trip to WI. We canoed the Kickapoo River:


Cousins in a canoe.




All the cousins that braved 5 hours on the river. (The youngest screamed
the last half and her parents just paddled and paddled to get off the river.)


CANNONBALLS back at our campgrounds!

So my Garmin "floors climbed" shows 3 days of hiking along the North Shore followed by a big spike on the last day of camping where I ran a hilly 13.4 mile run in WI:


Three days of hiking, then a HILLY run.


When viewed "weekly," last week's floors look HUGE.
Pretty much double my average week!


But "intensity" was TINY for the week: skipped my swim, both rides, and a lot of strength work.
(And this is HIGHER than it should be because I did my long run on Sun instead of Mon.)


Steps were high again! Nearly 159K for the week!

I mentioned in last month's training in review that our first part of summer is going to be really random, so training will take a back seat on many weeks. It's been fun spending time with family! And the Grand Marais trip lined up nicely RIGHT after the duathlon, so it was some good "forced" recovery. :)

I'll have a big post (or 2) of "up north" pics and stories in the upcoming weeks! Stay tuned!

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