Give Me Back My Five Bucks

So I thought I was pretty fit. I mean, I can run a 10km in under 60 minutes, and I can hike for days straight. But apparently I suck at field hockey now. After not playing for 2 years, I am completely out of shape for the sport. It blows my mind that I used to be so fast and so skilled. And I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to at least get back to my old self. The thing is, I know skill-wise, I’m above average. Sure, I’m a little rusty, but not that rusty. … Continue reading →

This morning I woke up at 5am to get in a run before work. Didn’t think I was going to get up when I set my alarm last night, but when 5am rolled around, I was pumped and ready to go. I haven’t run outside in months, and the area around my house is quite hilly, so I was nervous. I ended up running for 31:08 and ran 5.7km at an average pace of 5’27″/km. A little off my treadmill pace, but I’m pleased. Also, according to my Nike+ I burned 365 calories. Tonight I’m probably going to do JM’s … Continue reading →

Well I registered for field hockey tryouts at the end of this month for a competitive club team. I’m nervous, because even though I’ve played the sport for 20+ years of my life, I haven’t really picked up a stick or played in a real game in about 2 years. And nobody knows who I am here in Vancouver. In my home town, I’ve never had to tryout for a club team before. Competitive/elite teams, yes. But just a club team? Never. So these tryouts will be interesting. I know I’ll make a team, I just don’t know at which … Continue reading →

So yesterday at the gym, I ran 4 miles in 36 minutes. I was running at a pace where I know I could have run the last 2 miles, but since I was at the gym and was already over the allotted time on the treadmill, I had to get off. I was probably going at about 80% effort – a comfortable pace, never getting too fatigued or cramped up. That’s a 54 min-10km pace. Not great. Not bad, but not great. I set my “rest” pace at 6.0 (since that means I would at least be running at a … Continue reading →

Well, I’m back from our long weekend trek of the Juan de Fuca trail. It was a hard 47km, but not the hardest thing I’ve ever done. We had great weather; it only really lightly rained twice – and we had already set up our camp for the night. For food we brought mostly dehydrated meals (which were actually really good), as well as rye bread, cheese, sausage, oranges, and then the normal cliff bars, trail mix, etc. We stayed on budget with everything except for food. It was expensive because of the dehydrated meals (about $4-6 each), but I … Continue reading →