Well, Canada Day 2010 has come and gone. This is a great race and I think everyone should do it...unless you are faster than me. If this is you, stay home.

In all seriousness, it was a good day for me and my sexy socks, but a better day for my friends Michael and Laurie! Michael won the 5K, and Laurie came first in her age group. Well done; those young-uns have nothing on us (forgive me as I shamelessly share your spotlight).

I also want to give a shout-out to the infamous AJ Rankel. On Canada's 143rd birthday, AJ crossed the finish line at a local triathlon after Paul Tichelaar. Number two after a freakin' olympian. Is there anything AJ can't do?!

Happy Canada Day everyone!

St Albert 10 miler

Not a great run today. But, a great race, and plenty of other good race performances by other friends of mine. You all know who you are.....

That`s all I have to say about that.

A true master shows himself in the Comox Valley half-marathon

This past weekend Basil and myself traveled to Beautiful British Columbia for the Comox Valley half-marathon. We met fellow runner Greg Meiklejohn there. We all had good runs, however Greg had an outstanding one, setting a new age group record of 1:18:08 for the 50-54 category.

This post is dedicated to him.

Spring, please spring!

This is just an excuse to post motorcycle photo`s. The Kawasaki is my beautiful ZX12R, and the other bike has a paint job I would like to do on mine. The WWII fighter scheme. Soon.....

Mark and A.J. running video

Mark and A.J. running video

The agonies of running (My stupid brain!)

Ok, This may come as a shock but I'd like to be serious for a moment. I'm interested in hearing from other runners about the mental aspect of running. Admittedly, I find difficult to get out the door to run sometimes and my mind doesn't always help matters!

What got me thinking about this was Brendan Lunty`s guest column on Basil`s blog. Brendan mentioned how he loves to run:
- in the rain
- in the dark
- in the cold
- at the track
- in the city

There was more love going on than at a sixty`s hippy orgy!

Do not get me wrong, I do love running, just not how Brendan loves running. Am I alone?

So, my questions are these:

Do you find it easy to get out the door to do your training runs?

Do you experience mental ups and downs while you are on your training runs? During races?

Tell me the truth people! Tell me your experiences.