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Training Log Archive: Yukon King

In the 31 days ending Jan 31, 2007:

activity # timemileskm+m
  walking27 12:32:00 18.67 30.05
  Yellow Dog Yoga11 5:08:00
  swimming4 1:04:00
  Total28 18:44:00 18.67 30.05
  [1-5]27 18:24:00
averages - sleep:7.4 rhr:58 weight:61.1kg

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Wednesday Jan 31, 2007 #

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slept:4.0 weight:60.2kg

nhggghh. no sleep due to witnessing a near-flawless familial performance of what is known in yacht-racing parlance (and maybe other parlances too) as a cluster-f**k, bowsprits & lifelines jammed up & if yer lucky the masts, booms, yards & rigging get in on the fun. And then you capsize en masse, & then another yacht runs you all over or at least prangs you good, & then you're sinking albeit slowly cuz the other three boats melded with you have SOME flotation to spare... Abbreviated puppy-loops & chicken-tofu cashews with chili jam & basil are thus only things slated to happen today. Perhaps a sleep-addled phone call or two to add to the familial joy? - if I could figure out who I wanna smack hardest...

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AOWN - juncos & a towhee on second puppy circuit. Gypsy saw them too. Too annoyed to count up km/time for loops today, so no log. Bleah

Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 #

Yellow Dog Yoga 40:00 [1]
rhr:56 slept:7.0 weight:61.2kg

floor stuff has strong puppy components, good breath awareness, good synchronization; standing for 15 minutes' worth, really nice trees & prayer sequences. may rename this activity as there are always definite strength components for tummy, arms, butt AND remedial component for circulation in distal portion of left hand. Off to walk puppy - may do stair-master walk. Sometimes I feel like a trophy wife whose only job is to keep skinny, wear big rocks, & drive a 2007 Landrover, heheheh. Except I don't have a Landrover or big rocks.

walking 40:00 [1]

two puppy loops (part stairmaster loop but went bush-wallowing so incomplete) & a lightning visit to Choices. Had to nap in middle of day which nauseated me, but a lil tea, a lil Jurgen Goethe on the radio, and some vegan pasta preparation (sun-dried tomatoes, pesto, black bean sauce, ground almonds, garlic...) are setting me up fine. O-food tonight, no more restaurants for a day or two!!! Three organic blueberries for the puppy as a snack, nuthin's too good for our Princess.

Monday Jan 29, 2007 #

swimming 20:00 [1]
rhr:58 slept:8.0 weight:60.8kg

swimming w/ Belinda.

Yellow Dog Yoga 15:00 [1]

range of motion & some fun water-supported yoga before & after swimming.

walking 50:00 [1] 2.3 km (21:44 / km)

puppy walks & briskness over to train station to go to Richmond for dinner. 11am walk in the mist mostly peaceful & pleasant (except when we went after a squirrel and got seriously tangled & emotionally jangled in the underbrush), saw two squirrels (as mentioned) & heard chickadee mob in bushes. Met Jack on the way back and flipped out completely with puppy joy. Odd chinese food (ie poor choices on my part) & then while clearing table, lady poured tea all over my lap for commute back to Burnaby, gee that got cold on the walk home, argggh! Comforted myself with dried figs...

Sunday Jan 28, 2007 #

walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
rhr:60 slept:7.0 weight:61kg

extended walk down by the Fraser river w/ pup and Dennis after ATM/Meg left for Victoria - nice but cold/misty, everyone exhausted - order in chinese & Will Smith in I, Robot is what's on tap for the evening.

Saturday Jan 27, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:60.6kg

Yellow Dog Yoga 15:00 [1]

scatterbrained yoga session, OK...

walking 10:00 [1] 0.3 km (33:20 / km)

hasty puppy loop as we prepared to go visit Grouse in the sunshine.

Friday Jan 26, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:6.5 weight:60kg

walking 40:00 [1]

two fabulous puppy loops in the sunshine today, one long one with Andrew & Meg. Hydrating OK, got my Attackpoint shirt !!!, dinner is definitely O-food, vegan/vegetarian pizzas with homemade crust (well, made by the bread machine).

