Run for the Cure

It's not October, but it just occured to me that I should say something about the Run for the Cure (against breast cancer). Last October my wife and I again helped organize the sixth annual RftC in Blackburn Hamlet, and once again we raised more money than ever before. Here's a pic of the crowd that took part in this great "hometown" event. My wife looks after the food, and I mark the 5k course and then get to run it as well. Great fun for a great cause.

Three weeks to Miami

Happy New Year to all!



Three weeks from tomorrow I will be prowling around the fitness expo at the ING Miami marathon/half marathon. Time to get really serious about training (well, it was time a couple months ago). Just finished a quality 45 minute run outdoors, as the Dome is closed today. Rounded that off with some upper body strength training when I got home. Dome is back to regular hours on Monday so I can start the morning runs again. Over the holidays I went a few times in the afternoon when the Ottawa Lions track club was training: what a bunch of speedsters! Of course, I could be any of their grandfathers, so did not feel too bad they were blowing me out of the water.



Two weeks from Sunday is the annual Richmond 10k, and I have certainly prepared much more for this than usual. We are supposed to get some small amount of snow soon so hope to get out x-country skiing tomorrow afternoon; trails are pretty icy right now.