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Training Log Archive: Yukon King

In the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2008:

activity # timemileskm+m
  walking31 20:44:00 38.77(32:05) 62.4(19:56)
  Yellow Dog Yoga1 15:00
  Total31 20:59:00 38.77 62.4

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Sunday Aug 31, 2008 #

walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)

dogwalk w Su-Jane & Shelly, trip to corner grocery for manky cupcakes, we both got tummy aches right afterwards. that'll teach me.

Saturday Aug 30, 2008 #

walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)

dog walk

Friday Aug 29, 2008 #

walking 1:20:00 [1] 4.0 km (20:00 / km)

Station Sq for medical blablabla, superlong and leisurely walk around the neighborhood....oh, yeeah, date night over at Metropolis! yum! and a 3D movie starring Brendan Fraser, doesnt get metter than that!

Thursday Aug 28, 2008 #

walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)

afternoon walk? gah... gotta NOT delay logging...

Yellow Dog Yoga 15:00 [1]

did yoga one of those days...

Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 #

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BENCHMARK - I've been doing the humira for about 10 weeks & dont honestly see much of a change - tried a non-micro-approach to monitoring this time... thought about it yesterday, & I could say... maybe a little (probably a little, just enuf to enjoy rebound? we'll see. Rebound is trivial, it just is ironically amusing to spend thousands of dollars so I can rebound - but, the expt must be made!) However, "a little" is not what we are looking for. feet still hurt, other joints are still "there", eg yesterday I had occasion to "run" which I do in tiny amounts & in a delicate, mincing, & knee-stabbing fashion, and the knee stabs are still there. I don't see any immediately obvious spikes or even ramps in activity either altho I'll stare at it a bit more. Appt is in about 2 weeks, last injection is this weekend. Maybe I could say I can recover faster from long walks, & hurt a bit less after, but again "maybe" is not what we are looking for...
note: some of the provingl runs for humira were 23 weeks, but here we are in BC where BC med wants to know what up now after 12 weeks...whatever...
only thing I can think of is to aggressively ice feet to see if they are providing continued seeds of discontent (as it were) which even the humira cannot override...hmmm...

walking 16:00 [1] 0.8 km (20:00 / km)

went out w/ Robin & the kids to pick blackberries, then up to the corner store to buy icecream to go with them - we actually at this late date got enough for a blackberry crumble as well! G rather overwhelmed w noisiness of kids, hahah!
chili-dogs tonight with sweet-n-salty golden onions (OK, they are funky rosemary sausages & WW buns but whatever, its the closest I got in my magic freezer), whoohooo! maybe the tailend of the pkg of perogies too....

Tuesday Aug 26, 2008 #

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working thru freezer & leftovers - ate the chili & the surprisingly good pre-fab vietnamese salmon cakes yesterday, today we shall finish off the pesto on a big pile of vegies & spiral pasta...two dogwalks today as the trusty green jeep needs servicing & D needs to oversee that, plus over to Barn's to work on estate.

walking 1:26:00 [1] 4.3 km (20:00 / km)

AM walk, cool but sunny over to Taylor bike Park & back via parkway, then off to Barn's on skytrain, then a rest for an hour, then very leisurely meander thru woods to other side of ravine, hung out in park, played w a stick, messed in the water, dug some molehills. In that order, kinda messy. Then dried off to get dirt to fall off some.
Got beans, lil tomatoes, basil, & parsley from "Barney's Farm". yum. Plus gai lan & cheap brie at corner grocery. Now its raining!
iced feet, elevated, gonna do it again tomorrow.

Monday Aug 25, 2008 #

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sunshine today! Cleaning up after the kids.