Thursday Jan 25, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:6.5 weight:60kg

mostly a rest day as last 2 days have been fairly active, also arrival of ATM & Meg. But have done one puppy loop with Barney, about 0.7km, and will do another this afternoon. Maybe I'll log those. Out to Griffins at the Hotel Vancouver for dinner tonight - I love their dessert bar, AND their appetizer bar with all-you-can-eat smoked salmon & crab legs... I can't do both tho, hmmmm....

walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 km (20:00 / km)

as noted, puppy loops, getting better every day!

Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:59.2kg

walking 40:00 [1]

beautiful sunshiney day & a perfect puppy walk. Met a daschund named Teddy, got a bit overwhelmed by first visit to busy transit center at Edmonds Station, but the sunshine was FABULOUS. Second walk in afternoon also very pleasant. Mostly cooking today for arrival of Bro & fiancee Meg from SF tomorrow - rosemary crackers & cranberry-almond oatmeal cookies for snowshoeing expedition; O-food tonight will be very O - kamut noodles w/ tofu, chard, onion, & a spicey SE asian peanut-based sauce - attack of the vegans...all the windows open to let breeze & sunshine into our south-facing apt.

Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:60.2kg

no O-food tonight as D is out for a meeting, instead we will eat like bachelorettes...leftovers and blueberry yogurt. With live cultures, yum, to condition my gut flora...or whatever crystal vibration thing they're supposed to do.

walking 30:00 [1] 1.6 km (18:45 / km)

Mega Puppy loop past elementary school & up around the Skytrain route. Almost Intensity Two sometimes, as we actually finished the whole thing in about 50 minutes with a fair amount of gawking, sniffing, & pooping in there. AOWN - chickadees & Pacific bushtits. Happy-dog with various people & one dog.

Yellow Dog Yoga 40:00 [1]

OK session, only a bit of standing stuff, and including stretches in hot tub before & after swimming. A few excellent breaths in there...

swimming 15:00 [1]

swimming with Belinda. Great endorphins after, no pain anywhere - hope I haven't wanked out hips, they were feeling a lil creaky yesterday & this morning - time will tell & in meantime YAY for endorphins !!!

Monday Jan 22, 2007 #

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rhr:54 slept:6.5 weight:60.2kg

people upstairs were "repairing" their bedroom for an hour just before midnight - thumps, bangs & a drill or sumthin, arghhh.

walking 30:00 [1] 1.4 km (21:26 / km)

0.4km Deep-Snorkel Puppy Loop. We are drenched, and we did the rain version of Ski-jorring on the way back, Gypsy was so excited about getting back in front of the fire. I think she might be good at guiding lost folk back...to HER home-fire at least, since the entire walk she would turn and point herself towards home at every opportunity, and try to haul me on a beeline thru forest/buildings/landscaping/traffic etc back to home-fires, almost an IntensityTwo. Also two 0.5km slots, up to groceries and back. Some kinda Clean-the-Fridge stirfry tonight, very O, very fibrous. Got a bottle of super-modern-style moscato for Gypsy's birthday to counter the fibre & virtue.

Sunday Jan 21, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:59.8kg

walking 15:00 [1] 0.6 km (25:00 / km)

reverse puppy loop & then a rather dreary short march in sloppy snow up towards Golden Ears after taking pup on Albion ferry for familiarization with ferry engine sounds - worked well, but later G pees all over house (well, on various "target" paper in house so not disastrous), arggghh. Japanese food at new place Alf & I tried out for lunch - too much tempura to count it as O-food.

Saturday Jan 20, 2007 #

walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 km (20:00 / km)
slept:8.5 weight:60kg

two puppy excursions, one by airport with much running. Sunny today. Thai take-out, yumyumyum...

Friday Jan 19, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:60kg

Setting up some salmon steaks to marinate in Jacques Pepin's teriyaki-like mix, so good! Lessee, wild & organic brown rice mix, maybe a mango-&-cara cara orange salad, broccoli/carrot stirfry? 0.966G. Note that as soon as I stop supplementing the Gypsy weight-loss program with massive quantities of fruitcake (see Jan 13, last Saturday), the kilos leap off my body. I wonder where I will stabilize at...no lower than 57.5 kilos BMI 20, OK cuz not much heavy muscle on me. Think how happy my knees & hips & feet will be!

