Jan 23 - 29: Recovery week:
Jan 23: no run
Jan 24: 75 mins, 361 metre elev gain, 11.95 km; steady run to mill creek trails, to the top of thw two tits peak, ran into a crazy dog, took some wrong turns, ended up bushwacking through bushes and the river and running back via the highway
Jan 25: no run, supposed to be tempo run, didn't do it due to lack of sleep induced by upstairs neighbour
jan 26: 47 mins, 166 metre elev gain, 11.03 km; 10 km tempo run in 42:10 (new PB) running on the roads above springield rd
jan 27: 63 mins, 253 metre elev gain, 10.9 km; steady run in mill creek trails. Dark, lost many times, while looking down at myself picking out weeds from my gloves I ran straight into a barb wire fence.... haha
jan 28: no run; extra rest day
jan 29: 120 mins, 550 metre elev gain, 11.97 km; long run with pace in glenmore highlands. Used extra traction on my feet for first time. Fantastic.
Totals: 5 hrs 5 min running, 1,330 metres elev gain, 45.85 kms. This rest week idea felt very strange, previously I would just keep running as hard as I can until I was forced into rest by lack of energy. I've run 45 km this week, and feel like I am ready to tackle another couple build weeks with ease. Just feel physically great. If only I was feeling less sleep deprived.
Currently marking out for this band. Not so much in this song, but they kick the crap out of the double kick on the bass drum. Just awesome.
In a course at school we aren't doing any tests or anything like that, two groups take a case study every week. One group acts as the proponents, the other acts as the opposition. Each presents a case to the rests of the students (the jury) to try to win the case. It really is an eye opener about how flawed our court system; the right answer often doesn't win. In our class we are talking about science papers, and the papers we are discussing are sound science. And yet, the opposition has managed to convince the jury of the side every time. Sadly, in real courts the truth gets lost due to the adversarial/jury system too often.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
week ending Jan 22
Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012
Jan 16: no run
Jan 17: 86 min, 364 metre elev gain, 14.54 km; steady run, roads to two tits mountain, up and down to mill creek trails and back via the rds
Jan 18: no run, tempo run cancelled due to cold, and with school presentation the next day it was easy to avoid the cold two days in a row and push off tempo until next day
Jan 19: 11.26 km tempo run in 47 mins on a treadmill at the Y
Jan 20: 32 mins, 6.15 km recovery run around the streets in my neighbourhood.
Jan 21: 227 mins, 1146 metre elev gain, 28.7 km; long run in kuipers peak park area. Got sidetracked and took chute lake rd up to kelowna mountain. Lots of thick snow, very slow going. http://classic.mapmyrun.com/run/canada/kelowna/930132718781023812
Jan 22: 92 mins, 369 metre elev gain, 19.02 km; steady run around the roads in the neighbourhood with some slight hills added in. Temps above freezing for the first time, nice way to end an excessively cold week.
Totals: 8 hrs 4 mins running, 1,955 metres elev gain, 79.67 kms. Felt like a good week, looking forward to the recovery week this coming week though.
Which version of this scene in todays society??
Is graffiti art? Must it be aesthetically pleasing for you to see street are as conventional art? or is rebellious statement of putting your art where you aren't supposed to make it art?
Jan 16: no run
Jan 17: 86 min, 364 metre elev gain, 14.54 km; steady run, roads to two tits mountain, up and down to mill creek trails and back via the rds
Jan 18: no run, tempo run cancelled due to cold, and with school presentation the next day it was easy to avoid the cold two days in a row and push off tempo until next day
Jan 19: 11.26 km tempo run in 47 mins on a treadmill at the Y
Jan 20: 32 mins, 6.15 km recovery run around the streets in my neighbourhood.
Jan 21: 227 mins, 1146 metre elev gain, 28.7 km; long run in kuipers peak park area. Got sidetracked and took chute lake rd up to kelowna mountain. Lots of thick snow, very slow going. http://classic.mapmyrun.com/run/canada/kelowna/930132718781023812
Jan 22: 92 mins, 369 metre elev gain, 19.02 km; steady run around the roads in the neighbourhood with some slight hills added in. Temps above freezing for the first time, nice way to end an excessively cold week.
Totals: 8 hrs 4 mins running, 1,955 metres elev gain, 79.67 kms. Felt like a good week, looking forward to the recovery week this coming week though.
Which version of this scene in todays society??
