Deliciousness

The Theme: Wild Game

The Stars of the Show: Elk, Venison, Goose, and Rainbow Trout
The Result: Deliciousness

Last night we had our Family Thanksgiving dinner. I always enjoy spending time with the family. It's a good time to feel grounded with people you've known your whole life. We still have a "kid's table" where my cousins, brother, and I sit and laugh. Awesome. Like I said before, things really haven't changed since I was 8. I still like riding bikes in the rain and eat at the "kid's" table.

As far as training goes, I was still a little bit under the weather yesterday morning. So, I opted for extra sleep and did an OYO swim in the afternoon before heading out to dinner. I felt SLOW for the 1st couple hundred meters. By the time I got through the 1st 1500 I was feeling great! and really happy to be in water swimming. It was nice to swim at my own pace for an entire drill/swim set, where I could focus entirely on my stroke and not the clock.

4K later it was time for a really quick shower and off to dinner.

This morning I busted out the big guns to shed the bug. Gargle with Tabasco Sauce, and chew on a clove of garlic. mmmm garlic.









Thanks for being there last night.

Quickie

Let's go ride bikes in the rain! Things really haven't changed much since I was 8.

Today's ride was EEEEZZZZ which was just what the doctor ordered. I had a good time chasing down one sprint from the breakwater to mile 0. I found myself halfway in between the leader, A-the man-MacDaddy-McCartney, and the rest of the group. I had to use both hands to get into my big ring because my fingers were too cold to do it single handedly. "Alright, now your locked in, may as well go for it!" It was too sweet a day to pass up the chance for a sprint...

After the bike I hit the hot tub / steam room to try and sweat out any remainder of this bug. Dude, those places are gross! The only time I will go in the hot tub or steam room is if I feel I'm grosser than the place, thus by diffusion of grossness particles, I become less gross in the process. Today, after a mucussy, wet, dirty, coldish (but still sweet) ride I was bordering on grosser than the steam room. So, I gave 'er a whirl.

Back home to bed for another two and a half hour nap. I had some entertaining reading this afternoon, and then watched the Canucks game. Tomorrow I'll run in the AM, and if I'm feeling up for it, a swim in the afternoon. Then it's Elk Eating with Family Kilshaw.

Here's a retro Fall Training Camp picture from 2005. That was a camp with memories. Dude, We's Strong Like OX! How's about hill intervals for the next 75 minutes.... let's make it 90. ...how about 120...Yeah!

T - 2 Sleeps

I think that one of the secrets to training, racing, and life as a whole is to simply Take Care of Your Self. I would like go into this more, but I'll save it for an earlier evening or possibly afternoon post.

Thanksgiving is indeed my favourite holiday of the Year. There are absolutely no expectations surrounding Thanksgiving. It's simply about being thankful for all that we have. What do we do for the Thanksgiving holiday? We visit our family and friends! We share delicious food. We go for walks, appreciate Autumn Colours, and the beautiful world we live in.

It's really the best part of every holiday conveniently arranged in one weekend. Christmas, Birthdays, Easter... they are all great, but there's definitely something special about Thanksgiving. Any opportunity to enjoy good, healthy food with friends and family... I'll be there. This is probably one of my favourite past times. Cooking food for a group of friends, sitting down, enjoying each others company, and just living in the perfect moment.

Let's recap the day. Still a soar throat this morning, but the steamed hippie underpants tea kicked in before too long. We did a 400TT kick this morning. Last year it would have been an amazing feat for me to just finish...this year 7:43. I'm looking forward to the next chance we have to do that one again when I'm firing on all cylinders. 7:20. Maktub!

We did another decent core session today... I was motivated by some other athletes to get 'er done, otherwise I would have just done a good stretch. It's great to have other athletes there to push you along when you need it.

Back home and I crashed in bed for two and a half hours. Wow I needed that sleep.

PacSport booth for just over an hour at the Marathon Expo. Sweet to see so many keen people living a healthy lifestyle.

I had a quick visit with the butcher, and he hooked me up with a couple lbs of some tasty bison for the weekend. mmmmm.

I have a new book to get into this evening. Nothing like a new book that you've been looking forward to reading for a while.

Lots more to write, but you'll have to read my Autobiography.

October De Fo(r)T

Happy B-Day to the G-Man! The G-Money-Honey. The G-Tar. The G Unit???
21 Is a sweet number. Make this year yours!

Swim this morning was decent. I woke up to the crash bang of dishes, headache, ahhh.
Time for Green Tea and Apple Cider Vinegar with some Honey to clear up the head. Perfect, I feel great again.

We had a 400TT this morning. I took 'er down in 5:15. I was expecting a little more swimming before the 400 free swim (timed) to be put up in black on the white, so my previous statement of 5:10 for the first 400TT....well, I'm just going to have to dominate that next time with a 5:05. Maktub!

Yeah...I'll have to say all in all it was a good swim. But let me ask you this: Where does your energy come from? Mine comes from the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...