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took out figs to photograph & they are frankly tatty & already going off (?!), so annoying!
hacked them up & threw into sesame-oiled pan & broiled the bej*yzuz outa them in annoyance. oooh! they get crispy, & caramelly, & a bit chewy in parts, & molten in parts, & the little seeds go pop-pop-pop...I forgive them for not being photographable, & I'll eat them instead. I'm not even going to research any fantsy-dantsy balsamic reduction bladeeblah, I'm just going to eat them all.

walking 46:00 [1] 2.3 km (20:00 / km)

feet surprisingly sore after this - afternoon walk w G down around Ledgestone & back up thru the woods, met Wilbur & Breeze, played w/ Kelli. G still seems a little sluggish - a bit warm?
Then galloped around neighborhood for photos, four of which turned out OK, none of which I care for. except maybe one. oh well, it's all good fun!

Sunday Aug 24, 2008 #

walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)

pouring rain ! POURING!!! but we marched out to do some more skytrain - kids like "driving" it, heheheh, so we charge in and grab the front-most seats every time. D/T for huge waffle etc breakfasts, then took them home. Still pouring. Popped over to corner store for bread, got soaked to the skin on the way back. wow. leftovers from dimsum for dinner, watched Benny & Joon....

Saturday Aug 23, 2008 #

walking 50:00 [1] 2.5 km (20:00 / km)

huge social day w the kids - dimsum, skytrain downtown to visit Mink chocolates, two cruiseships, seabus, Lonsdale Quay (bought figs as I've never eaten fresh figs...they look kinda gross, but I figure if they are, I'll just dry them), sukiyaki, & The Mummy III ! wheee! quite a bit of fun walking....

Friday Aug 22, 2008 #

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regrouping this AM...sleeping much better now D is back, I love it! explored freezer & I have 10 meals' worth of food to serve in the next 8 days (not counting this weekend; well, some of it is just gonna stay frozen!
gotta prep sheets towels etc for the girls' arrival - we are doing dim sum, sukiyaki at Posh, trip to Lonsdale via seabus for lunch & shopping & cruiseship gazing, maybe blackberry picking followed by icecream (maybe Sunday breakfast?), maybe a movie, all in about 30 hours.
Planned out Bring-It sheet for Bowen Island sailing - Mediterranean grill one night, and Brazilian black bean soup w/ dregs of grill the next night, followed by dinner at Blue-Eyed Mary's. Then messed with logistics of getting D back from Bowen AND SF contingent from airport to do checkout on Ghostrider all using public transit (yay! plus its actually do-able - Vancouver is great!)
Plus, Plucky Survivors 2008 starts in just a few days! aaah!

walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)

down to the parkway to pick blackberries, about 1.5 lb - made juice ! G-dog lay in the shade and watched me work.

Thursday Aug 21, 2008 #

walking 1:00:00 [1] 3.0 km (20:00 / km)

AM walk so D could relax a bit more, nice, down the creek in the woods, played w Mog and then w Jinjy (another shiba) in the woods. Alf picked me up at 10 in his pretty red miata (I love that car more than he does) & we got the Furminator (btw - whoa! it works!!) & some treats at Tisol for G-dog, then visited Granville island & Paper-Ya for heavy textured papers to test for matts. Lunch back in Burnaby down at the new Cactus Club - Alf had a scrumptious "burger" of tiny tender tempura'ed squid, & I had a really surprisingly awesome avocado-&-shred-of cold-smoked salmon on sweet tamari rice w tobiko & cute pea spouts stuffed inside inari pockets (abura age?). I was so surprised! who knew cactus club could do such a thing? Then a quick trip to Mandeville to buy Alf some polished rocks & sand for his new (free) vase, hmmmm...
Afternoon walk weather got good, we went to Taylor, played w Brownie (a black dog) and Ali, then I picked a little thing of blackberries while G lay in the shade, not sure what I'll do this year, maybe freeze blackberry juice?

Wednesday Aug 20, 2008 #

walking (8400) 1:24:00 [1] 4.2 km (20:00 / km)

morning walk with many arbitrary course changes so G could practice obeying. Then I took the train around the long way to downtown & then the Richmond express to the airport - quite a bit of extra wandering to look at frames in N bby, marched the entire length of the airport, then did evening walk w/ D & G in an extended around-the-block loop. Dennis is home ! yay! went out for LOTS of chinese food at Mr. Ho's.

