2011 Peterborough Half

I love this race. The new route is a winner and a keeper. To the the husband & wife sitting at the end of their driveway in lawn chairs cheering kudos. To everyone who was cheering for Mr. Kansas, I have a confession, the t-shirt is from Kansas, I'm not. I'm sure their were many locals telling their friends, "hey, some guy came from Kansas to do the Peterborough Half".
Overall numbers were down from last year but were up in my age bracket. Fellow Barrie TC member Mary Mitchell rocked the race finishing the hilly course in 1 hr 36 mins taking first in her age category. Although I did not do a PB, I was absolutely thrilled with the results since I haven't run since November, [maybe four times and longest run might have been 12.5 km]. The night before I was at the Motorhead concert which some might say is an advantage to the adrenline. Reflectling back their were times for this race, I would go to sleep at 9pm the night before. To all at the YMCA and to the City of Peterborough, we love your race. You are to be applauded. Keep the event. Keep smiling. It's now a tradition.

Motorhead review Kool Haus Feb. 26th 2011

I enjoy loud Motorhead music. However, when you dial it up beyond the optimal point where reverberation & distortion take over, what is gain? Answer, sweet bugger all. Phil, Mickey and Lemmy were excellent, basically playing the same set adding two new additions to the set from "The World is Yours". Also personal favourites "In the Thousand Names of God" and "We Are Motorhead". Really wish they would drop "Jos Cause You Got the Power" from their set list. Its weak, especially with such an arsenal of songs to choose from. Why not "Desperado" ? I do believe that Toronto is one of Motorhead's more enjoyable North American Cities to play. As Phil said, "You guys are crazy!". After the fifth song, Phil & Lemmy poll their audiences by particiaption in making the loudess crowd noise. It's a competition among all their touring cities. I got the feeling Toronto walked away with the title. Clutch was very good as the opening act, much more enjoyable than Reverend Bob last year but still not as spectacular the year they had Corrosion of Conformity open. Nashville Pussy is always good too. Lastly, I had the great pleasure of meeting in person Documentary producer Sam Dunn. Overall Motorhead ranked a 8 out of 10. Well done.

Hours in the Week

How many hours day do you watch television? One hour? Three hours ? For fun keep a journal how your hours are spent in a given week. You might surprise yourself in what you discover. Sleep, meals, FB, Twitter, Blogs, TV, exercise, yoga, singing in the shower, clipping your toe nails, work, thinking about work, planning vacation, filling up the rig with petro, walking to the mailbox, reading a book, drinking coffee, talking to a friend on the phone, planning dinner, driving to work, eating lunch, helping the kids with homework, blow drying your hair, deciding what to wear, walking the dog, eating ice cream, writing a letter to a friend, shopping, mediatating, spacing out, day dreaming, buying lottery tickets. You get it.

Incomplete Sentences

Family Day. Monday February 21st 2011, a time to pause, reflect, and then crank it up six knotches . Life. The moon, the earth, the stars, Land Rover or Bucklewinkle the Moose. My brother called me yesterday, to say hi, talk and let me know Lemmy had a review in the Toronto Star. Brodan woke me up at 5am this morning. Why ? Because its family day. Guess who's sleeping right now. Has anyone ever said, "to Manitoba and back ; just for fun". Somewhere out there someone today will purchase a Christmas gift. Is there front bacon? Cool whip or whipping cream, which in fact is better. Does it count if you put a scoop of Rollo ice cream in your juicer? A sand bagger. Have a great family day.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to my "Mustang Sally". Ok, so the Sled is a relic. 1991 400 Polaris, making it 20 years old. Surprisingly it moves fast enough for me. I think Mustang Sally here is telling me she has the speedometer up over ___ kph.

You might not think so, but this guy is .. fast.

Meet Brodan. 0 to 50 mph in 3 seconds. Brodan the lighning bolt. Cheetah. Secretariat. He's fast. My training partner on my runs. Brodan runs beautifully with me, right next to my side. Looking down at him he's doing the "Harness Horse trot", barely looks like it's a effort for him.
My wife and I adopted Brodan from the SPCA January 24th. Brodan is a six year old male, mixed breed.
His father was German Pointer and his mother was American Pitbull. Just looking at Brodan his percentage of body fat must be sub 2%. Which for most of us would be a dream come true. Just one problem with my running buddy. He loathes winter. He has an aversion to winter coats and winter booties too. But so do I. That's not to say I run naked.
Soon the warm spring temperatures will be here and you will see my bud & I out running.

Three Little things I've Learned in the last Week

I was talking healthy diets with Frank Astri (Chiropractic Clinic) recently about my morning breakfast of peanut butter (extra crunchy) sandwiches and sometimes flavoured yogurt. Frank suggested if i'm looking to cut out a few LBS. to switch to Almond Butter instead of peanut butter , and try cooking my own oatmeal for breakfast. Fewer calories, more firbre and all around just a little bit better than the former.
The third was from my good friend Mark Herbst who i ran into X-Crossing Skating yesterday at Horseshoe. Mark notice my pole straps had slack. Mark informed me that when you extend your poles directly behind you 90 degrees to your body that they should stay there without having to grasp the poles with your hands. In other words the straps are tight and firm against the poles. This alows more power and leverage with each skate. Gues what? It worked.