Hey all,
I'm sitting here at work wondering what I'm forgetting. I'm actually not feeling the greatest, kinda weak, almost feverish(it could be all in my head). But I'm not panicking just yet, no reason to do so. I have a few days and I'll make sure I get my sleep,water,good food, etc. I have so much work, but I don't want to. My head is already thinking of the final preparations. The final workouts, what I have to do when I get to Penticton, and trying to remember if there's anything I need to get yet? Nutrition, bike ready, clothing, wetsuit, googles, running shoes, helmet, sunglasses, etc. I think it's all there, I'll go over it all in more detail.
I'm leaving wednesday(20th). Gonna make the full drive all at once. I think I'll leave around 10ishAM, driving out with my buddy Curtis. He'll be in his van, but his family isn't going out yet. I think they'll come out friday or saturday?
Thursday I'll register, maybe go for a open water swim. If anyone wants in I'm meeting a few friends by the big boat(I forget what it's called) everyone is welcome!! We're meeting at 10 am. Then register probably and go for a 30 min bike ride. I may get the rental wheels and head to Yellow Lake to try that descent with the zipp wheels. I know the winds may change some from race day, but I think it still may help knowing what it feels like and how to brace with the winding turns. Richter is pretty straight, it won't be a problem there. I think there is a IG dinner later on.
Friday will be off of training, just got the Carb loading dinner in the evening. Meet some friends there, call me??? (403 710 9716)
Saturday I may do a short swim/bike/run. Bring the bike in, and do a quick meeting with Coach Greg and the gang. They'll do a transition walk through, swim, tips, etc.
Sunday race dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Good luck to everyone I hope you all kick ass, meet all your goals, and most importantly get to the finish line in one piece. I'll have my cell there if you want to get a hold of me 403-710-9716 and I think we may have internet you can also add me to your msn runningman75@hotmail.com. It's also my email address. Cheers, talk to you all soon,
Darryl
PS: if you're dying to know how I am doing you may follow my progress through out the day if you go to www.ironmanlive.com There should be a link to Ironman Canada and then to athlete tracker. My number is 370 I think? They may even have some cams set up at the finish line and/or another place to watch. This can be kinda tricky knowing when I'll run by. Cheers,
Monday, August 18, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Worth the read
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Time_for_Questions_-_Becoming_An_Ironman_at_IMC_P1932298/
Read all of it if you're doing or have done IMC.
Read all of it if you're doing or have done IMC.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Check out simon's blog
Hey,
If you haven't yet, check out Simon Whitfield's blog. I think it was Andrew Ference's(yes the nhl hockey player) daughter doing the inspirational video. It's soooo cute, maybe what Simon needs to give it that little bit extra. GOLD MEDAL,...... GO WIN IT DUDE!!!! hee hee.
http://simonwhitfield.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-amazing-thanks-ference-crew.html
If you haven't yet, check out Simon Whitfield's blog. I think it was Andrew Ference's(yes the nhl hockey player) daughter doing the inspirational video. It's soooo cute, maybe what Simon needs to give it that little bit extra. GOLD MEDAL,...... GO WIN IT DUDE!!!! hee hee.
http://simonwhitfield.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-amazing-thanks-ference-crew.html
Thursday, August 7, 2008
In other news
Hey all,
It's been a crazy week. I am in taper mode, but still some workouts to do. Tuesday was a interval workout. They weren't too tough 1x10min IM pace, 2x5min half IM pace, 4x3min Oly pace. I may have pushed it a bit too much by the time I hit the Oly's cause my legs were complaining again. Wednesday the legs didn't feel too good in the 3x6min tempo(51 min total) I ran a really hilly loop and my legs said no way on the uphills, so I walked some of it if it fell during a easy section. Not quite what I had in mind but hey it's taper time, I can take extra rest if I need to. The swim in the evening went better, although I could barely get into the water. I don't know what it was exactly but it was freeeeeezing cold(Talisman training pool). I seriously stood by the stairs for like 10 min going in and out, in and out. Trying to get rid of the shakes, I would go in start shaking uncontrolebly and back out. LOL the lifeguard musta wondered what my problem was. Eventuallly I got in, I really wanted to swim since I haven't been that regular of late. Got a good swim in 5x200, 10x100 for the main set. I think I did 500m warmup unaided, the rest with the pull bouy. :P Today we got hills, shorter ones, but a little more intense. I think I'll ride them a bit more controlled this time(vs all out try to keep up with the IG train) ha ha.
