Monday. Ugh.
But I started off right. Pumped up after an early morning run.
✨"A runner is a miser with his time. He spends as little as possible on anything that is not running."✨ — Unknown
Recovery day.
✨"The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them."✨ — Arthur Kinnaird
And I'm back! 😀
1st 1/2 Marathon run in about 7 weeks.
That month long flu really kicked my ass. Followed by almost 3 weeks of recovery.
✨"The task is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better than you were yesterday."✨ — Abebe Bikila
I just might be getting my mojo back.💪🏼
This bug has been hard for my wife & I to shake. Week 3. Some kind of flu we think.🤧
Coach Callie came in for the last 1/2 hour to supervise. 😸
✨"There will be days you don't think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you did."✨
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Goosies!
I had to pause early in my run to visit with the goslings & their parents. 😁
A great run today.
✨What seems impossible today will one day be your warm-up.✨
Another hill day following last Saturday's route.
It didn't wreck me like last week so, progress?
✨It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. - Jillian Michaels✨
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
I consider myself a centrist but I do lean slightly towards the Conservatives.
Having said that, I really do not like Pierre Poilievre. He comes across to me as a mini-Trump crossed with a cliche used car salesman.
We need a serious leader, not inflammatory rhetoric.
Sunny & a cool breeze.
Does it get any better than that for running? 😁
I forgot how hilly this route was.
Ibuprofen where are you?
✨Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and know exactly how far you can go. - Doris Brown Heritage✨
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First Trail Run of the year! 🏃🏽
It felt so amazing to get outside. 😁
It's been a long time since my last running post. I had to drop into Maintaining for a couple of months due to a health concern.
✨The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan✨
This says it all.
Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.
I'd hoped for a bit of a longer run, but that felt just right today.
I'm so damn tired of the treadmill but the trails are still icy. 🫤
✨The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa✨
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My thoughts on Wayne Gretzky and his friendship with Trump.
I'm betting some seemingly good people thought Hitler was an amazing person and called him a friend.
A great legacy can be easily destroyed by one bad choice. How can you be friends with somebody that attacks your birth country?🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
🇨🇦Go Canada! 🇨🇦
Slowly building up my mileage after my knee strain. No discomfort today. 😁
Still struggling with fatigue but feeling a little bit better today. HRV is still fubar.
I'm suspecting Runner's Anemia.
✨If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Banksy.✨
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Still struggling with energy levels.
HRV is badly unbalanced & going in the wrong direction.
Long run tomorrow & my confidence is low. 🫤
✨It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt✨
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Message to the Orange Clown:
Canadians are nice....until we are not.
Without friends
