Groovy Thursdays

I did Yvonne's noon hour Yoga today at St Clair. Felt really good to stretch. I feel better, but the ankle will still be in issue.

WHAT I ATE TODAY
Banana, 2 Lick's Homeburgers with the works, Green Goodness Juice, Booster Juice with Wilderness Boost, 3 veggie hotdogs, lentil veggie soup.

Wednesday Already?

Where does the week go?

I'm enjoying recovery days. Wish I could have woken up in time for Yoga this morning. Hopefully I can make it in for noon tomorrow.

Feeling much less sore, although the ankle is still bothering me.

Moved some boxes up the stairs this morning.

WHAT I ATE TODAY
Apple, orange juice, licorice filled with candy, Burger King Whopper, Mango Salad, Beef rolls, Cold springrolls, Mango Juice, Hot and Sour Soup, Seared Tuna, Spicy Greens.

Winter Training Plan

I believe next week will be the final skates of the season, so I'll gather my thoughts and write down a seasonal overview of this year's inline progression.

So I've built up a crazy amount of fitness and endurance this season. How do I keep it up over the winter?

I'll be starting a Speed Skating clinic with Carolyn. We'll be starting on pretty even ground here, so I'm sure she'll be kicking my ass out of the starting gate on this one. It's good to have a friend to keep you on your toes an motivated! She seems really keen on this. There is also indoor inline to sharpen out the technique.

I figure that I will do the 2006 Winterlude Triathlon in Ottawa to set me a goal and keep me motivated. Skate-skiing, Speed Skating and a bit of running. I'll have to rent equipment for this and practice skate-skiing a bit more. It's at the beginning of February.


It looks like Running will play a big part as well. Thus far, to the best of my knowledge, Jen's running event itinerary is as follows...
Angus Glenn 1/2 Marathon. Nov 5th. (IN TWO WEEKS!)
Jingle Bell Run 5K. Dec 10th.
Chilly Half Marathon. March 4th.
Around the Bay 30k. March 25th.
National Capital Half Marathon. March 25th.
*Note that they have cancelled the inline portion of the NCM! So I guess I'll run the 1/2.


Spinning 2-3 times a week will be essential.

Chicago Marathon

I've returned from Chicago. Tired. Sore. Possible right ankle injury. We'll see how I am in a couple of days. I'll go in for a massage in the next day or two at the Tokyo Shiatsu clinic.

Marathon went well given the fact that I did no training for it. We managed to run Jen's Godmother Donna in with a new PB and then went back for her husband Bruce. I now have two full running marathons under my belt. The half marathons are easy to fake, but I was feeling this one pretty early and after the half point is when my legs started to stiffen and my ankle began acting up. For next time I will really need to do at least a bit of running before undertaking a Full. Jen wants to do two Full Marathons next year, the Flying Pig in Ohio and there is also on in the South of france. If this means she wants to travel, then it's fine by me. I'll just have to do some running in order to complete them with less soreness afterwards.

I am kind of proud to complete the Chicago Marathon if only for bragging rights. The medal is quite nice.

After the race on Sunday, I've basically been eating non-stop. Lots of stuff that is really bad for me. I'll have to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon tomorrow. Particularly now that inline season is pretty much over and I won't be burning crazy calories every week. Hopefully speed skating on ice, spinning, skate-skiing, indoor inline will take up some of the slack.

Winter also means a few running events with Jen as well. Small ones like the 5K Jingle Bell and then the Chilly Half followed by Around the Bay 30K early next year.

WHAT I ATE ON SATURDAY
Whole wheat bagel and cream cheese, sushi, 2 roast beef sandwiches, fruit, pasta salad, bagel and cream cheese, banana, licorice, bag of nacho chips.

WHAT I ATE ON SUNDAY
Special K/miniwheats in soy milk, bananas, Cliff Blocks, Gels, pretzels, chocolate chip cookie, Cheeseburger, fries, Deep Dish Pizza, Cookie Dough Malted Milkshake, Coke, Ice Tea, Clam Chowder, Steak in mushroom and onion sauce, Asparagus, mango mousse, lemonade.

WHAT I ATE ON MONDAY
2 slices of cold deep dish pizza, bowl of Special K/miniwheats in soy milk, General Tao Chicken, Fried rice, rice crepes, noodles, shrimp and scallop, broccoli, watermelon, lentil soup, vegan cornbread, mango smoothie, lemonade, Corn cake, Vegan "ribs", deep fried tofu, Vegan chocolate silk pie and raspberry cheesecake.

WHAT I ATE TODAY
Pasta and veggies with tomatoe sauce, apple, strawberry smoothie, croissant with egg, ham and cheese, two Lick's Homeburgers on whole wheat with the works, 2 veggie dogs w/ bbq sauce and pickles.