Tuesday Aug 19, 2008 #

walking 58:00 [1] 2.9 km (20:00 / km)

AM walk up past Cortina & almost over the pedestrian bridge, back thru Cortina & down to the rocks at the end of the cul-de-sac, & home. G draggy & disobedient, but has energy. oof. Lotsa blackberries.
Then D/T on train in PM to look for frames, bought two YUMMY cookies (Double Trouble & Cappucino Chunk, wow!) but then immediately after had prolonged itchy coughy gunky throat spasm on crowded skytrain very embarassing, was it something in the cookies?!
Cleaned up after party in the evening, made chili - dissolving odd sundried tomatoes into the sauce as per fsr which worked nice, plus did laundry. soon G & I will go & find Shelly & go to the park!
D arrives home tomorrow at noon!!!!!

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

dark, rainy, we missed Shelly, but we worked on Obedience...

Monday Aug 18, 2008 #

walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)

cloudy walk turned to bright sunny walk as it progressed. Down to Taylor thru the townhouses, laid & watched planes, clouds, construction cranes at Green, babies, tai chi, various dogs. Played w teddy the daschund & walked partway home w him along the parkway, then cut back thru the lowrises cuz G seemed tired. My throat is a bit scratchy, havent been sleeping super good altho last night I did catch up some.
Relaxing & reading the saturday paper (a few days late, but that makes no-nevermind to me) with my second cafe au lait....

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went & stared at Matt's tomato-skillet photo some more, plus his artichoke study... gonna try the skillet-egg shot again, plus the artichoke/basket study w... um well, sumthin from the fridge, & a texture shot of the peppers & the burlap, from right overhead. Hope there is enuf room on the mac....

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

late walk in light rain, G seems very unhappy to be outside, has been low-energy all day - will watch for that tomorrow. Dinner was great though, hawaiian salmon recipe ridiculously delicious, blueberry popsicles also a hit, lots of fun chatting & laughing too loud for hours.

Sunday Aug 17, 2008 #

walking 26:00 [1] 1.3 km (20:00 / km)

spent a leisurely morning outside - up to the trainstation to do a BIG MdV garbage scavenge, G sat in the shade. Then around the other side via the Hydro building, saw a guy carrying home about 6 litres of blackberries, the frenzy has begun!! Rather muggy, the huge thunder clouds of the early morning burned off (or sumthin) & hot sun came out - apparently the weather will break tomorrow tho.
gonna dunk feet after shower - seems like it might be helpful?

walking 26:00 [1] 1.3 km (20:00 / km)

slightly truncated evening route w/ su-jane & shelly, cuz viene la tormenta, but there was a little bit of quick whuppin' in the hockey arena as Shelly taught Gypsy what-for...
spent the day developing furoshiki instruction sheet, about 2/3 done, except for the illustrations which will take longer and which I count as a separate task.
while G was walking w Deanne, I popped over to corner store to p/u sangria-ification supplies with which I shall adulterate (some of) Keith's zinfandel tomorrow - he says it is sangria-fiable, and he won't be annoyed. yay!

Saturday Aug 16, 2008 #

walking 28:00 [1] 1.6 km (17:30 / km)

AM walk was done by the dog-walker, so instead we did the afternoon walk over to the station to drop Betty Anne off, then slowly home down the shady bikepath, played with Calli a bit. Quite warm. Then G had some quiet time to relax when I went over for family dinner at Alfie's plus we watched a recording of the opening ceremonies, quite impressive! PM walk quite late.

Friday Aug 15, 2008 #

walking 1:16:00 [1] 3.8 km (20:00 / km)

downtown for banking & then out to New West to scout for frames at A&N - no luck, curses! AM walk around & about in the shady woods, then in the afternoon we went over to Deep Cove w/ Fred, Su-Jane, & Shelly to hang out, watch kayakers, eat a picnic, & listen to a concert - sorta zydeco-blues-dixie....G got petted by about 20 kids, and worked thru her complex about weimeraners..
dunked feet three times

Thursday Aug 14, 2008 #

walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)

AM walk, mildly humid so a bit sweaty, but still very pretty. G is a bit low-energy, or else had her head turned by meeting 5 dogs right off the bat, & didnt wanna do any of that nasty walking if all the dogs are right there. But we went for a bit of a walk anyway. Then barn & I went to Ikea to return some frames, ate hotdogs, bought some better frames... iced coffee & iced water for feet, so fun!
reading mattbites food photography blog, he's so great!

