Bugs...It's whats for dinner!!!

Again, I find myself appologizing for not updating this for an entire week...I'm sorry.

So let me fill you in, I've been training...Tuesday was hard as I think my legs were still recovering from the race, but I did manage to log about 23 miles (37 km) for the week of running. Plus a good X-training bike ride on Friday evening.

I've got to tell you though, if you can avoid it don't run or ride your bike along the water in the late afternoon/early evening, unless your hungry for bugs. I probably managed to swallow about 2000 assorted bugs over the weekend. They taste like shit, and they don't fill you up...it pretty much sucks...don't eat bugs.

Okay, big event comming up next Saturday May 5th at GoodLife fitness in Belleville. It's called the Diabetes Spin for Fitness and how it works is there's some teams, and each team has 4 spin bikes that they have to keep going for 6 hours (24 hours total spin time). Each team member gets sponsored and the proceeds go to the Canadian Diabetes Association. The great part is that for Team Diabetes members (that's me and Brock), the proceeds from your team go towards your individual Team D campaign. I've got about 12 people on my team and they're doing great. I'll release the final team roster as soon as I've finalized with a couple other people and let you know. Anyhow, if you'd like to join the team, or pledge a participant, then leave a comment and I'll get back to you. If you're interested in joining the team, I can promise you a fun day, surrounded by hot, fit people like myself, plus you get a t-shirt, plus a bbq at my place after the event, plus you get to feel good about yourself raising money for the Diabetes Association, and promoting fitness...you know you want to!!!

Anyhow, I've gotta get ready to ride my bike home from work...in the rain...crap!!!

Will

All I have to say is...

Holy Crap!!! For the first time in my life, I won medal for an individual athletic acheivment. I'm still unsure of my final time, but I managed to pull off 3rd place in age 20-29 in today's Pitter Patter 10km race in Belleville.

Here's the deal with the time...somewhere around the 5km mark I lost my time thingy that was pinned to my shirt, so when I crossed the finish line they went to pull it and it wasn't there so I had to tell them my name...to say the least it was a little chaotic and all I wanted to do was keep moving, so I did...a few minutes later I ran into my trainer, Sandy, who asked me how I did and I was like...it was great, I felt great, etc...then she was like What was your time? and I had no clue!!! She went to check for me as I noticed today, she's a big shot in the local running community and came back to report my time at 53:06, then when they did the medal award thing they read my time at 56 minutes and change, so I really have no clue what my finishing time was, and it really doesn't matter...so I'll go with the 53:06. The overall winner came in just over 36 minutes...now that's fast!

It was a wicked experience (that's wicked good for you old folks)! I had a smile on my face the whole time, despite the fact it was a rain/snow combo, windy and around the 0 celcius mark...it didn't matter it felt great. I took it slow out of the gate, then around 6km I was like I can do more, then around 8km I felt I could do even more, then at 9km I was ready to giver...and I did. I probably could have gone faster earlier, but I have to keep the big picture in mind here...42.2km!!!

Comming across the finish line was amazing...Amy was there with the Camera, then mom, dad, Raymond, B, and Henry were all lined up along the side...so I ran over and fivered them all as I passed...Thanks guys...it really meant a lot that you were there.

I'll probably come back to this later to fill you in on more details, but for now I have a nice hot bath waiting for me. L8r.

Will

Chewbacca can grab Princess Leia in the boob...

...and there's not a damn thing Han, Lando, Luke, C3PO, or even Yoda can do about it. That's right kids, not even a jedi master can stop a horny wookie!!! (If your lost, read my post from last week)

Okay, so due to my tangent last week, I thought I would actually follow up on the article in this month's Runners World magazine titled 101 Kicks in the Butt. Anyhow, it turns out the number one kick in the butt is to create a training blog. How's that for coincidence!?!?! It's true, if I'm feeling like not getting out for my run, I just think...what about my blog readers...how can I expect them to carry on with their daily lives without the enlightenment of my blog entries! Just kidding, but it did make me realize that this blog definately serves more than one purpose, and that I can deal with.

Okay, yesterday was a good run. My wife, Amy, gave it another go. I was scheduled for a 60 minute run, and Amy came for the first half...it was warm, she was happy, it was great! Here's the deets...
Outdoor - 4 degrees C - wind SW @ 15 km/h
Warmup - 5:05 - .3 miles
Run - 60:45 - 5.59 miles
Cooldown - 7:01 - .44 miles
Total of 6.33 miles (just over 10 km)

Since I skipped my weight training last Friday, I did it on Monday along with my core training.

Back with the tunes...
Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Tonight

Got some big news on one, perhaps even 2 major fundraising events comming up very soon. Stay tuned!

Will

Enjoy the Silence...

So today was a typical Saturday morning, I got up, did some stuff around the house, then got my gear on to go for my long run. I kissed Amy goodbye, walked out my door and started my brisk walk to warmup, only this time there was something different.

After a couple of minutes I had realized that I hadn't pressed play on my mp3 player, and at that moment decided I would conduct an experiment to see how long I could run without music. To my surprise I managed to complete my entire warmup, run, and cooldown without the sounds I've become accustomed to, and it was amazing! Now, this doesn't mean that I will no longer be listening to music when I run...that would just be insane, but I think I finally have an appreciation for what running "purists" are talking about when they say running with just yourself and your thoughts is the way to go. It's really soothing to be running early in the morning, with just the sound of nature and you...your breathing, your feet hitting the ground...it gives you time to just relax and enjoy the run. Like I said though, it was great, but not something I'm going to do all the time...I still need my tunes man!

Anyhow, here's the deets from today's run...
Outdoor - -7 degrees C - calm wind
Warmup - 5:01 - .31 miles (just under 1/2km)
Run - 60:11 - 5.48 miles (8.82 km)
Cooldown - 11:26 - .79 miles (1.3 km)

Yesterday I had my easy run, and I finally convinced Amy to come with me...the result wasn't as planned as it turned out to be windy and -13C, which wasn't very comfortable for her. We did manage to cover a few miles, but I don't think she'll be joining me again until the temp warms up a few degrees, like 20.

L8r.

Will

Blogs can kick you in the ass...

'Sup peeps!

So I was looking for a picture of someone getting kicked in the ass when I came accross this gem of Chewbacca coping a feel off Princess Leia and found it so funny that it had to be the pic to use today...perhaps I should have called this entry Chewbacca can grab you in the boob!!!

Okay, so I was back at it yesterday a 60 minute run plus my core training. It ended up totaling to 6 miles (just under 10km). It was an indoor run due to the rain...boo to the rain. I'm about to hit the gym again in a few for my speed training day...today it's 4x600 @ 3:20. I'll provide some deets on my next entry.

Going back in time...Sunday as always was my recovery run, and it was awesome, I was really feeling it. It was a short run (4 miles), but it was fairly early for a Sunday (11AM) and there wasn't really alot of traffic about, so I took advantage and just ran around the streets in my new hood - Belleville's beautiful East End. Just thought I'd share that with you.

I'm getting a little excited as I will have my first official race in a couple of weeks. It's called the 10km Pitter Patter...it's in Belleville on April 15th, and it will be my first taste of competition. To be honest I'm a little nervous, but I've got to just keep in mind that it's not about comming in first, it's about getting race experience leading up to the real race in December.

Anyhow, that's it for now. Just remember, try not to wear any low cut shirts if you're going to be at a party where Chewbacca might stop by...all you'll be doing is tempting the poor wookie!

Will

Oh crap...I almost forgot why I titled this "blogs can kick you in the ass" it's because of an article in this months runners world, and I got completely off topic due to boobs...oh well, I'll follow up on the article next time.