Ran 7 km indoors on the mill today at a 7:12 pace, finishing in 51 minutes. I had a hard time starting because my left knee was giving me problems popping or snapping as in cracking your knuckles kind of snap. Every step I took at any pace other than a walk caused [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
Run 11, 2008
Today the weather was blizzardy and with winds gusting up to 50 KPH, there was a wind chill of about -40 C. I was contemplating dressing for it to go out and do my usual Sunday long run but in the end I decided that all my safety nets were down so I stayed [...]
Karate 23
The tournament in Edmonton is February 17th and our teachers are preparing us for it. They are very picky about the basics, correcting and perfecting us. They say that at the yellow belt level, what they are looking for is that perfection of basics. They are determined to work out our technical [...]
Run 10, 2008
Feeling pretty trashed these days so I decided I did not have the energy to head out on yet another run in the freezing cold. So I did 7 km on the dreadmill indoors. I took my time. I was feeling quite tired and sore from my other cross-training efforts but I [...]
Run 9, 2008
I was going to toy with some indoor track work today (and pick up our passports at the same time at the nearby post office). Unfortunately, my sweetie is not feeling well today so we stayed home. I ran my usual 7 km instead in 52:11 for a 7:27 pace. It was [...]
Karate 22
Itosu Rohai Shodan is a black belt kata we learned today. It’s kind of a cool one. A little difficult for a yellow belt to do but manageable. I am not sure why they are showing us how to do it unless it will take us that long to learn it well. [...]
Run 8, 2008
I ran 14 km in a frozen landscape yesterday. Greenhouse effect?? What greenhouse effect? My freezing -23 run at sunset was a painful one. I now know what whales feel like when their belly blubber starts to freeze. I wore four upper layers: A neck tube, a toque, three [...]