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I feel like I got the zen-portrait-style photos of shells, eggs, pinecones etc sorta under control - gonna start working on the kitchen shots more (a bit more complex still lifes), I love Matt's skillet shot and am gonna try a version of that on the patio on dad's oak bench & maybe the burlap sack i got from the coffee importer on Whidbey, less foody & more earth-tone still-life-ish... then mason jars, milk bottles, rolling pin, mortar...

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

same loop same companions for the evening walk, a bit warmer than yesterday, but just as much fun, met so many dogs I lost count - Otis, Niki, Cobi, Chevy.... talked about asian tourism & interpreter work...
photos were all cr*p today but I learned a bit. hot in the apt this evening hoooey! I am toasting many slices of today's newly delivered La Baguette's "Peasant Farmer Energy Bread", I love it so much!!! Bachelorette snack, yum!
icewater foot bath...

Wednesday Aug 13, 2008 #

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I believe Continental has decanted my poor wilted husband at the Rio airport... Rio's website says the flight is "FINALIZADO" (!?) - now he just has to successfully contact his driver to get him to the base at Macae, another three hours... and back here in North America, G & I are off for our AM walk in the sunshine!

walking 48:00 [1] 2.4 km (20:00 / km)

out for the AM walk around Cortina, across Taylor Park admiring newly paved paths, met Pomo & played offleash for a bit, down to the dog park, met the labradoodle, home via the parkway & up the stairs. Then we went out at 1:45 to meet the dogwalker, I shadowed them for a bit to make sure all was well, then went up to the corner store for a coke & a magazine to read in the garden. G & Deanne seem to have had a good time in the cool woods as recommended, even so, a bit hot so G was pretty tired, heheh. (actually two trips to corner store, once for milk for cafe au lait - got another milk bottle for my kitchen series, also scouted cottage series a bit - garden bench, cute old wooden fence along Cortina)
Considering sprouting technology. I think I have some old mason jars someplace from last summer's blackberry juice haul from Vernon.

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

evening walk, same companions, same circuit as last night, gorgeous cool night, pink sky and white moon, lotsa people out, so fabulous!
decided to put feet in cold water after exercise like olympic athletes and St Louis crowd....

Tuesday Aug 12, 2008 #

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slept like a log. L foot kinda tingly, hmmm... waiting to see what Brazil says on the 8AM call, if D really has to go or not.

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aa-a-a-nd...he's off ! party time for the Bachelorettes!!

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

evening walk w Su-Jane & Shelly to the park in the evening, G-dog got an *ss-whuppin' from her mom in the hockey-rink enclosure & loved it, they are so cute chasing each other! Dinner at Barn's was great, esp. when you add in the free ride there and back in the fun red Miata w/ Alf! Dogwalking contract is set up, Deanna & Jan will be walking G each afternoon, Dennis is much relieved just before he got on plane which is worth every penny!

Monday Aug 11, 2008 #

walking 1:12:00 [1] 3.6 km (20:00 / km)

nice walk in the woods, up the creek then down the creek. Saw Alfie in his miata streaking by while we were sitting at the base of the trail by Ledgestone. Remembered to do a MdV garbage run when I saw a nice bag lying in the woods, so we did that on the way up stairmaster, promptly poked open a small blood vessel in my fingertip on a thorn so I was bleeding like a piggy when I met Buddy, Niki, & Jake on the parkway. But it was still fun.
also a trip over to the train stn & Stn Square to p/u med.s etc, saw a chunk of butterflied leg of lamb that I decided to do the skillet/cherry sauce treatment on (OK) & some crazy red-streaked corn on the cob (yucko - turned grey, kinda disturbingly floral taste) to go along w julienned carrot & snow pea (pretty & yummy w soy & sesame oil) & a big crate of blueberries. Also bought some fascinating streaky chocolate colored cherry tomatoes, kinda bland & tough. oh well. maybe I will stay away from the funky-colored veg for a while.
then the evening walk too. This seems like a bit much...