Oh and I have some exciting news. Most of you know already, some might not. But Lisa and I are finally getting married in Sept. We've been hummin and hawin about the location, who to invite, planning, etc and got frustrated so we're eloping to hawaii. :) Tues. Sept 23 will be the date. No we're not staying to watch the IM, we're going to Maui. We're looking forward to the trip and of course the wedding. We're also looking at buying a house, busy life eh? Cheers,
Darryl
Monday, August 4, 2008
Hey all,
Monday:
Been looking forward to this ride for a bit. Curtis had conveniently skipped the country so no workout partner. Greg had offered I could tag along with his long ride this weekend, perrrrrrfect timing. We both don't like mornings too much so decided to start at 10 am. I was late, but I'm gonna put all the blame on the poor guy who had an accident at the corner of deerfoot and memorial. But seriously, I hope he/she's ok, either way they directed traffic to head south on deerfoot so I founda back route to downtown and across to Greg's. No biggie another 20 min for Greg to wake up, hee hee. We started out at a nice easy pace, good thing about riding with Greg. He waits and bides his time, there will be no hammering from the get go. Allows me muscles to warm up properly and give us time to chat too.
There were quite a few cyclists on Springbank road on the way to Bragg Creek. Nice day, a bit chilly but still nice. Not too much wind, a bit of a head wind going out, but that's life. We stopped in Bragg Creek to refuel, sorry Greg I only brought two bottles. Refueled and headed out to 22x and on to Millarville. This is the third time I've ridden this route, I absolutely love it. I'm also learning to know it's turns and hills and to know my aprox. location by the geography. Near the last turn Greg had me go on ahead while he visited with the Cows near by. I hope he didn't ummmmmm pee their lunch?!?!?! I went ahead and when I got on the smooth highway I felt good so I decided to givver a bit. It feels so good to giver on smooth highway, it feels so fast. I think Greg figured we were doing 40-42 into Millarville(no tail wind I think it was a cross). When I hit the cross road to turn into Millarville I realized I'd dropped a bottle. Aughhhh those stupid bottle launchers, I'll def. have to replace those before IMC. On the way back we looked at a few of the rough spots, but gave up soon. I hate those bottles anyways. My new nemesis for long rides is bottles that leak sticky nutrition ALL OVER MY BABY!! lol don't ask Curtis about me swearing a blue streak about my stupid bottles in the middle of no where.
