“It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and …
Monthly Archive: February 2010
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Feb
17
Olympic Break – Day 6
Training 6.5 km recovery run LETC spin with 2 x 5 min tempo and 12 min build Olympic Highlights Where to start? Seeing Stephen Colbert tape the Colbert Report in the morning. Going to the Finland vs. Belarus hockey game with Dad and somehow sitting right beside an old friend (good to see you Indy). …
Feb
16
Olympic Break – Day 5
Training 14 km run with 35 min in Zone 2 27 km bike with 15 min tempo Olympic Highlight Men’s hockey getting underway and then watching the Ignite the Dream fire and light show at Robson Square. Still can’t believe how crazy it is on Robson at night.
Feb
15
Olympic Break – Day 4
Training 3.6 km swim 79 km ride with 1.5 hours in Zone 2 Olympic Highlight Watching Alexandre Bilodeau get his gold medal with Brian at LiveCity Downtown.
Feb
14
Olympic Break – Day 3
Training 2.5 km technique swim Olympic Highlight Watching Kristina Groves win bronze at Heineken House amongst the Dutch speed skating fans and then Alexandre Bilodeau breaking the curse.
Feb
13
Olympic Break – Day 2
Training 1 hour hill run (ouch) 32 km bike with 20 min and drills Olympic Highlight Obviously Jen Heil winning silver but also seeing Wilco at LiveCity Yaletown
Feb
12
Olympic Break – Day 1
Training 4.1 km swim 7 km recovery run with 4 20 s accelerations and drills Olympic Highlight Opening ceremonies obviously but specifically the slam poem “We Are More” by Shane Koyczan. Define Canada You might say the home of the Rocket Or The Great One Who inspired little No. 9s and little No. 99s But …
Feb
12
Training Update
It’s finally here. I don’t what I’m more excited about, the Olympics themselves or the two week break from school. Either way it’s going to be two weeks full of training, interspersed with watching events on TV and even a couple live (thanks Dad). The original plan for these two weeks was to be in …