Saturday May 31 |
 | Running 50:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Burn 3 |
| First run in over a week. Foot seems OK but didn't really push it. Body felt really out of sync. Really nice day though. |
Friday May 30 |
| Cycling (commute) 40:00 [3] | |
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| Beat the down pour home. One of those sketchy Alberta t-storm days. |
Thursday May 29 |
| Cycling (commute) 40:00 [3] | |
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| Saw a girl I was trying to chase down fall off her bike at a crosswalk and immediately following that saw a dude puke 3 times out of a car on the way to work - I actually had to avoid the splatter since I was that close. Most interesting commute yet. The dude puking was just strange. |
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| C • But the Girl... 3 |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Cycling (commute) 40:00 [3] | |
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| Slowly working back into things. Running will be the real test but going to give it a few more days before an attempt. |
Wednesday May 21 |
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| mmm bag of peas on the foot. Aches like a mofo with extended time on the feet, can't be a good sign. Don't think its broken but something is not well in Pedville. At least its shit weather this week, good time for a break. |
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| C • Don't say... 9 |
Tuesday May 20 |
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| Foot is seriously aching today when I walk. I pooched it real good. |
Monday May 19 |
| Running 1:05:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305 |
| Nosehill with Zoolander and Alice. Lft foot a tad sore today otherwise felt pretty good. Nice overcast day out enjoying Simon singing about Spoon-Tang. |
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| C • Ahhh spoon-tang. It takes m... 3 |
Sunday May 18 |
| Cycling 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| Pretty tired when I woke up. |
Saturday May 17 |
| Running 2:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305 |
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Friday May 16 |
| Cycling (commute) 40:00 [2] | |
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Thursday May 15 |
| Cycling (commute) 40:00 [2] | |
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Tuesday May 13 |
| Running 55:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Burn 3 |
| Some chump kept on giving me the Lance look back. Toyed then destroyed him. |
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| C • The destroyer 1 |
Friday May 9 |
| Running 40:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Burn 3 |
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Wednesday May 7 |
| Running 40:00 [4] | |
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| Hard tempo during lunch. Venting some steam or else I would have been a mushroom cloud. |
Tuesday May 6 |
| Running 40:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Burn 3 |
| Still feeling the weekend in the legs but pushed through it. |
Monday May 5 |
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This is what oil sands are under. Peatlands. This is what the below pic likely looked like prior to mining.
This is an active mining pit for bitumen. The extent or scale can't be captured in a picture.
This is what an abandoned pit looks like. Yes they turn it into a tailing pond.
This is the type of older active tailing pond that the ducks you've heard in the news landed in. Yummy acidic and oily goodness. They are actually draining this pond into another pond oddly enough since they are trying to reclaim this one through reforestation.
You've heard that they have "guns" that sound to scare away the waterfowl, well they also use scarecrows or what they call Bitch-U-Men. Funny that's my other nickname for Zoolander;)
Heavy Hauler...huge! Trust me. One of these killed a guy last week when it ran over his Ford Super Duty truck. Nerve racking experience on those roads.
For scale. I think this might be the size of just a "littler" hauler tire - they have different models of over sized tonka trucks. Gotta love that motto on the sign. |
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| C • sad world 8 |
Sunday May 4 |
| Running 1:45:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305 |
| Nosehill with Zoolander. Bitching weather out. Zoo looking strong on the hills. I was feeling pretty cooked from yesterday especially going uphill. Good times. |
Saturday May 3 |
| Cycling 2:10:00 [3] | |
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| From home to Banff Coach and a couple of township lines and back. I'm going to be ouchy tomorrow I think. Felt like the wind was coming from everywhere - I'm a little soft on the bike, not a cyclist thats for sure! |
Friday May 2 |
| Running 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Inov8 F-lite 250 |
| Back in Cowtown. Easy run along the Bow and bluff. Trying out the new shoes. Basically a cross country racing flat on waffles - super light, low to the ground and not much cushioning giving you almost a bare foot run. Calves are burning since you don't tend to heel strike much (i.e. forces you mid to forefoot land on strides) 'cause it hurts like a mofo if you don't! Going to easy into these peds. |
Thursday May 1 |
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| In Edmonton for the first time. Unfortunately didn't have time to run the trails since we were in a meeting most of the afternoon-evening. UofA is a gorgeous campus compared to UofC. Like E-towns has feel better than C-town from what I saw. Hit the Highlevel Diner and was lucky to sneak to out to Fast Trax to pick up a couple of shoes. Neat shop. |
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| C • Diner 15 |