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Posts from ‘May, 2007’

6.5 km today in 46 minutes…

Yah, I know, I am a slow-poke. But it was a good run for me. Very nice weather. My darned left knee has lately taken to popping and snapping from time to time, especially if I am not warmed up yet. Very annoying, but not painful. It goes away after [...]

At last, nice weather…

…but too hot. I was cooking today even though I wore a light shirt and shorts. It reached a high of 18 degrees C today and I started my run around noon. I ran an 11 km Clifford loop today. You know, sometimes, today especially, I wonder if I will ever [...]

Another successful 15 km today at Chickakoo…

The trails were muddy and in places traction was difficult and I ended up carrying a few extra pounds of mud on my shoes for a while but thankfully it did not begin to rain until a few minutes after my run. As soon as I started up the truck to go home it [...]

15 km today at Chickakoo, and a Saucony problem…

In doing spring cleanup today, we went to the Stony Plain landfill site, dumped off a load and headed to Chickakoo. What an amazing place to run! More than a few hills, though! We took our map and ran/walked the first lap. We did it in an hour and a half. [...]