Is that Spring in the air???

Today was awesome! sunny, around 3C no wind, so I put on my run shorts, then my track pants over top, a long sleeve t-shirt and my windbreaker on and went for a run outside for the first time in about a year or more!!...

It was a tricky run, I had to take care as not to roll an ankle, I had to go slow and maneuver allot along the sidewalks, which are still snow covered, along with slush, ice and water from today's melting, But I Did it!! actually it was kind of cool running along the sidewalks with the snow along the sides at waist height.

I put in a leisurely 5k run and it felt good. I was even sweating! I had a bead of sweat coming down the side of my forehead,? that's something you rarely see on me in the summer? let alone during the cool temps i endured today? matter of fact my shirt was soaking wet when i finished. Must be all the extra insulation on me? ie; FAT!!

Lots of snow was melting today, not so much from being warm but from the strong sunlight today and no wind. The roads had rivers of water rolling down the sides later in the day, along the huge snowbanks that were shrinking before my eyes, and flowing into the closest sewer drain that are covered over still by the snowbanks.

I got so excited I took out my cruiser bike after my run, ( my wife's walmart special heavy steel bike with the wide tires) and tooted around for a few to 10km, Woooooo!...but my back was soaking wet from spray of my back tire, still it felt good to ride out doors.

Hopefully this trend will continue and we will be rid of all the bad snow!! bad bad snow!! Go away snow!!

But not so? from what i hear or saw on the news? we still have some cold days and a few more snow day to come, and actually? we have always had at least one last blast of snow in April up here, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed this year for warm and sunny days, so I can ride again!!

21 Years Ago today....

Happy Birthday Melissa......Daddy loves you

It was 21 years ago today on Friday the 13Th, that this sweet baby came into my life at 1:31:30 am. Being the first of my three children, she is very special to me, all my kids are special to me but? you know? the first is a little more special. I am lucky to have her, specially with all those 13's associated with her birth. 13 is definitely my lucky number!! Melissa has given me the best 21 years of joy in my life. I love you baby!

Going back to work and .....

Going back to work at this time is all my idea, I told my surgeon when I saw him last week I wanted to go back to work, I insisted that I wanted to go back and asked for the OK and a note to go back the 17th, but there was a snag with my LTD?

I Went to my Family doctor as per request by my LTD agent to get another note stating I can go back to work right away on the 17th, because the other note was to vague as to my ability's, so as to say i'm able to work full time hours and can manage my duty's, rather then going back to work on reduced hours and build up my work week, as they want me to. I told my agent that going back part time was not an option for me, as it would cost me to much money to drive to work and back (over and hour both ways ) for a shortened shift with only being paid for the time worked? That I was ready to work full time.

So I got the news I'm going back to work on Monday after being off from work for 9 months.

This is good and bad.

It is good because I want to go back to work and being Easter the following weekend I have a shortened work week for the first two weeks back.

Bad because I lied to the doctor about being ok to go back, but I had to!!!

If I don't go back now, I won't be able to race at Disney 70.3 or any of my planned races for that matter! I can't justify being off work and being able to do a race, albeit doing it hurt, my foot is not going to get any worse if I race?

I know it sounds stupid, but doing a race is totally different from being on my feet all day at work? I can stand the few hours of being on my feet for the sake of doing a race knowing it's over and I don't have to do it again, unlike working having to go back daily for a full 8 hours, five day's a week.

I want to move on!!

So I told the Doctor I'm a lot better, I want to go back to work, and I can manage my job with what pain I have.

There are a few reasons why?

I can't afford to lose my job over doing a race while being off work. The training I have been doing while I've been off work is/was ok as per Doctors approval and encouragement.

I could have told the doctor the truth and say it hurts to much to do my job and stay off longer, to give it more time to heal and not do my planned races, but the real reason is I can't afford to stay on LTD any longer which only pays 70% of my wage minus taxes and deductions any longer.

If I stay off work longer then one year I would lose my position at work.
If I stay off for a full two years, I lose my job and get a reduced pension of only 50% of my wage, for the rest of my life, so I can't afford to be pensioned off, that wouldn't pay the bills either.
It's Sort of a catch 22. I'm damned if I do! and damned if I don't

I'd rather go back to work so I can pay my bills!! bare the pain and with time it might get better. And to continue on the best I can with training and enjoy my planed races.


I have my Orthotic inserts!! I'll manage!!

Short and Sweet

Swam 2000m, ran 1hr, rode 15 min.

Snow Storm of the Century!

It's the Snow Storm of the Century!!...Being only year 8 in this century that is? yuk!yuk!yuk!

Another huge snowstorm blew in covering us with another blanket of deep snow. It was coming down so hard that I went out every couple of hours to shovel up at least 4-6 inches of fresh snow, in all we got about 2 feet.

This morning Joanne shoveled the drive again, only up to where the plow pushed all the snow on to our driveway from plowing the street. We had no where to put it? it was about 3 feet deep and 5-6 feet wide, so we shoveled it across the road.

Here I am leaning on the side snowbank with my arm up to show the height, mind you, on the other side of the mound is just as deep across the lawn from throwing the snow over the top.

And my close up...

NO need for training today, I am to beat from all the shoveling to do anymore exercising.