Sunday Quickie

Woke up Sunday feeling pretty good.   I went out and played 10 holes of disc golf.  After a health humous and pita lunch I went to the gym to watch basketball and run.

Sadly, the gym didn’t have any TVs showing NCAA basketball, so I was stuck watching country music videos with the sound off.  I ran a quick 3.5 miles then headed for home.

I’m feeling pretty good these days.  I’m not running any faster, but I’ve lost some weight and long distances no longer scare me like they once did.  Tonight I’ll run about 10km.  Tomorrow will be an off day because we’re starting pre-natal classes.

No pain, little gain

I ran 11.4km last night. No pain in my knees either. What a relief! Time was mediocre, about 1hr 4 min. Not so bad, but I can do better.

Just 37 days left! Holy Cow! Time to get REALLY serious.

running and pain

Uh oh.
I went out for a run on Saturday. My now ‘typical’ 11.4km run to the Wonderland Bridge and home. Along the way I occasionally felt a little pain in my knee. I paused, stretched, walked a bit and it went away.
Later that night I was out for a walk and it REALLY hurt. I don’t know what this means. It still hurt on Sunday when I was out disc golfing.

I’m a little concerned. It didn’t hurt today (Monday) when I walked to work, so hopefully it is behind me. I’ll see how it feels this evening and either run or just go to the gym. I hate the gym though. Especially now that it is so nice out.

Despite the pain, the run was good. I ran 11.4 in about an hour. A decent time and a significant improvement from when I first started.

other weekend events. Planning for summer ultimate. Our new team, LOPA is shaping up nicely.

A change is gonna come

Today I ran about 12k. It was a nice day out and a friend showed me a few new trails in London that I didn’t know about. Pretty good run. I felt fine at the end, I could have run longer if I had to.

New:
1) A friend and I agreed to not drink from February 2nd to the 28th (from Super Bowl to the meeting of the Men’s Book Club). I’m a little annoyed that I haven’t lost any weight yet. I think not drinking will help this situation. I have a feeling about half my calories come from beer.

2) Speaking of not losing weight, I’ve decided to start focusing more on core exercises. I think a stronger core will a) help my ultimate, b) give me more power when I play squash, c) make me look smokin’ hot when beach season arrives. I’ve printed off this set of core exercises http://tinyurl.com/dez37d and will endeavour to do them 3x/week. Wish me luck.

Between the core workout and the lack of beer I should be a new man in 4 weeks. (ha!)

3) I just registered for the race.