Yeah Pedro! No not the Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite, but my cousin (in-law) Phaedra who I haven’t seen in forever. Trouble with a fun night of catching up is the bottle of wine and the late food choices (now I take full responsibility, just saying). I made the choice not to run Wednesday morning and with the very fuzzy morning...
Month: August 2013
Happy Happy and More Double Unders
Not having to wake up this morning was a very happy moment for me. The chance to sleep late, no run scheduled and nothing to do until another birthday WOD tonight @CrossFitCanuck (Happy Belated Birthday @jeffortizz). First up though I have to make it through another day and food wise I have not prepared. With everything that is going on,...
The Spirit Was Willing…
As we inch closer to October, the Half Marathon seems to be staring at me from the end of a long dark tunnel and the training runs are starting to get long. Never mind getting longer, they skipped that part and went all the way to LONG. Ok, to be fair they aren’t as long as the Half, but they...
The Importance of Socks
Emergency Taping I know Douglas Adams talked about the importance of towels for interstellar travelers in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and if you haven’t read it, skip the movie and head to the library), but for a CrossFitter I have to say the humble sock may trump the towel. Really? Yes, Really. Simply ask @sarahbassels, Kris and Denise when they...
PR Towels and Maximum Overdrive
Thursday is power day according to the training manual. Hal Highdon calls for a strength session plus a run (with an increasing distance every couple of weeks). Now up to this point of the week, I’ve run more in a week than in any given time in my whole life. My hips are tired, my quads are tired and generally...
Hot Laps and Finishing Like a Champ
Tuesday was not a good day, old habits came back and I made some incredibly poor life choices. No @missade3 there are no good stories and in fact they were more poor food choices. I was sore, I was tired, I was grumpy and I was pressed for time so I stopped and got lunch from an unmentionable place and...
Daily Double and JVD
First off the big news of the day, the first of the Baby Canucks has arrived!! Congratulations to Sue Ann Van Damme and Tavia ‘Jillian’ Ferreira on the arrival of baby Jordan. Sue Ann has set a high bar and Momma Bear, Iron Anne and @girmantitov’s wife Jenn are on deck for Baby WODs. Can’t wait to meet JVD! There...
Sometimes It’s Cold in the Shade
Welcome to Novar, Ontario! We are north of Huntsville for a cottage weekend with Diamond Dawgs ball team for some eating, some drinking and some Beerbie. Now to offset (ok, maybe not offset, but make me feel better about drinking a copious amount of Sleeman Clear 2.0), I packed the Beast so that @cjwagstaff and I could take a...
Gravity, I Defy You…
No before you look for me leaping tall buildings in a single bound, let me clarify this for you. Tonight for the first time in FOREVER (actually, 2 months by the Gregorian calendar), I lifted heavy. Now I didn’t lift crazy, but I got into the triple digits and it felt good. I didn’t try and protect the joint, I...
That Will Learn Me
I’m almost in the picture… OK. I finally, completely and utterly understand Paleo. Tuesday marked a special day for me, Mom and Dad were visiting for lunch, I had the day off and dinner plans with @c_snapper, @gosiakaz and JNats. It was a great day, but sadly (but not at the time) it was soooooo not paleo. Wine (White and...