Alive With Sport

“You can either try to race with an engine the size of a lawnmower, or you can build your engine up [..] so that you are racing with a huge-turbo charged jet engine.” quote from this article by Mark Allen.
Mark’s talking about setting up a good aerobic base as a foundation to getting the jet [...]

Inspired by Colleen’s gift of FOX candies, I brought homemade goodies to share at the workout tonight. A variety of jams from my pantry (grape, blackberry, jalapeno grape, apricot etc) were well received by my LETC friends – and for me, it’s rewarding sharing with people who appreciate, compliment (and even request) the goodies.

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I felt great at the spin session on Tuesday and I worked my ass off.
I don’t always feel that way on Tuesdays. Sometimes on Tuesdays, I take feedback with a feeling that I’m getting picked on and that I can’t do anything right. A good dose of positive feedback once and a while [...]

Here’s the results of my strength test, before (Sept 12/06) and after (Feb 6/07)

Tabletop w 10lbs 1:34 to 2:03 A gold Star!!
1/2 Push-ups 30x to 28x. Not a big deal.
Hip Extension w 10lbs 9x to 12x. That’s a 25% plus improvement!
Assisted Chin-ups w 100lbs 10x to 10x
Squats – currently @ 70lbs for [...]

Torbin and I went to the Canucks game tonight. Thanks, Benny, we had a great time!

stupid early
10-15min ride to Thompson Community Centre
20 min run
35 min gym workout
10 min stretch
still early, but not so stupid
bike commute – 45 min
With the early morning and the late night out on the town, I feel the tingle [...]

Serena Williams is awesome. I love her raw strength, her mental focus, and her athleticism. I watched her cream the #1 seed in the world today 6-1, 6-2. She played her best tennis, even though she’s not at her best physically. What a competitor! I love to watch athletes when [...]

Tuesdays are tough. Two workouts, with the intense spin workouts in the evening, make Tuesdays a day for toughing it out. My head was spinning for a while after this one.

run & gym workout
treadmill run 34 min, HR 145-150 (seems a little high for the effort)
gym workout 30 min, squats now approaching 1/2 [...]

The blanket of snow that hit the city Tuesday morning created a wonderfully blank canvas for my early morning run. The dark wet imprints of my footsteps showed my single trail out to the dyke. The sleeping ducks awoke as I passed. With the warmth of the morning, the falling snow morphed [...]

Friday’s a good day for being tired. It was a crazy workday, up and down, and all over the place. At the end of this first full week of training, I find myself squeezing out just a bit of extra time in the day for a short ball/mat workout.
15 min core workout
10 min [...]

Fitting in today’s gym and spin workouts, and making sure I brought all the right pairs of shoes provided some logistical challenges. I’m out of practice with packing workout gear. I will soon be back to the highly-tuned machine who could wake up, pack a workout bag (with food and gear for up [...]