Is graffiti art? Must it be aesthetically pleasing for you to see street are as conventional art? or is rebellious statement of putting your art where you aren't supposed to make it art?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Week ending Jan 15
Jan 9 - 15
Jan 9: no run
Jan 10: 95 mins, 519 metre elev gain, 13.05 km; Long steady run at Myra Bellevue Park. Up Lost Lake Trail and down a whole bunch of other trails I didn't mean to take cuz I get lost in the snow so easily. But I haven't seen the view from Horse trail for quite some time, so that was a beautiful surprise.
Jan 11: 10 km tempo run in 43:47, 222 metre elev gain. Road loop including Summit Rd. Thirty seconds off my fastest 10 km race time, and my fastest non race 10 km time I've done. Not really sure how to use that as a benchmark for my current fitness though.
Jan 12: no run
Jan 13: 181 mins, 1340 metres elev gain, 28.9 km; long runfrom home to the greenway to angel springs up partway and back. I actually really didn't want to be running by the end of this run, the greenway is solid ice right now and I slipped and fell several times on the stairs.
Jan 14: 27 min, 5.11 km recovery run. Loop around the streets by home. I always get a kick out of how many weird looks I get when I'm out running with shorts on while its snowing.
Jan 15: 87 min, 520 metre elev gain, 10.69 km steady run from Bottom of angel springs trail at mcculloch rd to the springs and back. Beautiful day out, perfect conditions on this trail with no ice (other than the ice that lets me cross the creek), so many beautiful spots that make me wish I had taken my camera, even though a picture wouldn't do justice to the scenery.
Totals: 7 hrs 14 mins running time; 2,653 metres (8,704 feet) elev gain, 67.75 kms.
Spent more time running, but went less distance than last week, which is just fine.
"Geist" - been thinking about this idea ever since it was discussed in one of my classes earlier this week. It's an idea mentioned by a guy named G.W.F. Hegel commonly tranlsated to the words 'mind' and 'spirit' where Geist combines the idea of 'spirit' with human beings ablity for self determination. He discusses Geist within the idea that we represent our geist through the works of art that we create.
Sometimes I wonder if people lack 'geist' in todays society. Wandering through their days with little passion, doing nothing but what they are told to do by media conglomerates. But then when you talk to individuals they do seem to have much geist, challenging themselves to do amazing things. And sometimes I wonder if I'm better off not thinking about these sorts for things....
Jan 9: no run
Jan 10: 95 mins, 519 metre elev gain, 13.05 km; Long steady run at Myra Bellevue Park. Up Lost Lake Trail and down a whole bunch of other trails I didn't mean to take cuz I get lost in the snow so easily. But I haven't seen the view from Horse trail for quite some time, so that was a beautiful surprise.
Jan 11: 10 km tempo run in 43:47, 222 metre elev gain. Road loop including Summit Rd. Thirty seconds off my fastest 10 km race time, and my fastest non race 10 km time I've done. Not really sure how to use that as a benchmark for my current fitness though.
Jan 12: no run
Jan 13: 181 mins, 1340 metres elev gain, 28.9 km; long runfrom home to the greenway to angel springs up partway and back. I actually really didn't want to be running by the end of this run, the greenway is solid ice right now and I slipped and fell several times on the stairs.
Jan 14: 27 min, 5.11 km recovery run. Loop around the streets by home. I always get a kick out of how many weird looks I get when I'm out running with shorts on while its snowing.
Jan 15: 87 min, 520 metre elev gain, 10.69 km steady run from Bottom of angel springs trail at mcculloch rd to the springs and back. Beautiful day out, perfect conditions on this trail with no ice (other than the ice that lets me cross the creek), so many beautiful spots that make me wish I had taken my camera, even though a picture wouldn't do justice to the scenery.
Totals: 7 hrs 14 mins running time; 2,653 metres (8,704 feet) elev gain, 67.75 kms.
Spent more time running, but went less distance than last week, which is just fine.
"Geist" - been thinking about this idea ever since it was discussed in one of my classes earlier this week. It's an idea mentioned by a guy named G.W.F. Hegel commonly tranlsated to the words 'mind' and 'spirit' where Geist combines the idea of 'spirit' with human beings ablity for self determination. He discusses Geist within the idea that we represent our geist through the works of art that we create.
Sometimes I wonder if people lack 'geist' in todays society. Wandering through their days with little passion, doing nothing but what they are told to do by media conglomerates. But then when you talk to individuals they do seem to have much geist, challenging themselves to do amazing things. And sometimes I wonder if I'm better off not thinking about these sorts for things....
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Week ending Jan 8
Jan 2 - 8
Monday: off
Tuesday: 45 mins, 7.55 km, 500 metres elev gain, knox mtn trails.