Yellow Dog Yoga 30:00 [1]

short floor sequence fragmented by puppiness in form of ear-chewing (by Gypsy) & belly kissing (by YK) plus a bit of stretching in the hot-tub before and after swimming.

swimming 15:00 [1]

swimming with Annie, it was fun !

walking 25:00 [1] 1.0 km (25:00 / km)

2 different puppy loops, once with Annie. Second one almost a level two, I think !

Thursday Jan 18, 2007 #

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rhr:58 slept:7.5 weight:60.6kg

did nothing worth noting today - Horrid slush in pools and heaps, falling down my neck, soaking miserable puppy. We went inside and played fetch in the storeroom with her Krazy Kong Ball - she probably did about a kilometer ! But I was too tired in the evening even to do yoga (huh? I did nuthin!!). Hydrated well, leftovers w/ a lovely salad (toasted pumpkin seeds, mmm) & hot baguette w/ balsamic vinegar dip to enhance. yum.

Wednesday Jan 17, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:8.0 weight:60.8kg

Yellow Dog Yoga 40:00 [1]

full floor & standing sequences, good breath in places. Quiet w/ no sense of time. When pup wakes up we will go for a walk, nothing else to do today, except assemble yummy enchilada casserole, maybe cut up the asian pear with some lemon juice...hydrate, maybe write to new foster-kid south of the Himalayas. The snow is melting.

walking 15:00 [1] 0.6 km (25:00 / km)

pleasant loop down past mailbox, along the parkway, and back up thru the woods along Byrne Creek, very leisurely for 45 minutes or so of sniffing, gazing, trotting, & leash-winding. Slushy. Maybe I'll cut the geraniums back this afternoon, and certainly the patio plants can be uncovered now the frost is past.

Tuesday Jan 16, 2007 #

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slept:7.0 weight:61.4kg

yoga goulash as the starring O-food tonight. Maybe lunch with dad-in-law if snow is light enuf, which it looks like it probably will be...no puppy accidents in four days, looks like the humans are almost trained in lightning-fast Evacuation of Loaded Pup to Outdoors Procedure...

Monday Jan 15, 2007 #

walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
rhr:58 slept:7.5 weight:61.6kg

some amount of walking today, puppy loop, etc. Hips seem kinda dormant for this hour at least, nghhnngh. remember article When its OK to exercise hurt, yeah...hydrating adequately these days which is good. tofu, cucumber, broccoli, organic short-grain brown rice, kiwi, hubbard squash, mango, baby tomatoes, and Derek's mint-containing satay sauce for dinner among other things. (Almost looks like it might be an attack of the stealth vegan)Gypsy is disintegrating a toilet-paper roll for me. A little cardboard never hurt anybody, right? Pure fibre. CBC classical guitar with Jurgen is soothing as the snow clouds approach after today's sunshine.

Sunday Jan 14, 2007 #

Yellow Dog Yoga 34:00 [1]
rhr:58 slept:8.0 weight:61.2kg

felt crappy this morning so I brushed my teeth & did some yoga - 22" ground & 12" standing... feel somewhat better. Best tree ever, so nice! Hips have corrected themselves as predicted, very reassuring, & that reassurance is product of this log, thanks Ken! Surprise date dinner tonight.

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(injured)

R hip messed up now It's the sheer unending repetition which is so tiresome. Ive been injured in every joint of my body for 7540 days and counting.

