Posts from ‘December, 2008’

The run was to be 6 km.
The pace was to be 5:50 or better.
The place was…the arctic.
The weather was -20 C and there was a mini blizzard happening with snow.
The wind was re-arranging the environment, blasting down in shards of ice crystals cutting into my flesh, mixed with snow.
I got out there. I bit [...]

Well, I ran 11 km in 1:19:06 fro a 7:12 pace. At the start I wasn’t sure I would make it because of my wonky left knee. Then again, the same thoughts near the end of the run. It was pretty hard running the trail portion because of the snow.
I honestly don’t [...]

This is not my recipe. I got the idea from a wine tasting put on by a local wine shop. These tasty morsels go great with your favorite nice white wine. See the pictures below to see the process and what they look like.
The ingredients are simple. You need good quality [...]

I will soon be posting the latest picture of the solstice sun. Every year, I hope to do it as sort of an annual ritual. Now you will all know how high the sun gets over the Edmonton horizon at high noon on the shortest day of the year! The answer is: [...]

I was going to go out today but decided against it because it was -27 C and I just couldn’t face that. So I decided on an equivalent distance on the treadmill. I ran at a 7:27 pace but I could not finish the whole 11 km. I managed to stick it [...]

After a week’s break and some healing time since my last run I did another indoor track run today. I decided to increase my speed run by 10 per cent so I did 5.5 km in 31:37 for a 5:45 pace, which is exactly the same pace of my last speed run. I [...]

This is the last class for this year, at least in our local dojo. Actually there may be one more class on Saturday depending on the Christmas rush and whether or not an instructor can come out to class. If there is one we will be contacted and we will go – otherwise, [...]