I've got a Secret!

I've been keeping a secret, and hoping for the best, but!!....

Now it's time to let my secret out.......

For a long while I have had problems with my right heel while walking or running. I think it has to do with my right calf that I tore a year and a half ago. Since I tore my calf and since it's been healed, I have had tightness in my calf. I think this tightness is what is causing my heel pain. The tightness is probably scar tissue in my calf muscle which is pulling on my tendon causing the pain in my heel. I have had a little heel pain for some time now, but usually I stretch out my calf and the pain goes away in my heel. I usually stretch out my calf before doing any activity, specially running and diving, but this week it's not working.

Well now I have major heal pain and I can't walk or run on it, and I have my Marathon in just 8 day's! It got worse after yesterdays long run (5k) it started hurting more then usual. After my run I stretched it out, then I went in my hot tub and put the jets on it to massage it out before going to work, by the end of my shift at work I was hobbling from the pain even wearing my orthotics.

When I got up this morning I couldn't put any weight on my foot/heel at all until I stretched it out, but it still hurts to walk. I have my foot in a boot now and hopefully in a few days the pain will go away with rest, stretching and ice.

As for my Marathon in 8 day's ????

At least I can still swim and bike still.

: )

Bagged and wind blown

Yesterday was some windy day, the wind was blowing so hard it blew my stainless steel BBQ over and into my garden, no damage was done to the BBQ or my Tomato's, Whew!

Needless to say I bagged my bike and run yesterday, way to windy.

I ran today but now I'm getting heel pain in my right foot, eek! That's not good, not 9 days before my first stand alone marathon. I've been doing everything to it today from stretching my calf and Achilles, and hydro therapy in the hot tub with the jets massaging my calf heel and foot. and now it's painful to walk on specially at work. So I guess the agenda for this weekend is to rest elevate and ice to give my leg muscles time to relax and maybe ease up on my heal pain.

In the mean time I might get started at building the basement bedroom. I sort of put it on hold for lack of responsibility from my son and his girlfriend not looking for work seriously. I told them I'm not giving ANY FREE RIDES! they have to earn there keep and pay rent and buy food. I haven't taken any rent from them yet because they're not making enough money, but they have enough to buy there own food, yet they are still eating my food!

My son is working but at a temp agency doing factory work and not even full time, so when he's not working he hasn't made any effort to look for a real full time job, or look for another part time job to fill in the gap. He just watches TV or goes out to his friends drinking, meanwhile the girlfriend sleeps in until 9:30-10am because she's up all night watching TV, (but this is better then before, I mention to her that she won't find any jobs watching TV all night and sleeping in to noon or 1pm.) then when she is up, she sits and watches TV or colors all day long expecting a job to pop up out of the blue onto her lap, not realizing she needs to go out the door to find work. She's not going to find full time work anytime soon, so she should be looking for any part job or 2 until a full time job come available.

BUT YOU CAN'T TELL THESE KIDS ANYTHING! THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE MATURITY OR DESIRE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE AND LIVING AS AN ADULT!

Well I gave them an ultimatum that starting June 1 they will be paying rent 2 1/2 months is long enough to live free and find some sort of job and it's time to get off there ass's!!

So I figure if i start building they will come......First thing I have to do is move the main water line to run through the joists in the basement where I will be building the bedroom, right now they are over the joist and I can't drywall the ceiling other wise. But this job will be hard as the weekends are cloths washing days and the water is needed, so I'll have to work fast.

Today's training...

Run 30min

and lots of leg stretching.

:)

Another sunny day

The sun was shining, the birds were birding, and the flowers were flowering.....

Ahhhhh Spring!


I didn't do 10k run today, even with the weather as nice as it was, my damn knees were just killing me, so I only ran 5k.


Today's training...

Swim 1000m

Run 5k

: )

Good day to train

What a marvelous spring day! Sunny warm, high in the teens, perfect for training. Today I biked an hour followed by a 1.5km brick then went to the pool and swam a 1000m and dove for the rest of the time until I had to leave for work. I'm looking forward to tomorrow training as it's going to be warmer in the 20's and sunny, maybe I'll run a 10k after my swim? only 12 day until the Ottawa Marathon. ....hope I'm in shape?


Today's training...

Swim 1000m

Bike 1 hour

Run 1.5k

dive 1 hour

Time to catch up and vent

Since Friday I've been in one heck of a mood. I get a call from the parks and rec recreation director Friday afternoon with a message on my phone that she is going on vacation until after the long weekend, and went on to say she wants to meet up with me when she gets back about diving and the diving boards.