Saturday Jan 13, 2007 #

walking 50:00 [1] 2.0 km (25:00 / km)
rhr:60 slept:8.0 weight:62kg

Brisk puppy march 1.5 km in secret location, thru snowy woods, & evening 0.5 km walk to buy shiitake mushrooms - came back w/ oranges and an asian pear but forgot shiitakes, arggghh! 7-flavor beef N broccoli as O-food, yum!AOWN-like seasonal observations; pesky fruitcake is almost gone (I am manfully consuming it) so soon I hope I will be able to meander (slightly) downwards w/ PG; also with these clear days I can see at sunset that the sun has progressed back north (well, west, really) about two or three fingers from the southern stonehenge point on our horizon, a glacier-carved mountain on the Island. So things are progressing, G-dog's bladder getting 15 minutes bigger every week as the sun comes back.

Friday Jan 12, 2007 #

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rhr:56 slept:7.5 weight:61.4kg (rest day)

b'lieve we got us a flare... R shoulder & wrist, L hip (not gonna galump after skedaddling pup anymore no matter how cute she is, walking only - really crazy twinges like baby great white feeding on hip joint), & L foot all pretty cranky. Ice, no Tylenol so I know "what up"... Christmas lights down, gardening cranking up - refits for poor grumpy tropicals ("48 N what the H*ll!?!!")- coffee & tamarind already in midst of cut-back and rest, nice bath for smaller koa... maybe today some nice potting of small guys - two spiderplants, a nameless gesneriad, & some cuttings from Mikie's gorgeous little succulent-leaved thingy. Satay tofu experiment for Friday night dinner.

walking 20:00 [0] 1.0 km (20:00 / km)

two puppy walks, very gentle & leisurely but fun, about 1.5 hours total time ie lotsa sniffing etc. Also lotsa cowering from other dogs, this whole thing of "she doesnt have her last shots yet, please keep your dog off" is starting to condition her a bit that other dogs are freak-out situations...hmmmm....too many dogs around to avoid them either, maybe work on that more actively. Hip not gripping as intensely, just light, more continuous pain this afternoon, which I hope will correct quickly ie NOT typical 1084+ day O-injury.

Thursday Jan 11, 2007 #

walking 10:00 [1] 0.3 km (33:20 / km)
rhr:60 slept:7.5 weight:62.2kg

gorgeous, GORGEOUS sunshine on all the snow - puppy Exhausted after busy day of tunneling for Snow Mice (eeek!), habituating to monthly fire alarms tests & strangers petting her and invading her home space (she's never gonna be kissy-lovey to strangers, I think, typical for spitz breeds), getting salt-mix washed off her feet, and doing the 45 minute Puppy Loop through the beautiful snowcovered woods.

Yellow Dog Yoga 20:00 [1]

afternoon effort fragmented by phone calls, early grocery delivery, & lots of pain altho really good breath sync - also lost some range since last time, less than a week ! Gotta keep doing it every day or two I guess. Maybe a bit more this evening. Nice to bond with puppy while doing yoga. Burritos tonight, with meat in them to compensate for Stealth veganism the last two nights. also started some garbanzos for humus since somehow I got a LOT of organic lemons...

Wednesday Jan 10, 2007 #

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slept:8.0 weight:61.2kg

Snowing hard. Staying home today to walk Gypsy through snow up to her snorkel multiple times - should tire her out pretty good, plus she loves it.
Doing good on hydration. Boy, do my eyes beat the cr*p outa me when I am dehydrated, its like they give up all their moisture to the rest of my body and become dessicated little gravel pits...

walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)

as predicted, snow-walking with the O-dog-in-training with some photos. Best one is a picture of some generic dreary forest path with if ya look real close, the tiny arse of a tiny dog SKEE-daddling off out of the top left corner - I plan to use that one if she ever gets lost - "this is what my dog looks like..." It was fun but one of my yak-trax popped off at some un-noticed location, so we did some good ol' fashioned tracking-back, gazing at my mismatched prints til we found it at the gate from the woods. Second walk had lotsa huge fluffy flakes - walking thru the woods w/ the lamps lighting up in the dusk was just like going to Narnia. Almond tofu for dinner tonight, and I made up a monster pot of chili for enichiladas & burritos, yum.

