I run, therefore I am…1081 kilometers farther than I was Dec 31 2007
The weather was spectacular! The trails were mostly beautiful. But I don’t think I will run this venue again for two reasons. The first is because I would rather do Moose Mountain which happens a week before the 5peaks race in Canmore. The second is complicated but here is my story:
We [...]
Well I just got back from my last run before Canmore. I did my 5 km in 37:15
I felt like I had low blood sugar this time around. I did not take my usual Gatorade to sip on, I just took water. I was thinking that maybe I have trained my body [...]
…at least it was faster than my recent runs. I felt good and had a hard time holding back the speed. I did it in 0:37:21 including a number of walk breaks.
I felt so good that I decided to not cancel this weekend so I will be going to Canmore for the half [...]
Today I decided to test my calf by doing 11 km. I was feeling quite worried about it, wondering how it would react. The first kilometer was very discouraging and presented me with a bad dilemma. Even though I started out as slowly as possible without having to walk, I felt a [...]
Marilyn and I got up at 6 AM yesterday morning (Saturday), guzzled some coffee and we were out the door by 6:30. We were headed to Bragg Creek to watch and cheer on Karen Cooksley who was running the 16 km loop in the Moose Mountain trail race. We ended up turning onto [...]
Whenever it seems like the whole world is against you, and you are banging your head against the wall and nothing gets done and your brain won’t shut the hell up and let you sleep just try a little Zen meditation. Works for me.
A bamboo forest may seem impenetrable, yet water easily flows around [...]
I went out after all, and did my 5 km in 45 minutes. I took several walk breaks. My calf seems ok but I don’t dare to test it yet. Still have some trace soreness left over in all my leg muscles, but much better than before so they are healing up. [...]
