I posted was about my commitment to IRONMAN Canada in Penticton on August 30, 2020. After making the commitment I had to make a plan to ensure I get the training in. In the past for short distance races I had used Garmin free plans, I did not want to go this route this time.…
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January 22 to 28, 2020 Days 267 to 273 Building block week! This week was all about getting back into the groove of training after illness and recovery week. This meant I had to stick to the plan and get the workouts in. The comparison photos are August 24th to now. I learned on my…
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Back in grade 10 I had dreamed of doing an IRONMAN but never acted on the dream for numerous reasons including: location of races, a lack of funds and the fact I was a poor swimmer. About a year ago, my friend Dwayne brought up over lunch how he was committing to complete an IRONMAN…
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January 15 to 21, 2020 Days 260 to 266 This week made me reflect on how far my mental state has come during this streak. On Saturday night and Sunday we had a blizzard and the snow was deep and the wind was brutal. Instead of dreading my run, I embraced the 10 km run…
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Years ago when Corinne and I first established a home together, Ruby (my mother-in-law) gifted us a copy of her recipe book know as Ruby’s Recipes (you can get a copy on amazon see link at bottom of blog). Ruby ALWAYS has buns ready at her home and I decided I should try making these…
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January 1 to 7, 2020 Days 246 to 252 Interesting how the week feel exactly on January 1st! This week saw us on the road for 4 days. We drove to Minneapolis so working the Ironman plan and streak into the week required a bit of shuffling. I grouped all of the runs into 3…
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Strava just sent me an email that January 19 is known as quitters day. This is the day that most people break their resolution. I have done streaks in the past (see photo Thanksgiving to New Years Day) and have always stopped for 1 main reason: no focus on a bigger picture other than the…
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On May 1st, 2019 I committed to myself to do at a minimum 30 minutes of swimming, biking or running. I did this after my friend Dwayne posted is 500th day of the same streak so on his day 501 I did day 1! For years my training had suffered from inconsistency. I would register…
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