I don't know what is going on? but originally when we met up and discussed the do's and don't on the boards she gave me approval to use both boards and to be able to do what ever dives I like for practice! When I went to the pool Friday before work after hearing my message I was told by the head lifeguard I can't go off the 3m board, Ok fine I'll stick to the one meter board for now, meanwhile I'm stewing inside saying WTF!! I have another competition coming up on the 29Th and if I can't practice? I will suck worse than I am now!!

What really pisses me off is the fact that the rec director leaves me hanging without explanation of what is going on with a message on my machine telling me she wants to meet with me, leaving word with the head lifeguard I can't use the the 3m board then goes off on vacation!!

I have a feeling this has all got to do with politics and liability, but WTF!! what is the purpose of putting in a recreation center with equipment that you're not able to use during recreation times!! I am a tax payer to!! and if this is about some persons complaining that they can't lane swim while I and others are diving!?!? then to bad for them!! There are 2 other rec centers that are more suited for lane swimming!! The Holly pool was built for recreation with the hot pool and water slide and of course the diving boards for diving!! not just lane swimming!!

I may be jumping the gun here, but what she did is really rude and inconsiderate. I want to do good for the city by giving my knowledge of diving and services to build a diving club with the city, but if I'm going to get yanked around with politics, and with all that I have been doing to meet the city's so called requirements? Little do they know, it doesn't take a weekend certification course to make a coach!! It takes years of experience and know how! which I have!! By god!! I was taught by a Canadian National Olympic diving coach and certified as an instructor and coach by said same person!! The mechanics of diving hasn't changed since I last coached!!


Am I pissed??? you bet I am!!


OK back to training, I have a marathon to do in less then two weeks....I didn't do a thing over the weekend except stuff myself at the Mandarin with family for Mothers day. ...Burrp!


Today's training...

Swim 1000m
Run 30min

Joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat

I ended up uploading my video on my computer last night and editing and producing the movie before going to bed at 2 am last night. I burned a few copy's for my principal and Patricia, (the teacher who was directing the production ) to check out before burning the hundreds of DVDs for sale.

The movie turned out alright, except for lighting and sound being inferior. Because I didn't have a direct sound feed to my camera I only could capture the sound off the sound system speakers, which were awesome live. I could edit in sound, but that process would take a lot longer to do, as for the the lighting? I had no control over, what do you expect with an elementary school production.

Tonight I get to do it all over again. GO....GO...GO... JOSEPH!

Here is a sample of Joseph and the Technicolor dreamcoat play put on last night at my school.

One down....

I'm all go, go, go go, go joseph'd out! Almost 2 hours of show!! One down and one to go.....

The play the kids put up was awesome. Now I have to upload the video onto my computer tonight when I get home and get ready for tomorrows performance.

No training today as I went in to work early to get set up for the play.

I might have time to hit the pool tomorrow, we will see?

Mini Tri day

I had a big work out day. I started the day with a one hour ride, then ran a 30 min brick. I downed a protein shake and made my way to the holly pool for a 1000m swim followed by an hour of diving. whew! I'm tired!! ......

I took my Digital camera with me to work today, as I volunteered to be the video photographer, ( yet another one of my many talents) for my schools up coming play of Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. ...

There will be two nights of the production of the play at my school, the first being Wednesday and the second will be Thursday, and i am filming both because each night has a different lead playing Joseph.

I needed some sound checks done and I videoed some of the surrounding props and stage, and some behind the scene shots. I even caught one of the teachers practicing her singing part on camera. I'm going to use it to blackmail her if she get out of line with me and doesn't keep her class clean. ; ) ........

Tonight when I get home after work, I will upload the behind the scene shots I took today on to my computer, along with the credits I will shoot when I get a copy of the program tomorrow and edit it onto the film of Joseph that I'm shooting. When I'm done filming both night productions, I'll edit everything together to make two seperate DVDs for the school to sell to the parents of either nights production.


Today's training...

Swim 1000m...17min
Bike 1 hour....30km
Run 30 min....5km
Diving 1hour
: )

Started a grow-op

Today after my run I forgot to mention I planted my veggie garden. I turned and Hoed the bed and planted about 20 tomato plans of different variety's, bush beans, zucchini and pumpkins, all my favorite.I also managed to get sun burned, my back is as red as a tomato. : )

The weekend.

Saturday was cold so I didn't ride. Joanne took me out for my birthday dinner to the Mandarin for a great Chinese buffet dinner. I love Chinese!! I pigged out on crab legs, prime rib roast, spare ribs, chicken, fish, oh ya, and some rice and veggies. Then I went up for seconds! : )

Sunday, I went out biking with some members of my tri club Michelle Ted, Dave, and Leslie. We rode out to Wasaga beach and back and then some for a total around 100km. It was a good ride and weather was great but we did have cool winds. I felt great after my ride. When I got home I started dinner Mexican style, Taco's!!

Today's training...

Swim 1000
Run 5km

:)