Country Roads, Take Me Home

Easy Ride (click to see stats) 30.21k (1:11:14) Avg. Heart Rate =  114 bpm Max. Heart Rate =  152 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 25.4 /kph Best Speed/Pace = 36.0 /kph Calories = 1204 Temp = 17° It has been nearly two months since I packed up and moved to the remote township of Ridgeway, approximately [...]

May the Fourth Be With You

Long(ish) Run (click to see stats) 10.29k (52:59) Avg. Heart Rate = 150 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 169 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:09 min/km Best Pace = 4:01 min/km Calories = 982 Temp = 12º I decided to celebrate May 4th in a most typical fashion:  by running.  Hey, what else do I ever [...]

Spin for Sponsors

First off, I feel it may be necessary here to apologize a little bit to those of my regular readers (if there are in fact any).  It is often said that the month of March “comes in like a lion and out like a lamb”, except in my case the lion began to roar mid-February.  [...]

Misery Loves Company

Hill Run (click to see stats) 7.49k (1:56:00) Avg. Heart Rate = 144bpm Max. Heart Rate = 166 bpm Avg. Pace = 6:05/km Best Pace = 3:54 /km Calories = 698 Temp = 1º So I was having a bit of a hard time motivating myself getting out the door this past Wednesday, when fate [...]

Hot Yoga Groove

Today (Saturday) was the kind of day you’d rather be inside sitting by the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate, well, providing you’re legitimately sane anyway.  Me?  Oh, hell no!  Apparently I am the kind of guy that would prefer to strap on a pair of YakTrax , don the Sonclite mittens, sync up [...]

Resolution Walk/Run: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Good Resolution Run (click to see stats) 5k (49:52) Avg. Heart Rate = 100 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 131 bpm Avg. Pace = 9:27/km Best Pace = 4:54/km Calories = 342 Temp = 4º Last year, I was privileged to participate in this Running Room with another friend for whom it was her [...]

What Santa Brings Good Triathletes

Once my quads decided to cooperate and move freely again, I slipped into a rather busy, but thoroughly enjoyable Christmas Season, one from which I feel very blessed indeed.  Good family, good friends, and platefuls and platefuls of fine home cooked fare and specially baked holiday treats.  Shit, I think I might have eaten my [...]

Christmas Run

Long Run(click to see stats) 18.5k (1:45:01) Avg. Heart Rate = 148bpm Max. Heart Rate = 158 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:41/km Best Pace = 4:50 /km Calories = 1753 Temp = 6º SOTD: See below One of my holiday traditions has been to go for a long run early Christmas morning before most people [...]

Confidence Tempura

When I raced the Welland Half Iron event back in June, I was ready; in fact, I was more than ready. I was ready to rip into the course like a hungry lion and devour everything (and everyone) in my path.  I was eager to go, excited and determined.  I wanted to do well and [...]

Giving Back

As my tapering period started this week, I have already begun thinking about the goals I want to set for next season, and not so much my own fitness goals as there will be lots of time to chew those over in off-season, but those more intimate personal goals near and dear to my heart; [...]