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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Run 85, 2008 Running against the wind…
My knee always lets me know it is there and not happy lately, however today’s run was much better. I ran 11 km in 1:15:57 for a 6:54 pace. Although it was sunny it was quite cool at 8 degrees and a wind gusting to 56 kph. Running against that wind is literally breathtaking. There were several dozen school kids out “biologizing” with their teachers at the bird sanctuary today.
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Karate 60
After a month and a half absence we were back in class yesterday evening and it’s getting to be really exciting. Marilyn and I missed just 4 classes while we were in the USA. We are going to go three days in a row starting Thursday to various dojos because Tsumura Shihan, our chief instructor of Shito Ryu Itosu Kai in Canada will be coming to Edmonton to give special seminars. I think he is the only 8th Dan Karatedo and 5th Dan Kobudo outside of Japan. He is flying in from his home base in Toronto. Thursday’s class is 2 hours as usual but Friday and Saturday will be 2.5 hours each and combines karate with kobudo Bo. I am just a wee bit concerned about the bad timing for this event since Thursday night’s class begins at 7 PM and I have to donate blood at 5 PM. … Continue reading
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Run 84, 2008 A 5km trail fun run…
I met some people today at this charity run for an orphanage in Haiti. Ran it in about 37 minutes. Had a lot of fun. Brian had it laid out like a mini Death Race complete with Mt. Hamill and flags. But it was nothing like the real thing. I’ll be doing a few more marathons before tackling a 125 km in 24 hours or less wilderness Ultra run. I was really worried about my knee before the run but fortunately it did not begin swelling up and was only a wee bit sore. I really worked on those knots yesterday and this morning and I also applied a lot of heat to the muscles. Now the knee is really bruised and sore but at least I loosened up enough to not affect my biomechanics. And I also cheated a bit by taking some ibuprofen before the run. Not really … Continue reading
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Run 83, 2008 back home and loving it…
Except for the nasty muscle knots that suddenly appeared in my left knee which really crippled me after a great start to yesterday’s run. I was nursing it a whole lot thinking how crappy it is to go from a 1:03 and change PR for a 10 km to a 1:33:51 11 km fiasco. Not to mention that I have to run Sunday, tomorrow, to support a friend’s daughter who is starting an orphanage in Haiti. It’s only a 5 km trail run but still, it really sucks to have my biomechanics twisted out of shape by some stupid muscle knots. Plus I have a half marathon in Devon on the 14th. The good news is that it is just some muscle knots that I am painfully working out. It’s happened before. and hey – I just reached the 1000 km mark for this year, how about that? It’s all … Continue reading
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