So we get back to Bragg creek, refuel again and hit the ride home. We'd done a bunch of tempo work starting at Bragg on the way out. Greg wouldn't tell me when he'd just up the pace. I think the first time I didn't even clue in, I was just thinkin to myself hmmm this long ride pace is a lil quick, not sure I can hold this for the whole thing. Then he sits up and I realize that's the end of that session. I know I'm a dummy, :P It's ok though the moment my legs start to complain much I'm really good at stickin to the back wheel like it's glue. Thankfully I didn't have to draft that much, most of the tempo riding I stayed back a bit, although I'm sure my effort level was way higher than Greg. What can I say, the man can ride. Later on coming back into Calgary we played a bit of Cat and Mouse games on the last hills. I even surprised Greg and pulled ahead of him on one hill. Course he made a point of dropping me on the next longer hill, hee hee. My legs would have none of that one, no matter how much I tryed to coax them. This something like our conversation went, "GOOOOO one last hill Greg's going we can do this stay on his back wheel!" Legs respond with, "You're on your own, I got nothing left, it's totally your fault for blowing us both up on the last hill" Me, " We can do this at least try, keep in contact" Legs, " WTF do you think we, no I change that I have been doing for the last 150km we're done, OVER" Aughhh there's only so much the legs can be convinced. Hee hee Greg hammered by a roadie and buddy clung onto his back wheel. When I crested the hill I had visions of us riding in the tour and Greg waiting for me to bridge up so we could drop the poor roadie. So I put my head down and proceeded to claw my way back(bridge up). My legs and I were talking again(they recover quick) and I(Jens) bridged up to Greg(Andy) and together we took off ahead of the poor roadie. At one point I spit(it was a good loogie) and I turn around and there he was. What the.... he musta grabbed onto my wheel. I just towed him up to Greg(Andy) dammit!! Oh well back into Calgary and my lil Tour game was over as we hit the first street, back up from the bars. I also appoligized for spitting on or near(not sure which it was) buddy.
We went for a short run after, I think it was about 25 minutes. We started out pretty hard, but then half way through I started to bonk bad. I had to even walk a bit, could it be the red bull then lack of sugar after to keep the energy up. I doubt I got enough calories, but the pace was high at the start. Although if it was the pace it'd be the legs to go, not the blood sugar. Anyways it was an awesome day. Pretty much everything, some spinning, tempo, hard hill climbs, and some hammering. Andy and Jens rule the roads!!!! Wooo hooooooooo
Monday:
Been looking forward to this ride for a bit. Curtis had conveniently skipped the country so no workout partner. Greg had offered I could tag along with his long ride this weekend, perrrrrrfect timing. We both don't like mornings too much so decided to start at 10 am. I was late, but I'm gonna put all the blame on the poor guy who had an accident at the corner of deerfoot and memorial. But seriously, I hope he/she's ok, either way they directed traffic to head south on deerfoot so I founda back route to downtown and across to Greg's. No biggie another 20 min for Greg to wake up, hee hee. We started out at a nice easy pace, good thing about riding with Greg. He waits and bides his time, there will be no hammering from the get go. Allows me muscles to warm up properly and give us time to chat too.
There were quite a few cyclists on Springbank road on the way to Bragg Creek. Nice day, a bit chilly but still nice. Not too much wind, a bit of a head wind going out, but that's life. We stopped in Bragg Creek to refuel, sorry Greg I only brought two bottles. Refueled and headed out to 22x and on to Millarville. This is the third time I've ridden this route, I absolutely love it. I'm also learning to know it's turns and hills and to know my aprox. location by the geography. Near the last turn Greg had me go on ahead while he visited with the Cows near by. I hope he didn't ummmmmm pee their lunch?!?!?! I went ahead and when I got on the smooth highway I felt good so I decided to givver a bit. It feels so good to giver on smooth highway, it feels so fast. I think Greg figured we were doing 40-42 into Millarville(no tail wind I think it was a cross). When I hit the cross road to turn into Millarville I realized I'd dropped a bottle. Aughhhh those stupid bottle launchers, I'll def. have to replace those before IMC. On the way back we looked at a few of the rough spots, but gave up soon. I hate those bottles anyways. My new nemesis for long rides is bottles that leak sticky nutrition ALL OVER MY BABY!! lol don't ask Curtis about me swearing a blue streak about my stupid bottles in the middle of no where.
