These are the kinds of runs that make me feel great. Wasn`t the best time at all but considering at mile 4 I was getting ready to call it a day it wasn’t bad. When you are done and you find your mind is clear. You’ve worked out so many of the deamons that were hovering around you when you started have gone missing by the end. I have to say Hamilton is a great city if you look at it through the right eyes. Ran the trail over the new bridge down to the waterfront which was very busy. The heat really got to me when I got to Woodward Ave I felt like I was overheating. Good thing that I had Gatorade and a bottle of water.
17
May
Running Log :: Oh my brain
Not sure if my brain hurts or if it’s more a troubled heart. There are times when you are at that limit, pushed to a point where you just loose site of the horizon. Not long ago I went in search of that horizon in Oahu. I saw the sunrise, it awoke a lost soul. There are days where I seek something like that sunrise to ensure it doesn’t dissapear again. I was about to let the frustrations of the process consume me again. Extinguish the fire that was burning within. That is the worst consequence of tredging trough trying to break free from a portion of what came of that vow I made. I am reminded that from those promisses came a new outlook, heart and soul. A new man, a Father!
Thanks for making me smile today and letting me see that I’m still the guy who remembers so much and takes nothing for granted. Thanks for the sunrise! I like that about me!
As for the run, 5 miles
15
May
Gym :: Father & Daughter (Day 2)
Second day and I figured she would be more than able to add 5 minutes to her elliptical session and I was right. Very proud, she actually also picked up the pace. We did a 25 min session on elliptical with fast hard 60 seconds every 5 minutes. After that we hit the cardio room for a light ab workout and the roman chair and dip machine. Was a great workout. For me it was second heavy session of the day as I also did the elliptical after having had an 8 mile run earlier in the day.
15
May
Running Log :: No Garmin
Realized I didn’t have my Garmin with me today so no Idea how my pace was. I feel like I was really moving but no real Idea. I headed out just after noon and was back around 1:15pm and did walk back a bit so figuring just over an hour. Maybe 8 min mile pace. It was crazy hot out there, it states on weather.ca that it’s 23C out there which seems about right. Anyhow it was a great 8 mile run on the Chedoke Trail.
15
May
Running :: Twins CYO Cross Country
Today is the CYO Cross Country at Christie Conservation for Hamilton. My little twin runners have been training hard for this one and I couldn’t love it more. When you are a runner it’s awesome to see that your kids love a sport you love. I’m so very proud of my girls for a 2nd and 6th place finish. Also very proud of their sister who came to cheer them on. Way to go all.
14
May
Gym :: Father & Daughter
I need to get my daughter back into peek shape and it will be my pleasure. The reward is twofold, a daughter in great shape and someone to go and exercise with. I went to the gym after work to sign her up and then at 9pm headed over to pick her up for our “first workout”. Tonight was an intro night, intro to the gym and intro to a real cardio session. We jumped on the ellipticals and did 20 minutes with a full on hard 1 min at every 5 minute intervals. I was pretty impressed with what she was able to do. After that we tried the cardio studio but the shoes she has don’t work on those floors so we’ll have to get her some new shoes. We did a seated row machine also just to intro her to the machine with people around. Some roman chair leg raises to finish off and we were out of there in 4o minutes. Can’t wait to go back with her tomorrow. The other great advantage is that if I’m working out that late at night I’m not undoing what I did running by having beer…
14
May
Running Log :: Great lunch run
It is incredibly warm out there alreay. It says it’s only 20C(68F) but that is obviously not in the direct sunlight. I felt like I was baking in the middle of this run. Current UV Index is 6 which is high and you can feel it. I need to pick up some good sunscreen for the office. The run details are great, again you have to take into account the stairs that are in the run. I ran the path through Victoria Park, down the stairs at the 403 and to Princess Point (a loop around the parking lot) and back.
13
May
Running Log :: Tuff Mudder Training
The gang (Ana, Daniel and Chaunsie) an I went out for our training run. Today was an out and back on the Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail. We had a great run and the weather was ideal. We ended up doing 10k with walk breaks ever 2k. We also did a 6km walk after we were done running. Great run.
11
May
Running Log :: Pacing off Patti
Went out for a run with my friend Patti. She has a 10k race on the weekend so I headed out to pace her off for a run. I was going to lay up today but had the close and shoes here at work so what the hell. Out I went. Was an easy 39:15 for 4 miles having taken a nice walk break up near the Sail Makers above the sailing club.
10
May
Where does time go?
You know evrey now and then I will come across a picture and realize just how young the girls were when we seperated. It causes me so much pain sometimes but not because of the kids. They were great and are even better now. It is because I can remember just much pain I was in back then. No money do to anything with the girls and a shitty ass apartment that I was living in. I was in a 1 bedroom bachelor apartment which is not a place to raise your kids. I remember that my ex would make sure they stayed the entire time no matter how unhappy or difficult it might have been on both them and myself. Now that I have the means and house for them she works so hard to try and get in the way of my time with them when they just love being with both parents. This is the group of pictures that I was looking at that washed such emotion over me. Particularly the one of my middle daughter with the missing teeth and sauce on her face. They had such a great day that day and I remember thinking man please don’t ask for more stuff, I just don’t have the money. It was in June 2009. It’s only three years ago and yet it seems a lifetime ago.
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