Sooo...out for a walk after work today with Lana and Colleen....following the usual route along Rotary Trail...heading through Kinsman Park....when something caught my eye and struck me as funny. You may recognize the sign in the picture below from an earlier post...with a few minor changes... I mean, usually I am not a supporter of defacing property...in all honesty I've kind of turned into one of 'those' people who gripe about kids these days and their lack of respect... (gahd I'm old!)... But seriously...how do you NOT get a chuckle out of THIS:

So, I guess the moral of the story is...if you're a defacer of property with a sense of humour and decent spelling capabilities....I'm kinda ok with that! 

No, No...I Said a FUN GUY....

So, been a bit of a slacker exercise-wise this week.  I still went to the gym every day at lunch and ran Wednesday morning and this morning (5k) but only made one walk.  Being back at work put a big crimp in my exercise dedication....

Another thing that has thrown a bit of a wrench in things is coming home to see how my bathroom fixes were going only to find that the bathroom is FULL of mould.  Lovely black, disgusting mould.

Yup....that happened... So, instead of a walk tonight, I donned a smelly protective mask which made my hair stick out like Bozo the clown and pulled staples out of the studs so we can hang new drywall.... The mould on the remaining wall board has been sprayed with a mould killer...we'll see in the morning whether it has worked or if we're replacing that wall as well....

Leave it to me to ask for a fun guy.....and get fungi instead :(

I Weigh WHAT???

So, just back from my big vacation for the year.  A three-day trip with Heather and Nicole to Wallace Idaho.  Was to be two days of biking - so some good exercise.  Ended up being one afternoon of mostly coasting downhill - lol!  Beautiful coasting - amazing sights along the Route of the Hiawatha.  Went through some very cool (and one FREEZING COLD) tunnels - including the almost 2-miler that was a bit creepy. 

Got home late last night and got on the scale this morning.  Three days of bad eating, beer drinking, and almost no exercise sure catches up with you quickly!  Holy crumb!  Wish I could LOSE that much weight that quickly...

So, fun-time is over.  Work-time is back.  Ran this morning - 5k and 10 sprints.  Leg workout at the gym and then a nice long walk planned with Colleen for tonight.  Gym (and a walk?) tomorrow and then Loop the Lake on Saturday...  Time to getter done!

Why, why, why.....?

Getting up at 5:45 tomorrow morning again (still on my holidays!!) to meet the girls for a pre-work run.  Should "pre-work runs" not only happen when I am actually working?  Ugghh....  I mean, I know....I can go back to bed when I get home....but I'm soooo tired today.  Had a stupid big chai tea latte at 7:30 last night...spent a good chunk of the night wide awake...and another, larger chunk, in the bathroom peeing.  STOOPID!  Then I did another version of a "Schmidt Tri-athlon" today.  Biked to COTR, did a kettlebell workout followed by 20 minutes on the elliptical, then biked home...then I went for a walk with Kyla... Hmm...maybe that's more than a tri-athlon?  Isn't that 4 things?  Oh...and then there is the idiotic #plankaday challenge I decided was a great idea...  So...5 things...  What's that called?  A cinq-athlon?  Gah!  Is it bed time yet?

Looking forward to the bike trip to Idaho....should be a bit of a rest for me :)

Where I'm At

Ok...after that last post I am going to avoid the use of the word "cute" for the rest of this post.

This is the end of the first week with both of my regular running/exercise buddies gone on vacation.  I've heard from Colleen.  Hoping Gerilee is having a great trip and is staying safe.  I did my first 10k alone.  It was uneventful and I was happy with my time.  Then I had my first morning run alone.  Came across a few deer but was a pretty good run anyway.  Had a new partner join me for my other two runs this week.  Was nice to have company but found myself backing off to her slower pace.  Not horribly slow but frustrating enough that I'm hoping for another 10k alone tomorrow. 

Managed to get out for a walk (6k) most days this week.  Took Wednesday off.  Thursday Lana and her friend Tammy joined me so it was a little bit slower.  Friday Heather and I walked from work downtown for beer and dinner and then back.  Does that count?  I bought a running magazine along the way - that HAS TO count for something, right??  lol...

Today, did the 22k bike ride from my house to the bridge and back.  Waited too long in the day so it was quite windy...  Wind has picked up a lot again now so I am glad to be done.

Now off to find some grub :)