On training day #76 I ran 25 km, my furthest distance yet. I was limping afterwards, but since I’ve been sore before, I didn’t think much of it. The following morning I couldn’t put any weight on my left leg and my left knee was tremendously sore. I came downstairs on my butt and parked … [Read more…]
Ah! My knees!! It was a little surreal running by myself for 2 hours (exactly) on treadmill today, alone in a gym. When I reached 21 km at 1:57:13 I just raised my arms for about 3 seconds and then ran the last half km. I did let out a feeble “woo!” too. No celebration, just a 6 … [Read more…]
Oof. It’s been a while since I last updated my blog on my marathon training. Guess why? I’ve been so tired from running. Tomorrow I will run 21.5 km and I will try and do it in 2 hours. This is just over a half marathon and 3 km more than I ran last Friday … [Read more…]
I’ve run 105 kms now after almost 4 weeks (tomorrow is a scheduled rest day) and yesterday I ran 1/4 marathon and recovered just fine – no soreness at all. Salomé has me training 6 days a week: Mon – crosstraining with increasing time each week Tues – increasingly long runs doing speed intervals or … [Read more…]
So my sisters Saison and Salomé decided to run the half marathon in Vancouver on May 6. They invited me to come along and run with them, but I couldn’t stomach training for and then running the half marathon on not being able to cross this off my life goals list: 21. Run a marathon … [Read more…]
I blogged about the Man Scouts first event back in November where I was lauded one of the cornholing champs. I missed the second event where everyone stood around watching oil get changed (then enjoying pints at a pub). Last Saturday night nine of us got together to watch UFC Rio and play some poker. The … [Read more…]
We attended a birthday party at a bowling alley for one of the boys in our cohousing group. It was the first time our children have been bowling and it won’t be the last! Both kids loved it! The kids had the gutter guards put up so the adults had to bowl in a separate … [Read more…]
BC Lions QB Travis Lulay celebrates winning the Grey Cup yesterday. Winnipeg Blue Bomber QB Buck Pierce does not celebrate losing the Grey Cup yesterday.
I’m a Man Scout. No, I’m not looking for a man. I’m developing man skills with other men. It’s a new group at church for dudes who just want to get out and be men for a few hours since many of us work office jobs. It’s also a great way to get to know … [Read more…]
A couple weeks back a friend, Miguel, invited me to some muay thai fights. If your not familiar with muay thai, it’s basically a kickboxing martial art from, you guessed it, Thailand. Miguel used to work out and work with some of the fighters at the Mike Miles Club here in Calgary, so he got … [Read more…]