Week 11

I look Friday off as a vacation day and Ollie and I went for a 5 km run in the morning, spotting a Cooper's Hawk by our house as well as a common goldeneye along the river.

We took the kids over to Climb 306 in the afternoon to practice our wall climbing. Unfortunately I just learned that the place has been sold and will be demolished in July....so much for finding a close place for family fun!


Saturday we went sledding for the first time this year. While it was a bit cold, everyone had a good time with lots of fun and laughs.


Sunday was my long run day. I jogged with Ollie for 16 km (While I was pretty much spent, it didn't even seem to phase Ollie.) - which is the furthest I have ever run. I guess I'll be saying that a lot form now on as the weeks proceed towards the Saskatchewan Marathon. I made it in 2:02. Some people do a marathon in less than that time!!! Still having only started running just 11 weeks ago, I'm feeling OK about it.

Week 10

On Friday at lunch, I ran 5 km as per the 'schedule'. I must be improving (or just needed to let off some stress from work!) as I ran the 5 km in 32 minutes - which is a record for me...normally it takes me about 35 or sometimes closer to 40 minutes - so needless to say I was impressed with myself! Sunday was a 10 km run as this was a 'taper' week. In the morning we took the kids to a winter bike parade, Ice Cycle 2010. Tim took some great photos which are posted on his bike blog. It was great to see so many people out on bikes on a chilly winter day! After the parade. I ran the 10 km on the treadmill in our basement as I'm still worrisome about running outside. I think as of next week however, no matter the weather, I'm going to attempt the 16 km run outside as the treadmill just seems so darn boring!

Week 9

Running-wise I slacked off a bit this weekend. According to the 'schedule' I was supposed to run 14.4 km on Sunday...I only walked about 10 km and jogged about 2 km. Friday evening to Sunday at 5 pm, I was at a yoga workshop so there wasn't much time for jogging! In addition to fundraising, marathon training, pottery and learning to wall climb, I am currently working towards becoming a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance through Kathleen's Yoga School! This past weekend we completed module 4 (yoga anatomy) as part of our 200 hour yoga training program.