Wednesday Apr 30 |
 | Soccer 30:00 [3] | |
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| Running (road) 20:00 [3] | |
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| Took my friend's out of shape dog out for a quick run. |
Monday Apr 28 |
| Running (road) 30:00 [3] | |
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| Mr Moore, Mr Mac and I toured the streets of Richmond in the rain after practice. There was the lovely smell of worms in the air and trucks blasting by us on the country roads. |
| Soccer 20:00 [4] | |
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| Last practice before our home opener on Tuesday. Over half of our senior team is in grade 9 so we've got lots of heart but not much size. I'll be force feeding poutine between shifts. |
Sunday Apr 27 |
| Biking (mountain) 3:00:00 [4] | |
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| My first mountain bike ride of year and I had a blast. I decided to bike at race pace since I will need to hammer next weekend with the bobkittens anyways. I was only supposed to go out for 2 hours and then go for a wee run after but I was having too much fun. Got back just in time to wash off all the mud and zip out to Dr Outerbridge's b-day bbq. |
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| C • Too little, too late to tak... 6 |
Saturday Apr 26 |
| Strength 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Added some random strength training since I spent the day helping a friend move. |
Friday Apr 25 |
| Running (trail) 1:10:00 [3] | |
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| First trail run of the year and what a fun time. Lots of big puddles and some snow left. Felt great to be crashing through the bush again. |
Thursday Apr 24 |
| Soccer 45:00 [3] | |
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| We only had 6 balls at practice so I had to shag them pretty quickly. |
Wednesday Apr 23 |
| Biking (road) 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| La Femme and I explored the bike paths out to the West end of town. Lots of Canada Geese and ducks a quacking. |
Monday Apr 21 |
| Biking (road) 50:00 [3]22 km (2:16 / km) | |
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| First commute to work but on my mountain bike. |
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| C • Tow line 3 |
| Biking (road) 1:15:00 [4]33 km (2:16 / km) | |
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| From work I zipped over to an appointment downtown. I left 25mins later than I planned so I needed to hammer the entire way. Legs burning and sweat pouring down my face at the bank. I'm sure they loved having me in their fancy chair. |
| Biking (road) 40:00 [2]14 km (2:51 / km) | |
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| Took a leisurely ride home from downtown. I pushed every once in a while with thoughts of dinner jumping into my head. |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| Biking (road) 2:20:00 [2] | |
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| Aude and I used the good old mountain bikes since neither of our road bikes were in working condition. We went from the Gamelin parking lot to the Cascade Club on Mountain Road. The parkway is still snow covered so we had to opt for the busier and less scenic route. Still an absolutely gorgeous day to be out. |
Saturday Apr 19 |
| Biking (road) 3:15:00 [3] | |
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| Had a bunch of things to do today so I decided to be environmentally friendly and ride my bike. I ended up getting in just under 80kms since one of my stops was in Mason, QC to get a crap load of gear from Steve's house. My 30L pack was overflowing and causing my lower back to scream out in pain by the time I got back home. At least I payed some penance for the lovely and way over the top Salomon gear (thanks Phatty!!!!). |
| Biking (road) 15:00 [5] | |
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| Steve Hay joined me for the start of my return trip into town to make it 'easier' for me thinking that I would be able to draft behind him. Unfortunately I was unable to stay in his draft. Here are my top three excuses for being dropped numerous times by Steve;
1. My backpack was the size of a two year old causing me to sit up on my handles bars like the queen
2. I'd already biked 40km into the wind to get there
3. And most importantly, Steve is a freaking fast cyclist
I could come up with a ton more but the reality is I just haven't been biking enough this spring. |
Friday Apr 18 |
| Strength 30:00 [3] | |
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| Beautiful 28 degrees outside so I changed into my shorts, tank-top and sandals and shoveled some snow. We got our last big slide off the roof so I decided to do some more basement flood prevention. It's also an excellent arm workout since there was a lot of heavy ice. Not as fun as the paddling some have been doing... |
Thursday Apr 17 |
| Running (road) 30:00 [3] | |
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| Run number 2 with the soccer team. I took it up a notch since we're going to need to make cuts anyways. |
| Strength 10:00 [3] | |
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| core stuff |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Biking (road) 1:50:00 [3]45 km (2:27 / km) | |
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| Biked from my house on a round about way to the Sens game. Unfortunately my bike ride was better than the game and I was fighting a fierce wind the entire way... |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Running (road) 40:00 [2] | |
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| Took the girls soccer team out for a run. I thought I was doing a fairly slow pace like around a 6 or 7 min km but I dropped about half before the turn around spot. |
| Strength 10:00 [3] | |
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| Core stuff with the soccer girls. |
| Running (road) 35:00 [3] | |
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| Skyler and I ran around the block when I got home. |
Monday Apr 14 |
| Biking (road) 50:00 [4] | |
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| First time out on the road bike and it felt great. I hammered since I started out at 6pm and hadn't been able to locate my lights. |
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| C • Locating 5 |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| Note | |
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| Spent the whole weekend watching Skyler nervously. She ate something in the snowmelt that punctured her lower intestine. Besides a visit the vet I was house bound to attend to her bathroom needs. I even had to miss out on a party La Femme had planned for me... |
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| C • Yikes 11 |
Friday Apr 11 |
| Soccer 40:00 [4] | |
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| Indoor soccer tryout number 3. 2 x 20min games again and fewer players so I was running around a lot. |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| Strength 30:00 [3] | |
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| Trying to prevent basement flooding by shoveling all of the snow away from the side of the house. |
Tuesday Apr 8 |
| Running (road) 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| La Femme and I toured rockcliff. We aimed for a quick hour run but were having too much fun. The pace was faster than normal and a bunch of rolling hills to get the heart pumping. |
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| C • No Race 5 |
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| C • HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 2 |
| Running (road) 30:00 [4] | |
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| After making a conscious decision not to bring Skyler running today with La Femme since she's been slowing me down I returned home to a super hipper and energetic 'puppy'. So I took her out for a quick run and let her set the pace. Maybe she wanted to prove to me that she's not rolling over just yet because I pretty much sprinted through the neighborhood trying to keep up with her. |
Monday Apr 7 |
| Soccer 40:00 [4] | |
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| Another tryout night. More students showed up tonight so I didn't get to play as much. What a bummer... |
Sunday Apr 6 |
| Running (road) 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Run along the canal with the girls. Needed to drag Skyler most of the way and near the end I was almost pulling her colar off. I think she's done for road running. I'll bring her out again once the snow melts and I can go back on the trails were we both belong. |
Saturday Apr 5 |
| XC Skiing (skate) 3:00:00 [2] | |
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| Probably the last ski of the season and what a way to end off the season. Lots of sun and hot hot hot. Slice and Leanimal were in town to add some excitement. |
| XC Skiing (skate) 50:00 [4] | |
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| Going back up Fortune hill was much harder the second time. I'll blame it on the liquids I was carrying for the dinner. Jason spoiled us with a yummy food and Leanimal made homemade organic cupcakes. |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| Soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| 3x20min games with the students. Our first tryout and I had a blast. |
| Badminton 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Had to whip some of the juniors into shape since the seniors & coach were at a tournament. A full hour and half of practice time but a couple drills were low key. With the soccer practice right after I'm pretty bushed. |