Signed up for the Mont Tremblant Ironman in August 2012. As I write this I am on the stationary bike – seriously. Multitasking will be key to pulling this off with every other part of my life intact. Reminded as I am by this blog that the BT remains unfinished due to lack of time, [...]
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Embarking on Ironman 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Winter Run
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Winter running on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Icicles hanging from eyelashes post-run is a sign that it’s truly cold. This morning the temp registered -19 with a wind chill of -33 degrees C. I laced up at 5:20 a.m. for a run on the boardwalk with the dog before work. True winter! Here is what I wear for running below -10 Celcius: [...]
Epitaph
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Running the Bruce Trail is once again stretching into more of a long-term goal than I anticipated. What started as a summer resolution is turning into more of a bucket list project. While I prefer not to think of outdoor fun and family life as mutually exclusive, they can be at times mutually adjusting. Going [...]
Days 26 and 27 – Kemble to Hope Bay overnight
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Monday 9 Aug Kemble to Spirit Rock Conservation Area (Wiarton) Time: 7 hours Distance: 37.3 km Average speed: 5.3 km/h Tuesday 10 Aug Spirit Rock Conservation Area to Hope Bay Time: 8 hours Distance: 45 km Avg pace: 5.6 km/h Total distance to date: 767 km Distance to go: 118 km Eighty-two kilometres in two [...]
Day 25 – Inglis Falls Conservation Area to Kemble
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday 27 July 2010 Distance: approx 42 km Time: approx 7 hours Avg speed: 6 km/h Total distance to date: 685 km Distance to go: 200 km Ranger and I ran a trail marathon this day, starting about 1:30 out of Owen Sound and running into dusk, with a car shuttle courtesy of my father-in-law, [...]
Day 24 – Bothwell’s Corner to Inglis Falls Conservation Area
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this summer, probably late June Distance: TBA (approx 14 km) Time: approx 2 hours Avg speed: 7 km/h Total distance to date: 643 km Distance to go: 242 km I’m falling a bit behind on the blog and I can’t find my notes, but I do remember that my first run this summer took [...]
VO2 Max and Running Speed
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had my VO2 max tested a couple of weeks ago and the result, 61.5, suggests that I’m in the “fit amateur” category, which is what I already knew. Most elite athletes fall into the 70 to 90 range. But then I checked out an online calculator that claims to predict race times based on [...]
My New Year’s Resolution: Finish the Bruce Trail
Posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Winter’s here, with some fits and starts. It’s time to screw the hobnails into my second-run shoes and hit the local trails. I’m back in the game a bit after a slow year and went for a two-hour run in the Don Valley on Boxing Day. New Year’s resolution numero uno: Finish running the Bruce [...]
Vote for the Bruce Trail
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vote now to support funding for the Bruce Trail in this contest: http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf4833 Here are the details, from an email from the Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club: Genevieve Plank a member of several Bruce Trail Clubs has put forward a proposal which we would ask our members to support by simply casting their vote. Aviva Canada, [...]
