..it's not what you think. I have been a terrible email checker the last while so Richard Lee sent out an email for a 9:30 Sunday morning run by my house at Colony Farms an I didn't read it til a bit past 10. Normally I might have driven down there...
So I throw my gear on and head down the street hoping to maybe hook up with someone for maybe even a handful of minutes. I end up running around Colony Farms (kinda boring) for about 40 mins and as i am heading back home Richard honks at me in his car. I turn back to try and catch up to him (down a one way street) but go down a parallel trail.
I end up missing him and email him later in the day asking where he went. His reply was classic. Both himself and Steve Osaduik had hooked up and Steve's SUV had a window break and bag grab and the reason Richard even saw me was because he was looking for the guy who broke into Steve's vehicle...and it gets better...Richard realized when he got home that someone had also broken into his car but didn't have to break the window....maybe not running isn't all that bad.....
...actually I rather be running and have my car broken in too....
On a more positive note I got up to one whole hr of running relatively pain free. Physio says i am at 90% and my body is imply fixing itself up. The good thing has been some altered mechanics that will hopefully help to fix up my sub par results over the last yr or so...
Another big congrats to Tim for winning the pre Fraser Valley meet this afternoon on the BC HS XC course....this time though he ran kinda boring and actually led going into the last 400m....how unexciting can one get ......
....and another step up for Richard Mosley....he ran what looked to be a decent race at the Trans Canada 10km as he was looking at going under 30mins and went well under that to place 4th....on the come back trail after some hard times.....ohhh...I wish i was there too.....
Monday, October 20, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
It can't be.....
...I've run 3 consecutive days without any problems...and 4 of the last 5....most of those runs have been with 'dug'...
I ran with Mosley this morning after doing a loop round Burnaby Lake on Sunday. Thankfully, Dickie knew I was going to go slow, but it was nice to run with someone who talks back...in English..instead of a bark or whine
I was going to continue the running adventures with my dog, as she is now my main training partner, but I took her out for a very long day after my physio on Sat and then took her out on Sunday around the Lake. She was either lazy or tired on Sunday and since neither of us have been running a ton I figured better to leave her behind today.
That's the one nice thing I don't think I sometimes realize, but how important it can be to have some simple motivation to get out the door when you aren't in a routine. Simply having my dog needing some sort of activity gets me out the door. Of course she does rule the roost in our family. At least when it comes to her doe eyes and look of excitement when she can get out the door for something different. Right now I need all the help I can get...
I ran with Mosley this morning after doing a loop round Burnaby Lake on Sunday. Thankfully, Dickie knew I was going to go slow, but it was nice to run with someone who talks back...in English..instead of a bark or whine
I was going to continue the running adventures with my dog, as she is now my main training partner, but I took her out for a very long day after my physio on Sat and then took her out on Sunday around the Lake. She was either lazy or tired on Sunday and since neither of us have been running a ton I figured better to leave her behind today.
That's the one nice thing I don't think I sometimes realize, but how important it can be to have some simple motivation to get out the door when you aren't in a routine. Simply having my dog needing some sort of activity gets me out the door. Of course she does rule the roost in our family. At least when it comes to her doe eyes and look of excitement when she can get out the door for something different. Right now I need all the help I can get...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
whooo hoo.....
....I am actually running again....and pain free. My achilles is still a little stiff, but I have been running anywhere from 20-40+ mins every second day over the last week.
Even a small victory such as this gives me some sembalnce of hope that I'll be back in the swing of things before long. At the very least I can look forward to just getting out the door and not the stinking gym. It certianly puts me a in a better mood (my wife will attest to that).
Unfortunately, it means little in trying to race this Fall, but then again I guess i get to live vicariously through the kids we are coaching. If he's reading this a big 'shout out' to a former student of mine Tim Delcourt who has been tearing it up in the Surrey league Gr 8 races. Some people say he has similar form to mine, but he certainly has my kanck for the dramatic in races. He is err.... shall we say a bit of a kicker and appears to revel (as i do) in simply hanging round long enough to use his speed. Although now I seem to have lost my speed....but then again that's kinda predictable....
Even a small victory such as this gives me some sembalnce of hope that I'll be back in the swing of things before long. At the very least I can look forward to just getting out the door and not the stinking gym. It certianly puts me a in a better mood (my wife will attest to that).
Unfortunately, it means little in trying to race this Fall, but then again I guess i get to live vicariously through the kids we are coaching. If he's reading this a big 'shout out' to a former student of mine Tim Delcourt who has been tearing it up in the Surrey league Gr 8 races. Some people say he has similar form to mine, but he certainly has my kanck for the dramatic in races. He is err.... shall we say a bit of a kicker and appears to revel (as i do) in simply hanging round long enough to use his speed. Although now I seem to have lost my speed....but then again that's kinda predictable....
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Well since my running is pathetic....
..I'll write about the kids we are working with at school.
Due a combination of factors (mostly my introduction to HS and general lack of organization) our school XC team has only raced twice. Like i said before we have small team, but they are getting more kean as they start to race and also see their fitness getting better. it's tough with the HS kids as they have no real idea of training. Hopefully next year the kean we'll get the kean kids at least jogging 20-30 mins before they come back to school.
Of special note are our ultra kean grade 8 girls. We have two pretty talented ones and the best part are their attitudes. They are both turning into tough lil ones. They never miss practices and it's showing in the results and improvement levels. it's not that myself ansd Scott are doing much with them, but we are doing just enough to bring out their talents.
This past Sat was their second race of the seson at the pre-BC HS championships race. One of the girls was 27th in the junior race while the other was a very impressive 9th. Considering they were running against many 'club' and older kids I was very impressed with how they raced and handled themsleves. We've already decided that these two girls (along another gr 8 who didn't run and a gr 9 'sprinter' who hasn't yet ralized she is actually a middle distance runner) are the basis of our grand plan to build some teams that will be able to compete at BC HS XC's in the next few years. If we can simply get them to the BC HS XC Jr race and also have a full gr 8 girls team at Fraser Valley XC's we'll be ecsatic. Right now it looks as though we might get them qualifed for HS's, but we need to pick up one more girls for a full gr 8 team. As I say 'we'll see'....
Due a combination of factors (mostly my introduction to HS and general lack of organization) our school XC team has only raced twice. Like i said before we have small team, but they are getting more kean as they start to race and also see their fitness getting better. it's tough with the HS kids as they have no real idea of training. Hopefully next year the kean we'll get the kean kids at least jogging 20-30 mins before they come back to school.
Of special note are our ultra kean grade 8 girls. We have two pretty talented ones and the best part are their attitudes. They are both turning into tough lil ones. They never miss practices and it's showing in the results and improvement levels. it's not that myself ansd Scott are doing much with them, but we are doing just enough to bring out their talents.
This past Sat was their second race of the seson at the pre-BC HS championships race. One of the girls was 27th in the junior race while the other was a very impressive 9th. Considering they were running against many 'club' and older kids I was very impressed with how they raced and handled themsleves. We've already decided that these two girls (along another gr 8 who didn't run and a gr 9 'sprinter' who hasn't yet ralized she is actually a middle distance runner) are the basis of our grand plan to build some teams that will be able to compete at BC HS XC's in the next few years. If we can simply get them to the BC HS XC Jr race and also have a full gr 8 girls team at Fraser Valley XC's we'll be ecsatic. Right now it looks as though we might get them qualifed for HS's, but we need to pick up one more girls for a full gr 8 team. As I say 'we'll see'....
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