So we get back to Bragg creek, refuel again and hit the ride home. We'd done a bunch of tempo work starting at Bragg on the way out. Greg wouldn't tell me when he'd just up the pace. I think the first time I didn't even clue in, I was just thinkin to myself hmmm this long ride pace is a lil quick, not sure I can hold this for the whole thing. Then he sits up and I realize that's the end of that session. I know I'm a dummy, :P It's ok though the moment my legs start to complain much I'm really good at stickin to the back wheel like it's glue. Thankfully I didn't have to draft that much, most of the tempo riding I stayed back a bit, although I'm sure my effort level was way higher than Greg. What can I say, the man can ride. Later on coming back into Calgary we played a bit of Cat and Mouse games on the last hills. I even surprised Greg and pulled ahead of him on one hill. Course he made a point of dropping me on the next longer hill, hee hee. My legs would have none of that one, no matter how much I tryed to coax them. This something like our conversation went, "GOOOOO one last hill Greg's going we can do this stay on his back wheel!" Legs respond with, "You're on your own, I got nothing left, it's totally your fault for blowing us both up on the last hill" Me, " We can do this at least try, keep in contact" Legs, " WTF do you think we, no I change that I have been doing for the last 150km we're done, OVER" Aughhh there's only so much the legs can be convinced. Hee hee Greg hammered by a roadie and buddy clung onto his back wheel. When I crested the hill I had visions of us riding in the tour and Greg waiting for me to bridge up so we could drop the poor roadie. So I put my head down and proceeded to claw my way back(bridge up). My legs and I were talking again(they recover quick) and I(Jens) bridged up to Greg(Andy) and together we took off ahead of the poor roadie. At one point I spit(it was a good loogie) and I turn around and there he was. What the.... he musta grabbed onto my wheel. I just towed him up to Greg(Andy) dammit!! Oh well back into Calgary and my lil Tour game was over as we hit the first street, back up from the bars. I also appoligized for spitting on or near(not sure which it was) buddy.
We went for a short run after, I think it was about 25 minutes. We started out pretty hard, but then half way through I started to bonk bad. I had to even walk a bit, could it be the red bull then lack of sugar after to keep the energy up. I doubt I got enough calories, but the pace was high at the start. Although if it was the pace it'd be the legs to go, not the blood sugar. Anyways it was an awesome day. Pretty much everything, some spinning, tempo, hard hill climbs, and some hammering. Andy and Jens rule the roads!!!! Wooo hooooooooo
Sunday, August 3, 2008
holy crap, SNAKE ORGY
Hey all,
Another great week went down in terms of training goes. We're not getting any hot weather, I've kinda given up on that before IMC. Oh well it's co-operating enough to get all the training in.
Thursday we had an awesome hill workout in Cochrane. Greg, me, Iona, Leslie, ummmm I think that was it started out at the Church again. Rode out to Cochrane together, not much wind to report. Perfect weather for some climbing. The first hill Greg and I stuck together, we started really easy, and I stuck on his wheel. We even got to chat for the first half of the hill that's how easy the effort was. Later on towards the top my legs started to complain. You see riding to Cochrane does not suffice for warming up the legs, they need one or two big steady climbs to get the blood flowing. Hill number 2 did that and Greg decided this team thing had come to an end. He steadily rode away from me, I tryed to up the pace and get back on his wheel, but just couldn't. He's a rock star and rode like it. Thankfully he'd always wait at the top for me and we'd ride down together. The 3rd climb I paused to take my sunglasses off and put them into my jersey pocket. Wow that was bad timing, cause he attacked and rode like a man posssessed to get to the top. I hear her rode to a personal best on that one and by the top I could barely see him, lol. So he waited for me again and I took the lead on the way down. Hey, it's the only way to get a bit of a cushioning for the ride up. I ride faster on the way down and after that 3rd rep I decided I didn't need to wait for him anymore. So I'd start the climb as he was still finishing the decent and give him someone to chase. On number 5 I pushed as hard as I could and didn't relinquish the lead till near the top. He came by and I stayed on his wheel for a bit. Then he pulled away. 5 hills in the bank, I think that's 15km of climbing and some of them were pretty hard. Woo hooooooo I kept it down to one water bottle so I could keep the weight down, hee hee and by the time we reached the Church I was nursing that thing. 2:45 ride with only one bottle, and I managed, but just barely. I could feel myself starting to bonk while putting the bike in the car. hee hee oh well no more workouts for the day. :)
