so, saw a bear during this morning’s run…it seems he lost his can of Coca-cola, and his nose…….but someone gave him a scarf.

The cold air is supposed to arrive again at some point late tomorrow, but today was toastie….or is that toasty?……and as experienced as I am..I was over-dressed and over-heated….which made things that much harder, but 11K on a day I orginally planned to be maybe 4K feels positive…

Okay, so maybe I don’t look happy, but I was…really….my speed wasn’t that great, okay but not awful..I was moving.

snow and ice didn’t help much..it was a little slippery…and traction was an issue for most the run

I actually enjoyed the run…it’s a run and route I used to do all the time, day after day after day……not sure why I stopped. I just would upload each run, different colour each time, all doing the same route….

There were hills, a trip past our healing circle…

But, 11+K……finally. Yeah late last year I hit a few 18K runs……but now, well, I need to get consistent or be consistent…

Last week was great, this week so far so good….but, I do need to work on that training schedule……3 runs, 3 swims, 3 spins/rides…or a combination of all….cross train, but add some strength…work on my stretching a little (I’m not a fan)….

and learn as much as I can……after and during every one.

The one thing I did wrong……..I skipped eating afterwards……actually for a while…okay I made a Starbucks visit, and well, a coke?……yeah, fainting or almost after a run is not a good thing, and I should know better..

I like these things…here in St. Albert, most if not all of the parl benches have a plaque, a name attached to them……at one time I would take my kids for walks, and we’d either write down, or try and remember the names and google them later to see who they were….

Tomrrow…strength, amybe a short run……onward and upwards