Gazpacho

Every September I buy up every bottle of Gazpacho I can find.

I put them in plastic containers and freeze them.

I just ran out of Gazpacho a couple of weeks ago.

Spring can't come soon enough.

WOAD TO WACING or 2009 INLINE EVENT SCHEDULE

Wow! Not much time to get into shape...


these are the events I will be doing "for sure"...

OTTAWA RUN FOR REACH: Sunday April 26th

Marathon Roller de Montréal: Sunday May 17th

MONTREAL 24 HOURS INLINE RACE: Sat/Sun June 7/8th

CAMBRIDGE CANADA DAY MARATHON: Wednesday July 1st

CHICAGOLAND INLINE MARATHON: Sat/Sun July 25/26th

OTTAWA INLINE FESTIVAL: Sun Sept 6th

Défi de L'Île de Montréal: Saturday, Oct 17, 2009





Events I am considering...

10k Mount Forrest: if it's still on this year?

Detroit Wolverine Inline Marathon: if it's still on this year?

Ride for Heart: Unfortunately it falls on June 7th this year... conflicts with Montreal 24 Hour.

Philly Free Skate: June 20th weekend?

Big Apple Roll: Aug 16

New York 100km: Sept ?




Other Goals this year...

Toronto to Hamilton. I would like to get an "official" time on race skates.
Toronto to Niagara.
Niagara Circle II (to invite some other ultra friends to come do this fun skate with Joel, Jay and I)

I would also like to do the "double century" @ P'tit Train du Nord with the Ottawa Inline guys.

NIGARA CIRCLE SK8 2008: PHOTOS

MONTREAL 24 HOUR RELAY: VIDEO!

Video put together by Mike G and others from Ottawa Inline.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHP6s-ZzBlg[/url]

Old Lady Yoga

Lots of inverted poses today in Yoga. Pretty relaxed though.

WHAT I ATE TODAY
Strawberries
Pineapple
veggie hot dogs on flax bread
pickles
gazpatcho
Orange Juice

Week at a Glance

Overall, I feel like I'm turning things around and I feel good about sticking with my fitness this week, although I didn't get out on skates as much as I wanted to. Probably very crucial given the Ottawa Inline Festival is less than two weeks away.

I could do better with what I've been eating lately, especially when I've been eating out. I've been doing better though, so improvement is good.


TODAY
Taught my kickboxing class this morning. Smaller class, more lowkey. Felt I got a good workout. Couldn't figure out if people were going to the Criterium course tonight to skate, so I took the night off. I'll spin in the morning and going to practice tomorrow will have to be a priority.

WHAT I ATE TODAY
Nature's Path Cereal with Soy Milk
Smoothie with banana, pineapple, frozen fruit, soy milk, orange juice and vitamins
Tinned Wild Pacific Salmon on Flax Bread drowned in Mayonaise and pickles
pickle


YESTERDAY
Went into the gym first thing in the morning and went easy on the recumbent bike for half an hour. It felt good to work out the lactic acid and also gave me a chance to relax and read. Yoga class at noon did me a world of good.


MONDAY
Went spinning at Tanya's morning class at Mount Pleasant. Got me out of bed and of course I can't help working harder than anticipated when it comes to any of Tanya's classes. I got the new UnderArmor type Body Combat top from her and it's pretty awesome.


SUNDAY
Skated. Did about two laps fairly moderate pace with Carolyn out on the Hamilton Trail.

SATURDAY
Did 5 on 5 off with Carolyn on the MGT in the morning.

FRIDAY
Taught my kickboxing class and did Yoga

THURSDAY
Went Spinning early in the morning and got some laps in before it started raining.

WEDNESDAY
Taught my kickboxing class.

I AM NOW A CAN-FIT-PRO CERTIFIED FITNESS INSTRUCTOR SPECIALIST!!!

HOLY MOLY!

I actually passed. I thought for sure that I would have to take the exam again. What a relief!


"Hi Ed,
Congratulations you have passed your theory exam. Your overall grade was 87%
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
I will be sending your exam off to head office one week from today. At
that point you should receive an FIS certificate in the mail within
4-6 assuming CPR, membership and Les Mills certs are all received and
valid.

Take Care and it was a pleasure working with you!"


Not quite there yet... I have let my CPR lapse, so I'll have to take the refresher course at some point this month. But that's no big deal at this point.