Friday was a day off and Saturday Curtis and I headed out for a med. length ride. Funny cause 120km isn't what most people call a short ride huh. ha ha. Anyways we started out at Glenmore trail/Sarcee. The temp out wasn't super warm and when the clouds covered the sun it def. was a bit coolish. My legs complained for the first bit, I guess even with yesterday off there was still some soreness/fatigue in them from thursday's hill work. The body was still complaining about not being able to sleep longer. Curtis is so mean waking me up at 9 am. pfffffffffffffffft. I still craved the nap at Bragg Creek. We refueled and continued on south towards Millarville, 2 hours in, at the turn to head east into Millarville my legs still were not happy. If they were fine I probably would have said legs just continue on to Millarville, but no, we stuck to the plan, 60km/2 hours out and then we turn around. Just about this time my legs started to feel better. Greg wanted some tempo riding so I decided now would be a good time, and shifted up to hit the first hill hard. No granny gear for me, rode right through the top and kept going, head down all the way to Bragg Creek. Ok, my head wasn't down the whole way, it was figuratively in this case for pushing hard. I think we went from like 55 min out, to aprox 40 min back to Bragg Creek. Good effort as my asthma complained(coughing). We even got a few drops of rain, big big drops. Refueled again, chatted with some fellow riders and moved on back towards Calgary. Ahhh such a short ride, after a couple minutes I lit the pedals up again. After a couple minutes I assume Curtis is further back again. Not this time, he calmly rides beside me and asks if I saw the Doe with the couple of fawns beside the rode. I'm like...... (dude I'm friggen Time Tialing) aughhhhh that hurt my feelings a bit. He is getting so hard to drop, I remember spring when I wouldn't even have to push at all and have to wait for him. Not that I minded, if he got too far back, I'd just ride back for him. Now I have to go all out just to gain a few minutes on him. So eventually he drops off but then I feel the familiar thump thump. Yes you guessed it, a flat. Weird how when he stops getting them, I start. I had just got new tires on for this ride and now this?!?!?!?! So I jump off the bike and start to change it as Curtis rolls up. I figured I'd do it as fast as I could, see how long it would take me. I think it was about 12 minutes, and I did check the tire, there was a staple in my brand new tires. /cry Oh well I actually was relieved, can't do anything about sharp pointy things. So tire back in place I let Curtis know we were pushing hard till the first big hill coming into Calgary. So we both hammered away, it felt really good, he informed me we were doing 40-42km ph coming back from Bragg Creek with no wind aid. I think it was a side wind but I really couldn't tell, it was strange and gusted at weird times. Short 30 minute transition run after which also felt good. Lately it's been the transition runs that feel the best, it's the time when the legs are warmed up, no fatigue or soreness. I guess that's a good sign.
Today I went to Coral Springs to do a open water swim. Lisa, my fiance lives there so she got me in with her card. There were some dark clouds and some thunder so I waited a bit till the clouds moved on. Started swimming and almost right away decided that this was not a good place to swim. Sorry Lisa and thank you so much for getting me in, but the weeds are too much. As a kid I was completely comfortable swimming in that stuff, but I guess now it creeps me out. Most of the lake had weeds and at lots of places I had to swim directly through it. :( It's too bad cause it would be a good lake to swim back and forth in. It's not really big, kinda narrow and long and with a beach on each end you can do laps back and forth. Oh well I swam to the other end(beach) and back and called it. Maybe I'll go for a swim tomorrow at the Talisman again since today's wasn't long.