Tuesday Jan 9, 2007 #

walking 40:00 [1] 1.9 km (21:03 / km)
rhr:60 slept:7.5 weight:61.8kg

0.3km/0.4km/0.5km/0.4km/0.3km - various looplets in aid of puppy exercise - giganto windstorm so she spent 10 minutes chasing leaves in the whirlwind infront of the apt building. Ooooh, and this little old mandarin lady fell down outside when we were going out on first walk, & I dropped G's leash inside by the bench & she was so good at just sitting & waiting, I ran outside and picked the lady up off the ground and hauled her inside to the other bench, I don't actually know how I did even though she was small. She only spoke mandarin so I could only check her for abrasions & watch her for a few minutes for things half-remembered from first aid, seemed OK & went off to her apt. I see her on the stat bike sometimes, and walking around alot in her unsteady way.

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saw old lady -seems fine...

Monday Jan 8, 2007 #

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rhr:60 slept:7.5 weight:61.8kg

doing well on hydration last few days, yay! My eyes are grateful.

walking 50:00 [1] 2.7 km (18:31 / km)

1.0km/0.4km/0.5km/0.8km - out for two real walks w/ the O-dog down thru the neighborhood for total 100 minutes, sat & watched people/birds for 10 minutes, & a quick (private) trip to Highgate for supplies.Good rests, maybe a R hip twinge? Now O-dog is massacring (looks funny - sp?) the paper bag from the liquor store. This may be too much in one day, monitor hips/knees. Remnant of braised lamb for dinner along w/ baked potatoes as a change from rice, maybe some squash as well....

Sunday Jan 7, 2007 #

walking 17:00 [1] 0.75 km (22:40 / km)
rhr:62 slept:8.0 weight:62.2kg

off to bike-park with Gypsy, practicing packleader action & some hand-signals which she largely ignored but hopefully someday she will adore & obey them. We all scampered back & forth for an hour on the rocks, teeter-totters, logs, hills etc... good for me too.

Saturday Jan 6, 2007 #

walking 10:00 [1] 0.5 km (20:00 / km)
rhr:58 slept:7.5 weight:62.4kg

wandering w/ O-dog in park before setting up her crate/fence/water dish/etc in an orienteering-meet-like fashion. She seemed to like it & when some older lady meandered by & asked if I was "Orienting my Puppy" I had no clue what she meant but was happy to say yes! D brought my Orienteering Chair so I was able to simulate the meet for Gypsy even more accurately despite the cold. Lotsa brie & fruitcake helped.

Yellow Dog Yoga 14:00 [1]

standing stuff, not at all balanced or looking good or Anything, but beautiful breath synchronization!
Hydration poor, maybe work on it this PM w/ some ice for right shoulder? O-food questionable as lush Thai leftovers still yearn to be eaten, but we will have them w/ organic brown rice at least. Oh, & some braised lamb & some gai-lan w/oyster sauce....PS joints still seem OK from yesterday's athletic-like wallowings. Sweet!

Friday Jan 5, 2007 #

swimming 14:00 [1]
rhr:58 slept:8.0 weight:61.8kg

tried diving in penguin-style to reduce initial sensation of cold - worked well, but non-mammalian body still shivery almost immediately. Tried novel approach of aggressive activity (see if it wrecks joints urk) cuz I heard this actually generates metabolic heat? This also seemed to work, & I wanted to stay in longer but was careful to limit this first expt. Fun floating & looking up at snow on glass roof (that wasn't in forecast, but G-dog sure loves hunting for imaginary mice in it - forepaw-bounces just like a coyote - AOWN?) Off to work and transfusion downtown this afternoon with much walking. order-in Thai tofu, yum!

walking 50:00 [1] 2.1 km (23:49 / km)

0.4km/0.3km/1.0km/0.4km trotting around downtown and to & from skytrain, nice rest intervals in between to keep my feet etc from getting achey.

