Challenge Accepted

Yesterday I received an email from Rick. This isn’t out of the ordinary in any way, shape, or form. We email each other relatively frequently, mainly because we enjoy throwing insults at each other at random moments throughout the day. For example, I like to remind Rick that he is ugly (ZING!), even though he…

Close – But No Donut

For whatever reason I decided that today I wanted to try to cross off item number 222 on my Not-So-Bucket-List list. That is, I wanted to try to run 5km in 20 minutes or less. In other words, I wanted to challenge myself to run each and every kilometre in 4 minutes or less. Crazy?…

How Quickly They Grow Up

If not for the fact that I put almost everything into my calendar, I’d forget even the simplest of things. Like eating, wearing pants, and breathing. Okay, that’s a bit of a stretch – I wouldn’t forget to wear pants, I’d just opt not to. Regardless, I’m betting that if breathing weren’t an autonomic response,…

I Wonder Where I Am Right Now

About 1.5 hours ago (9:30am) Carolyn and I started the 30k Around the Bay race in Hamilton. Eeep! At this point, I figure we should be at least halfway through the course. If you look at the map below1 – we’re probably somewhere around the 15km point. Of course, I’m not really sure where we…