Wednesday: 45 min, 9.51 km, 273 metre elev gain, hartman rd (2x) and back
Thursday: 31 min, 7 km, treadmill, then rowing and elyptical, and some weights and wind sprints at gym
Friday: 1 hr 22 min, 16.53 km, 370 metre elev gain, hilly loop on the roads around home
Saturday: 2 hrs 58 min, 32,62 km, 417 metre elev gain, loop around the city mid snow storm
Sunday: off
Totals: 6 hrs 23 min, 73.34 km, 1610 metre elev gain.
Last week of running with my own plans, starting tomorow I'm on a plan made by someone else. Stoked!
Monday: off
Tuesday: 45 mins, 7.55 km, 500 metres elev gain, knox mtn trails.
Wednesday: 45 min, 9.51 km, 273 metre elev gain, hartman rd (2x) and back
Thursday: 31 min, 7 km, treadmill, then rowing and elyptical, and some weights and wind sprints at gym
Friday: 1 hr 22 min, 16.53 km, 370 metre elev gain, hilly loop on the roads around home
Saturday: 2 hrs 58 min, 32,62 km, 417 metre elev gain, loop around the city mid snow storm
Sunday: off
Totals: 6 hrs 23 min, 73.34 km, 1610 metre elev gain.
Last week of running with my own plans, starting tomorow I'm on a plan made by someone else. Stoked!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Moments
I love that moment, 90 minutes into a run, with a snowstorm pounding down on you and inches of snow beneath your feet, with your face dripping wet from the snow melting as it drips from my eyebrows, when I feel like I can fly.
Those moments of apprehension when I look over the long hours of running laid out for me in my training plan; followed by the moments of inner conquering when I believe I can do it.
The moments spent stretching, after three hours of running, when I realise my mosh pit induced ankle injury is fully healed.
Those moments of apprehension when I look over the long hours of running laid out for me in my training plan; followed by the moments of inner conquering when I believe I can do it.
The moments spent stretching, after three hours of running, when I realise my mosh pit induced ankle injury is fully healed.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Why I run?....
I run from myself,
I run because I need to control something.
Chaotic environs lead to overwhelming desires for order,
This is Bad.
So I run, I channel all my desire for order into running, and leave the rest of my life as good as I can.
Nothing in the world should be controlled, so I try to exert control on the external worl I fail,
I must only attempt to control my physical limits.
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I wrote that sometime betweem 2009 and 2011, not sure when, I found it in an old notebook from school.
I run because I need to control something.
Chaotic environs lead to overwhelming desires for order,
This is Bad.
So I run, I channel all my desire for order into running, and leave the rest of my life as good as I can.
Nothing in the world should be controlled, so I try to exert control on the external worl I fail,
I must only attempt to control my physical limits.
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I wrote that sometime betweem 2009 and 2011, not sure when, I found it in an old notebook from school.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Weeks ending Jan 1, 2012
Dec 19 - 25:
Wed Dec 21: 20.41 km; 689 metre elev gain, home to end of greenway, lots of nice fresh powder to run in.
Dec 25 - Jan 1:
Mon Dec 26: walking on the KVR in Penticton
Tue Dec 27: hiking in the hobo trails in Penticton
Wed Dec 28: 44 mins, 9.1 km, 205 metre elev gain, hartman rd and gibson rd to home
Sat Dec 31: 2 hrs 38 min, 18.18 km, 1131 metre elev gain, trepanier park and pin cushion trails in Peachland.
Sun Jan 1: 4 hrs 25 min, 37.42 km, 1575 metre elev gain, greenway to mcculloch road, up june springs rd, up Little White Forest Service Road, down angel springs trail, and back via the end section of the greenway.
I saw this picture on the net on a running site the other day, got quite a laugh out of it as I had just seen a runner doing the whole bounce thing, and me, I just stare at the lights until the opposite one turns yellow and get amped because I know that means its almost time to go.
Christmas week didn't get much running in, I even took all my running stuff with me, but late nights and sleeping in took the win.
Planned on doing some longer runs on the new years weekend, it worked well to keep me out of trouble this year.
I got so lost running in Peachland.