Ok, now I'm home for a breakfast of spicy bean burritos. This cold stands no chance. Nor do the people walking behind my treadmill.

One of the best remedies by far is just the simple apple cider vinegar with honey mixed in water concoction. My Grandpa used to recommend this for practically everything. Plus, "If it's good for the horses, it's good for you too."

I think there's actually a biochemical reason for this one. Something to do with the acetic acid acid in the vinegar shifting the acid-base balance in your body way over to the acid side. Then the bug is like: "sweet, we like acidic environments," but your body says "Ha, tricked ya. The buffer in your blood is going to overcompensate and shift this maa into alkaline, foo."

At work I decided I will be trying out for Circ de Soleil pretty soon with my single leg, single medicine ball balance skills. I was entertained for at least an hour with that, leaving me with little time to clean the machines....shame.

I just finished loading up with some curry, and will take one more hit of apple cider vinegar before hitting the hay. Then it's off to that sweet place where I can fly. See ya there.

T - 4 Sleeps

Training is the definition of sweetness.

I woke up this morning with a bit of a soar throat. Lately I've been taking the Vitamin C and Ecchinace. The instant remedy that seems to work for me is honey comb. Get a nice big spoonful of some good organic honey comb and just chew on that for a while. You will feel better within 15 minutes, I promise.

If you're interested, other remedies include: Gargle with Tabasco Sauce, Horseraddish & Clove Tea, Sage Tea, Boiled Onions, and Honey with Apple Cider Vinegar. I will tell you more about these fix it all cures another time.

I brought a thermos of green gunpowder tea with me to the pool deck too. Basically just because of the name. The only draw back was the taste. The taste of green tea has been compared to that of steamed hippie underpants. A really dirty pair. A pair that has only been washed with organic non-g m o sand and hemp oil for the past 3 months. A pair that has flax seed stains on it and it has a faint aroma of chi tea, not to be confused with tai chi.

100 m into the warm up... I'm tired. 200m... yep, still tired. 300m... yeah, slowing down a bit.
400m... you know what... this is awesome! I love swimming. I was totally pumped to be there.
The main set was a perfect opportunity for us to work on what we've been practicing in drills for the past couple weeks. 3 x 1000m. Just steady swimming. Keep the focus, and keep the technique. Great swim.

Apres swim Hard Core was a little less than Hard Core. We'll call it a little bit of ab work. That was the core recovery day. Tomorrow we'll rock it Hard Core.

Work at OB Rec with a new PT Client was coolio. It's fun to teach new exercises to anyone who is gung-ho.

Breakfast time, Nap time, time to go grocery shopping, time to eat again, and then it's run time.

These are all good times. Run time consisted of 45 minutes base on the treads. The pace clock read 4:15 and HR was 131. I think running on a treadmill must be easy.

Dinner time, rest time, stretch time, time for ice cream, and bed time.

T-4 more sleeps until Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is my most favorite of ALL holidays and favorite time of the year for that matter. More on this in the next few days...

Omelet.

Man, it was pouring this morning. I thought, "Sweet, run practice this afternoon in the rain!"
It dried up this afternoon and we had did a 60 minute run at Elk/Beaver with 20 minutes of steady state. Keep 'er steady state. Good talk on the run.

Swimming this morning was a blast. We upped the kick volume and rocked a solid set of drills. Apres swim core session was Hard Core. It's sweet to have a couple other people to do it with.

After swimming Scotty and I rocked some delicious Saturated Fat. Omelets to the X-treme with bacon and cheese. We balanced off a little of the Sat Fat with a couple tomatoes, onions, and obviously mushrooms. Throw down a couple potat's and we were ready for some prep work for the Run for the Homeless.

Things are rock'n and roll'n with the Run/Walk for the Homeless. We met with some important people down at the Victoria Cool Aid building today. It's going to be another great event this year. We're starting early, so prepare yourself now for what will be the greatest run event this side of New Years...

I was thinking about just how lucky we are. Here I am, LIVING in this city, in this part of the world, LOVING, LAUGHING, healthy, happy... how great it is.

This was definitely the day of omelets. Dinner was a Spanish Omelet with red and orange peppers, spinach, tomatoes and potatoes. Clearly coated with ketchup. It doesn't get any better than this.

This evening at work my goal was to be able to stand on one leg on one of the medicine balls for at least 10 seconds straight without falling off. I did it just before my shift ended at 9pm. That was sweet. Next time I'll try and make it a minute.

Time to hit the hay. Catch ya on the bright side.

"want to just chill and look good"

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen.

Welcome to the greatest, most phenomenal show on earth, sure to leave you speechless....

Wake up. . . open your eyes. . . here you are.

Super chill feeling today. Maybe it's the weather.

After a nice 4K in the pool this morning Scotty and I got the ball rolling for the 2nd Annual NTC Run/Walk for the Homeless. We have a blog: www.ntcrunwalk.blogspot.com. Be sure to check it out for updates on what will be the greatest run event on earth!