So I came home and headed out for a 75-90 minute aerobic run as per Greg's schedule. The legs were tired/sore so it took a while to feel good. I ran to Deerfoot trail, across, then along the Bow south a ways to Barlow/Blackfoot trail, across than along the bow north then west towards Prince's Island park. Didn't quite make it till there, my time was up, so I headed back and crossed over the Bow and ran around near the zoo. While running by the zoo, right near the spot I nearly stepped on the snake and yes right near the naked chick I was looking down and noticed another snake. He was sitting on the rocks along the edge of the path. The path is on the side of a hill so the rocks with the help of some fencing hold the path up. Hope that makes sense, so I see this snake, look a bit further and see another, then another and another, they were crawling all over the place, eeeeeeeeeep. I didn't count by I guess probably 2 dozen garter snakes sitting around perhaps mating??? I've heard these things do get together once a year, maybe it's that season? I noticed some shed skin, maybe they do that then too. Take off their clothes for some hard core action on the rocks wooo hooooooooooo. Oh well the rest of the run went well, I'm pooped now, very pooped. Tomorrow's the long ride, I can hardly wait to see what the IG has in store for me. Curtis is on his own adventure riding north to the Yukon in a rented RV. What a taper eh? I hope he has a good time and a safe drive. Cheers,
Darryl
PS: Take care Jenna, I'm wishing your dad a quick and sound recovery.
Another great week went down in terms of training goes. We're not getting any hot weather, I've kinda given up on that before IMC. Oh well it's co-operating enough to get all the training in.
Thursday we had an awesome hill workout in Cochrane. Greg, me, Iona, Leslie, ummmm I think that was it started out at the Church again. Rode out to Cochrane together, not much wind to report. Perfect weather for some climbing. The first hill Greg and I stuck together, we started really easy, and I stuck on his wheel. We even got to chat for the first half of the hill that's how easy the effort was. Later on towards the top my legs started to complain. You see riding to Cochrane does not suffice for warming up the legs, they need one or two big steady climbs to get the blood flowing. Hill number 2 did that and Greg decided this team thing had come to an end. He steadily rode away from me, I tryed to up the pace and get back on his wheel, but just couldn't. He's a rock star and rode like it. Thankfully he'd always wait at the top for me and we'd ride down together. The 3rd climb I paused to take my sunglasses off and put them into my jersey pocket. Wow that was bad timing, cause he attacked and rode like a man posssessed to get to the top. I hear her rode to a personal best on that one and by the top I could barely see him, lol. So he waited for me again and I took the lead on the way down. Hey, it's the only way to get a bit of a cushioning for the ride up. I ride faster on the way down and after that 3rd rep I decided I didn't need to wait for him anymore. So I'd start the climb as he was still finishing the decent and give him someone to chase. On number 5 I pushed as hard as I could and didn't relinquish the lead till near the top. He came by and I stayed on his wheel for a bit. Then he pulled away. 5 hills in the bank, I think that's 15km of climbing and some of them were pretty hard. Woo hooooooo I kept it down to one water bottle so I could keep the weight down, hee hee and by the time we reached the Church I was nursing that thing. 2:45 ride with only one bottle, and I managed, but just barely. I could feel myself starting to bonk while putting the bike in the car. hee hee oh well no more workouts for the day. :)
Friday was a day off and Saturday Curtis and I headed out for a med. length ride. Funny cause 120km isn't what most people call a short ride huh. ha ha. Anyways we started out at Glenmore trail/Sarcee. The temp out wasn't super warm and when the clouds covered the sun it def. was a bit coolish. My legs complained for the first bit, I guess even with yesterday off there was still some soreness/fatigue in them from thursday's hill work. The body was still complaining about not being able to sleep longer. Curtis is so mean waking me up at 9 am. pfffffffffffffffft. I still craved the nap at Bragg Creek. We refueled and continued on south towards Millarville, 2 hours in, at the turn to head east into Millarville my legs still were not happy. If they were fine I probably would have said legs just continue on to Millarville, but no, we stuck to the plan, 60km/2 hours out and then we turn around. Just about this time