Daily Archives: Friday, January 1, 2010

Fours layers of shirts…check…two layers of pants…check…hat…check…mittens…check…yaktrax…check…pepper spray…check…portable hot pack…check…socks…check…shoes…check…water…check…iPhone and Runkeeper program…check Will to live…check Feeling sorry for myself… check All systems go! See you all in about an hour and a quarter after my 11 km run which will be partly through knee deep snow since I’ve decided to take to the trails even if I have to walk/slog through them just because I’m an idiot. The trail portion is only 2.5 km anyway. OK so that was a mistake. Stay away from the trails. Far far away. That is, if you want to run them. I think I’ll be avoiding them until spring, for running purposes anyway. My Powerade became a frozen slushy mess in no time so I didn’t have much of it. The new interface on the Runkeeper program is OK but the audio feedback is…slower…than…snails… I used to be able to get a status … Continue reading →

So far this year I haven’t done a bloody thing. Except drink coffee. And I’ve run a total of 0 km. Talk about lazy. Well, today I have to start running again, especially since my marathon training is supposed to start Sunday. Currently it is a lazy -19 degrees C and it is supposed to be a high of -13. It’s 11:17 AM and I should be out of here around 12:00 or 12:30 PM for an 11 km run. Oh No! It seems like there is currently a 26 kph wind which puts the wind chill at -31. I hate running outside in this kind of weather. Well, like the famous Calvin and Hobbes cartoon says, let’s all go do something we hate. It builds character.