Category: Lincoln

I successfully finished the 5K Freeze Your Gizzard Blizzard Run on Saturday. Time? 32:06, which is almost bang-on my indoor pace of 6km/h, and faster than my outdoor pace has been, usually (about 5-ish). I was 19th out of 58 participants. It was a *really* cold morning when I got up at 7:00, at -35C,… Continue reading Almost Froze My Gizzard

Crap. Last week, I did 1.5 miles on the road, and had my calf start aching and seizing up — on the advice of a fellow runner, I got off it, iced it, ibuprofen’d it, and have been waiting for healing. No dice. I went to the physiotherapist yesterday, and he told me that I’ve… Continue reading Slaughter the calf

December 18 — Off, sick December 19 — Off December 20 — 4 miles, road run, -8C December 21 — 4.5 miles, treadmill December 22 — Off Still fighting off the cold, but I’m struggling on. Mom and Dad are in Emo now for Christmas, after a brief, harrowing and RETARDED side trip to Toronto… Continue reading Cold Day in December

I’ve got a backlog of training to get up, and, with Christmas, Gareth’s birthday today, and suffering from both sleep deprivation and a nasty headcold after picking mom and dad up in Winnipeg yesterday, I’m done: December 10 — 3.5 miles, road run, -8C December 11 — 3 miles, road run, -12C (morning running sucks)… Continue reading Running, Sickness & A Boy Turns Five

November 28 — 3.0 miles, road run, 1cm snow Ahh, the beauty of living in the country. I forget, sometimes, how much of what we see living in Emo would be considered amusing, quaint, archaic or even bizarre, by city standards. Last night was just plain funny — and pretty nice. Keep in mind that… Continue reading Running in the country