Thursday Jan 4, 2007 #

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rhr:68 slept:6.5 weight:62.6kg

nggghh, sleep still not good, my powerful insomniac reflexes are mesmerized by the 2AM Puppy-Pee-Trek - approximately 96 Treks to go, so hopefully I will re-learn how to sleep with the Trek in place. My heart is bounding along like a chickadee's....nnngghgh. But I got lots done last night! For example, the 'ahi for O-food tonight is already busy defrosting; asiatic theme tonight, gai-lan, miso soup...

walking 15:00 [1] 0.8 km (18:45 / km)

three puppy loops of 0.2 km/0.2km/0.4km, with sleet on one, and John-Muir-like windstorm on second but gorgeous sun, night and freezing wind on last one, taking total 95 min. to complete. Also much altitude change, and cross country bush-whacking, bending, stretching, staggering, to retrieve flexi-leash from bushes, branches, trees, hedges, leaf piles etc. (very good for my leg joints. And other joints too) Like a string-course with eternally moving Sisyphus-string pulled by untiring O-dog. "Shiba" might mean "bushes" in japanese and I know why... we are both exhausted. No swimming today.

Wednesday Jan 3, 2007 #

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rhr:62 slept:6.5 weight:62.2kg

tree & mountain & a quick prayer sequence last night not enuf to really log... maybe today. Thinking more about gluts for disembarking canoes - will work on warrior lunge & locust/pilates swimmer, and also "lifting couch isometric" for arms, notice pinky is... pre-numb, so I have to remember to exercise it, & finally I think R shoulder would benefit from some ice. Sleep is leaving much to be desired. Hawaiian O-food adventure begins with lu'au pig cooked in a crockpot, hmmmm....hydrate, hydrate!

walking 10:00 [1] 0.5 km (20:00 / km)

Yellow Dog Yoga 25:00 [1]

good ground session, OK standing. warrior is very tight, almost impossible, but still feels very exciting & full of promise. Iced shoulder, 1.5 glasses water, added non sequitur broccoli w/oyster sauce & some sturdy Christmas brie and fresh hot baguette to hawaiian themes. Ha!

Tuesday Jan 2, 2007 #

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rhr:58 slept:7.0 weight:62.2kg

huge monster rainstorm outside with wind, Gypsy frantically feigning sleep to avoid going for a snorkel walk (being 6 inches tall, this much rain IS an issue). However, soon we will go out, and I also will go to bank etc for a series of loggable walks. Back to o-food - salmon filet with lemon & dill, wild rice, & veg done in some sort of delightfully retro style to be researched from Betty Crocker after walks.

walking 40:00 [1] 2.3 km (17:23 / km)

0.5km/1.1km/0.4km/0.3km - avoid-the-puddle loop; /pumpkin spice latte/jewelery-for Meg/banking/gai-lan loop; home thru the garden loop; massive 45 minute stand-and-stare-at-cars/dogs/people Puppy Loop. Not quite enuf rest in between and thus feet & right hip are achey but I think OK. Tea, post-storm sunshine, flaked-out pup, & Jurgen Goethe/CBC inspire me to add hot french bread & balsamic vinegar dip to menu. Maybe yoga tonight?

Monday Jan 1, 2007 #

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rhr:60 slept:8.0 weight:62.2kg

oooo. right hip Snarly last night despite visit form Mr. Tylenol, also got Snarlier after 3am Puppy-Pee Trek, had to get out big guns of Mr. Ice Pak, who made other people in the same bed real happy. Maybe be cautious about this biking thing. But it is so fun to watch the little digital thing go around the digital track!
Highlights 2006: snorkelling w/ wild seals off vancouver island; seeing my akaku anuenue (soul?) & Dennis', in the mists of Haleakala towards sunset; sleeping in a yurt; stargazing in the dark of the moon in the Mojave; 1001 nights' anniversary on Saltspring; and of course "Girls' Wild Week Out in Waikiki" with a buddy from grad school, heheheh...

walking 15:00 [1] 0.9 km (16:40 / km)

two loops, 0.3km/0.6km, one w/ Gypsy and the other thru the woods to see the stream very high (very rainy storm in progress) and then off to butcher to discuss marrow bones for the G-dog.

Yellow Dog Yoga 35:00 [1]

puppy yoga & then the puppy fell asleep. Energy all bouncey and uneven, left out tree cuz people were watching but I did get alot done. Hip cranky but OK overall, will be nice for a few days. No O-food, out for dinner to Mr. Ho's.

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