I had seen this map a couple days before I went, but didn't have internet the morning of, so didn't really look at the map well. Actually, I started at the elementary school, took the only path that seemed like a trail and ended up doing some nice climbs. Got lost, like really lost. There were pink flags attached to random trees on each side of the creek, didn't feel right. So I turned around and I ended up on some crazy trail skirting the side face of a mountain face with horrible footing looking straight down into the creek (from the wrong side of the creek according to the map) my fear of heights was not doing well. So I cross the creek at some random spot, climbing the rock on all fours and am shimmying up the side of the mountain, probably a bad idea. So I end up running up some nice trails on the other peak, see some more random flagging and end up scaling the side of that mountain, but that flagging I guess was marking for where to cut down trees or something for some new subdivision, cut through there and made it to the pin cushion trail and proceeded to climb to the top of that mountain scared as shit as I'm 'running' up a trail covered in ice as I'm staring down more cliffs.
yearly totals
Running:
2011: 2096 km
2010: 2020 km
Biking
2011: 488 km
2010: 1243 km
Didn't run or bike as much as I had wanted to this year. Looking back at 2010 its amazing how your body adapts to the damage you do to it, I exercised a good amount and did some solid races, while at the same ruining my body. In the first quarter of 2011 I decided to stopped treating my body that way, and doing this I lost so much time for running, and my body did not adjust well in the beginning.
I went the whole year without a running injury, probably my first ever, but I did get a mosh pit ankle injury that is still nagging me a bit, and ended the last couple months finally rebuilding my base again. I bought a nicer road bike at the end of the summer so next year I should get in more biking. I'm already signed up for two big races in the summer, Fat Dog and Sinister, and a 50 km in March. Wanted the early one to keep me focused in the beginning of the year. Idle hands are the devils playground after all. Joined a running clinic for the new year, just to push my comfort zone and to learn more. Should be good.
And I've already planned the next four months of my life....
eat, sleep, go to school, run, study, run, study, eat .... and repeat.
Wed Dec 21: 20.41 km; 689 metre elev gain, home to end of greenway, lots of nice fresh powder to run in.
Dec 25 - Jan 1:
Mon Dec 26: walking on the KVR in Penticton
Tue Dec 27: hiking in the hobo trails in Penticton
Wed Dec 28: 44 mins, 9.1 km, 205 metre elev gain, hartman rd and gibson rd to home
Sat Dec 31: 2 hrs 38 min, 18.18 km, 1131 metre elev gain, trepanier park and pin cushion trails in Peachland.
Sun Jan 1: 4 hrs 25 min, 37.42 km, 1575 metre elev gain, greenway to mcculloch road, up june springs rd, up Little White Forest Service Road, down angel springs trail, and back via the end section of the greenway.
I saw this picture on the net on a running site the other day, got quite a laugh out of it as I had just seen a runner doing the whole bounce thing, and me, I just stare at the lights until the opposite one turns yellow and get amped because I know that means its almost time to go.
Christmas week didn't get much running in, I even took all my running stuff with me, but late nights and sleeping in took the win.
Planned on doing some longer runs on the new years weekend, it worked well to keep me out of trouble this year.
I got so lost running in Peachland.
I had seen this map a couple days before I went, but didn't have internet the morning of, so didn't really look at the map well. Actually, I started at the elementary school, took the only path that seemed like a trail and ended up doing some nice climbs. Got lost, like really lost. There were pink flags attached to random trees on each side of the creek, didn't feel right. So I turned around and I ended up on some crazy trail skirting the side face of a mountain face with horrible footing looking straight down into the creek (from the wrong side of the creek according to the map) my fear of heights was not doing well. So I cross the creek at some random spot, climbing the rock on all fours and am shimmying up the side of the mountain, probably a bad idea. So I end up running up some nice trails on the other peak, see some more random flagging and end up scaling the side of that mountain, but that flagging I guess was marking for where to cut down trees or something for some new subdivision, cut through there and made it to the pin cushion trail and proceeded to climb to the top of that mountain scared as shit as I'm 'running' up a trail covered in ice as I'm staring down more cliffs.
yearly totals
Running:
2011: 2096 km
2010: 2020 km
Biking
2011: 488 km
2010: 1243 km
Didn't run or bike as much as I had wanted to this year. Looking back at 2010 its amazing how your body adapts to the damage you do to it, I exercised a good amount and did some solid races, while at the same ruining my body. In the first quarter of 2011 I decided to stopped treating my body that way, and doing this I lost so much time for running, and my body did not adjust well in the beginning.
I went the whole year without a running injury, probably my first ever, but I did get a mosh pit ankle injury that is still nagging me a bit, and ended the last couple months finally rebuilding my base again. I bought a nicer road bike at the end of the summer so next year I should get in more biking. I'm already signed up for two big races in the summer, Fat Dog and Sinister, and a 50 km in March. Wanted the early one to keep me focused in the beginning of the year. Idle hands are the devils playground after all. Joined a running clinic for the new year, just to push my comfort zone and to learn more. Should be good.
And I've already planned the next four months of my life....
eat, sleep, go to school, run, study, run, study, eat .... and repeat.
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