Sunday Aug 10, 2008 #

walking 12:00 [1] 0.6 km (20:00 / km)

groceries (OK, since D is going to be away, I bought mostly bachelorette food which I dunno if that is really groceries) to restart the house, plus a nice but short meander thru Fairhaven on the way home - Colophon Cafe service was way slow, but at least G-dog got to hang out with us on the patio and watch dogs walking by! Old Bellingham is so dog-friendly!

Saturday Aug 9, 2008 #

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

another quiet day at the Barn, resting, just the evening walk as Dennis works out details of unexpected ten-day trip to Brazil to help a sick Super-Puma...gak!

Friday Aug 8, 2008 #

walking 40:00 [1] 2.0 km (20:00 / km)

exploring Fort Casey - saw a lighthouse, a marching band & two deer, met lots of dogs, climbed on the fortifications & crept thru all the little rooms in the bunkers, explored the campground down by the ferry terminal, watched kites...

Thursday Aug 7, 2008 #

walking 50:00 [1] 2.5 km (20:00 / km)

picnic & walking on the beach at Double Bluffs in the wind & sun - off-leash for dogs! G had a great time! The beach went on as far as we could see!

Wednesday Aug 6, 2008 #

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

my one walk a day...other than that, we've done a few restau visits - Clover Patch for a matching pair of massive breakfasts (REAL, ie, canned corned beef hash, yum!!!) one morning, the Fish Bowl for a lovely restful many-course dinner on their patio overlooking Langley culminating in a bruleed-at-table lavender creme brulee, a funky but delicious asian lunch at Basil Cafe, and another lunch at Prima bistro. My favorite restau experiences were (1) the iced vietnamese coffee at Basil, and (2) the ladies' washroom at Prima which was covered with paintings of fairies having hissy fits over the fact that their closets have nothing fit to wear in them (picture dainty fairy unmentionables flung/painted all over the bathroom. It was surreal. Unfortunately D has no memory of anything even remotely similar in the boys'...)

Tuesday Aug 5, 2008 #

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

another day at the Barn...mostly eating fun stuff from road-stands, farmers market, & the little local groceries - corn on the cob (lots), cherries (lots), asparagus, zucchini (lots), tomatoes (lots)...like that... a lil BBQ action....local cheeses, "cream-top" yogurt (oooh! I'm going to have to firmly forget what that is from here on out), amazing hummous & pesto, fresh ravioli's...

Monday Aug 4, 2008 #

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

another estimated walk at the Barn...

Sunday Aug 3, 2008 #

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

estimated walk at the Barn.

Saturday Aug 2, 2008 #

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

AM walk over to the park while D loaded the Jeep. off we go!

Friday Aug 1, 2008 #

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one day to go!
FTR...R hip hurts kinda throbby thing happening, feet still hurt but not too bad, eyes improving (!? whut-thuh?! OK, I'll take it!)

walking 22:00 [1] 1.1 km (20:00 / km)

strange walk w the G dog - she didnt wanna go !! went up to the grocery store, kinda draggin' a bit, back down the bikepath to the garbage can by the rocks (4th day of the MdV Garbage-Colleciton Walks, btw!), & when I gave her a choice between peeling on down the bikepath and going home...we went home!
we sat in front of the building for 20 minutes and played w Coalie on his way in, so that was OK, but G seems a bit lo-energy, napping again already. Is this her adult self? I guess its OK....will watch to make sure its not poor health...
teatime... shrimp-fried rice for dinner to use everything up....packing, watering plants...

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

evening walk as well - met Rocky & played with him, G still lo-energy....

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