my legs started to feel better. Greg wanted some tempo riding so I decided now would be a good time, and shifted up to hit the first hill hard. No granny gear for me, rode right through the top and kept going, head down all the way to Bragg Creek. Ok, my head wasn't down the whole way, it was figuratively in this case for pushing hard. I think we went from like 55 min out, to aprox 40 min back to Bragg Creek. Good effort as my asthma complained(coughing). We even got a few drops of rain, big big drops. Refueled again, chatted with some fellow riders and moved on back towards Calgary. Ahhh such a short ride, after a couple minutes I lit the pedals up again. After a couple minutes I assume Curtis is further back again. Not this time, he calmly rides beside me and asks if I saw the Doe with the couple of fawns beside the rode. I'm like...... (dude I'm friggen Time Tialing) aughhhhh that hurt my feelings a bit. He is getting so hard to drop, I remember spring when I wouldn't even have to push at all and have to wait for him. Not that I minded, if he got too far back, I'd just ride back for him. Now I have to go all out just to gain a few minutes on him. So eventually he drops off but then I feel the familiar thump thump. Yes you guessed it, a flat. Weird how when he stops getting them, I start. I had just got new tires on for this ride and now this?!?!?!?! So I jump off the bike and start to change it as Curtis rolls up. I figured I'd do it as fast as I could, see how long it would take me. I think it was about 12 minutes, and I did check the tire, there was a staple in my brand new tires. /cry Oh well I actually was relieved, can't do anything about sharp pointy things. So tire back in place I let Curtis know we were pushing hard till the first big hill coming into Calgary. So we both hammered away, it felt really good, he informed me we were doing 40-42km ph coming back from Bragg Creek with no wind aid. I think it was a side wind but I really couldn't tell, it was strange and gusted at weird times. Short 30 minute transition run after which also felt good. Lately it's been the transition runs that feel the best, it's the time when the legs are warmed up, no fatigue or soreness. I guess that's a good sign.
Today I went to Coral Springs to do a open water swim. Lisa, my fiance lives there so she got me in with her card. There were some dark clouds and some thunder so I waited a bit till the clouds moved on. Started swimming and almost right away decided that this was not a good place to swim. Sorry Lisa and thank you so much for getting me in, but the weeds are too much. As a kid I was completely comfortable swimming in that stuff, but I guess now it creeps me out. Most of the lake had weeds and at lots of places I had to swim directly through it. :( It's too bad cause it would be a good lake to swim back and forth in. It's not really big, kinda narrow and long and with a beach on each end you can do laps back and forth. Oh well I swam to the other end(beach) and back and called it. Maybe I'll go for a swim tomorrow at the Talisman again since today's wasn't long.
So I came home and headed out for a 75-90 minute aerobic run as per Greg's schedule. The legs were tired/sore so it took a while to feel good. I ran to Deerfoot trail, across, then along the Bow south a ways to Barlow/Blackfoot trail, across than along the bow north then west towards Prince's Island park. Didn't quite make it till there, my time was up, so I headed back and crossed over the Bow and ran around near the zoo. While running by the zoo, right near the spot I nearly stepped on the snake and yes right near the naked chick I was looking down and noticed another snake. He was sitting on the rocks along the edge of the path. The path is on the side of a hill so the rocks with the help of some fencing hold the path up. Hope that makes sense, so I see this snake, look a bit further and see another, then another and another, they were crawling all over the place, eeeeeeeeeep. I didn't count by I guess probably 2 dozen garter snakes sitting around perhaps mating??? I've heard these things do get together once a year, maybe it's that season? I noticed some shed skin, maybe they do that then too. Take off their clothes for some hard core action on the rocks wooo hooooooooooo. Oh well the rest of the run went well, I'm pooped now, very pooped. Tomorrow's the long ride, I can hardly wait to see what the IG has in store for me. Curtis is on his own adventure riding north to the Yukon in a rented RV. What a taper eh? I hope he has a good time and a safe drive. Cheers,
Darryl
PS: Take care Jenna, I'm wishing your dad a quick and sound recovery.
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