Feburary Stats:

Day 17 of Olympics and the end of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Final medal count: 13G 7S 5B (+ 1G or S for the Men's Hockey Team)

Stats for the month of Feburary
Total Distance: 288.4km
Longest Run: 20km (Had enough time in the AM and really pushed myself from the Neville Park Loop)

Note: This number was probably becuase I was nearly running 6x/week (only 4 days off in the Month of Feb). Plus I got into more "running to work" scenerios and was able to use the base in Jan to push my mileage for Feb.

Comparing this to Janurary
Total: 175.2km
Longest run: 11.2km
Goal: Run Game with Gordo AT endurance corner.... I will tally the stats tonight.

Total to date: 463.5km
Time taken: 97:17:12!!! 97 hours... holy COW

Goals for Mar:
- Seeing as I didn't register in time for Around the Bay (which would have conflicted with work), I will try to run 30k the last weekend of Marh
- Increase weekly kms (aiming for 80+/week)

week 9: Olympics Medals`

Olympic medal count: 10G, 7 S, 4 B = 21

Weekly count: 72.4km (+33.9km)
Year-to-Date: 405.5km (+ 178.7km)

This week: MORE olympic glory!
Curling, Hockey, Bobsled, Speed skating just pure excitment. Figure skating - Joannie (HEARTS to her brave performance)

Bookclub: White Tiger - excellent indian food.

week 8: Olympics (Own the Podium)

Missed the weekly post, internet was down. Maybe more people are actually streaming from ctvolympics.ca

Medal Count (as of Tuesday): 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze = 11 medals.

Weekly: 78.3km (+39.8km)
Yearly: 378.1km (+ 97.6km) means-- 2.5 weeks worth of OFF

Canada's First Gold Medal, Canada Men's "Hockey" discussion, Snowboard cross disgusting women's qualification....

CIS swim turn out (great time in the booth), even had an underwater camera to monitor the events.

BookClub: White Tiger!

Detailing posts to come on Saturday.
PS: My week goes Sunday - Saturday.

week 7: Olympics (winter edition)

VANCOUVER 2010!

Weekly stats:  74.1km (+35.6km) PERSONAL HIGH!
Year to date: 299.8km ( +57.8km)

Personally not the hugest winter sports fan, but I have to admit the opening ceremonies were amazing.
the orca whales, the boy running in the field, the tappers, the fiddlers (ashley macisaac), the performers (KD Lang, Meesha, Nelly and Bryan Adams) all transformed the BC Place into an exciting atmosphere!

Small glitch with the Caldron, but the torch bearers were still amazing! Catriona le may doan, Nancy Green, Steve Nash, and Wayne Gretzky.
ctvolypmics.ca HD streaming live.... AMAZING technology!

Newsmakers: Adam Giambrone sex sandal, RCMP "criminal mind" murders...., more auto recalls.

Here at home - we're gearing up for CIS swimming competition! should be fun times. In the booth for the heats, which is what I like. good times good times!

week 6: Feb Fun

Mind, Body, Soul, Self

Update on running totals

Week: 61.8km (PB) (+ 23.3k --> more than a half marathon)
Year to date: 225.7km (203.5km)  (+22.2k)

Thoughts on this week:


Really pushed myself hard with 5 days of 10km+ runs, add a light run mid-week, and also took a much needed REST day on Thursday. While running allows me to challenge myself, I'm constantly trying to improve my times for the 10k route around my place, or the 7.4k run from work. I find that my times decrease on great run days, and that they increase on "putty" days. I'm not one to compare myself to others, as I find that too taxing and it turns into a vicious cycle. Instead I equate my runs on my moods, time and factors during the run. Not only allowing myself to be pushed for a faster time (but also trying to gauge my progress)

The week started with mild weather and ended in a blistered cold and windy front, making times slower than my progress shows. I find that I'm actually getting much more toned (unintentionally) and that my cardiovascular system isn't as taxed as my years training for only 3 months for the upcoming marathon.

Running outdoors has allowed my to take myself to a new level. I never thought I'd be able to enjoy winter running, but with motivation from running buddies and running mags. Doesn't hurt that I'm able to get outside and soak up that Vitamin D from the suns rays. Just starting my summer tan 6 months early.

Recommends: Lang and O'leary Exchange, and CBC the National streaming online @ cbc.ca/video

Mini espresso adventure today: Green Grind (college and manning), and Rooster (Riverdale Park).
Rooster: strong brew, but weak on personality of the beans.... disappointed.
Green Grind: no espresso b/c of water piping issues. Earl Grey (via loose leaf). thumbs up!

Until next week!