Beer mile run

Saturday a friend of mine set up a beer mile run where everyone drinks a can of beer of there choice, (but it has to be 5% alcohol) then runs a loop of a 400m track and has to do this 4 time to run a mile, and anyone who pukes while on the run has to do a penalty run of one extra loop. lol It was a lot of fun! I didn't run it this time, instead I videoed it, but next time I will definitely run it!! :)

This was the group who showed up.

Here are the group of eight who ran



This is Mark on the left who organized the race and Jon on the right who won the race in 7:49



You can view my video here, its a bit long, but after all you try to drink 4 beers and run a loop per beer for a total of 1 mile! lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_KinBy4JQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL


Today was suppose to be my long run but as yesterday was a perfect sunny cloudless warm day, today is the exact opposite cold with heavy rain and windy so I did a little treadmill in my basement instead, nowhere near the 3 hours I was supposed to run outside, only because treadmill running in the basement is boring. lol Ill make up my distance throughout the week! :)


This is my map of my proposed run route for today's 30km which didn't happen because of cold and rain




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Barrie to Wasaga beach event

Originally my event was to be held on May 7th, but there has been a glitch in this event and I had to change the date. The event had to be moved up one week later, to Sat May 14 to accommodate technical difficulties and commitments.

On that note, I have officially re-posted up my Barrie to Wasaga beach 50 mile event on facebook with event details and route maps and even a you tube video I made of the route, (I believe I made the event page pubic,) so if you are on facebook you can check it out here on this link--> http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=202120126486478



I will also be twittering on race day May 14Th 2011 starting at 5am or so. All my friends and family can follow as the day unfolds on twitter....You can follow me on twitter at @ironjosef

Now to do some run training! ;)



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My Sunday run

23km in the books! I managed to run the whole distance in under 3 hour to my satisfaction.

My route today....

It's feeling more like spring!

Happy April fools day!!... The weather is looking great for this weekend and hopefully I'll be able to get out for a bike ride. I'm hoping to ride the 50mile route Saturday and I will video the route as I go along and post it later. In the mean time I went out to check my pond and pond fish, to see if my fishy's are still alive under the ice, check it out......

Ultra 50 mile training plan

Here is a training plan Catherine Harding made up for me to follow which she guarantees will help me complete my attempt of the 50 mile run we are planning May 7Th. ...As I see it, it is a good plan to follow, Will I follow it? probably not, but I will use it as a guide line of what I should be doing. My problem is I just can't do all that running with my foot and knees hurting as much as they do, So I will just continue on with my "less is more" training plan in which I will do moderate running over the next 5-6 weeks increasing my distance to 20- 30 km as my longest Sunday run, some interval runs throughout the week for cardio as well as some swimming for cardio and weights for strength, and if all goes well I should have no problem finishing the 50 miler May7 TH Mind you, it won't be a speedy 50 miler, but I will do the distance just the same before the day is done! :)

Thanks for the training plan Catherine, I do appreciate it! :)

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Sunday LSD Ultra training run, 13.5k

While most of my friends are running the ATB (Around the Bay) 30km race in Hamilton today!...
Here is the web link--> http://www.aroundthebayroadrace.com/


I did my own ATB ( Around the block) run today, but only 13.5km.lol

Me at the start of my cold 13.5km run today.



Here is my run route for today....

Never ending winter

This never ending winter just doesn't want to end!?!? lol ..Wednesday we were hit with a sloppy snow storm which dumped 4-6 inch of snow depending where you live from Toronto to Barrie, and cooler then normal temps for the next few days, so I didn't run today as I don't like cold or getting my feet wet from the slush. lol.

I'll be back in the pool tomorrow ( Friday ) then if the weather is nice ( as in above freezing, suppose to be sunny tomorrow ) I will do a a run to continue with my Ultra 50 plan to make up for today's run. ;)

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Started my 50 mile Ultra training

I kicked off my 50 mile ultra training with going to a nice ST Patty's day party friday where I was able to talk with Catherine about our run route. We decided to go with the out and back to Wasaga beach as it would be more challenging.

Oh and the party was fun to

Joanne and I at the party...



Sunday I went for my first test run, only did 1.5km to check my leg fitness in a tempo run, my first run in over a month! ...OK maybe two months!! lol but I made it with no problems. :)

Today I went for a little longer run of 4 and change K's, I know it's not far but this route is mostly up hill with a nice steap long hill in the middle and my plan is to build my run slow and steady up to and including May 7Th 50 miler,

Below is the map of my run today.....






Tomorrow back in the pool. :)

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Tentative map routes for my 50 mile Ultra

I have a couple of tentative map routes for my 50 mile Barrie to Wasaga beach Ultra race. The first map is a out and back where we will have some support through the day to replenish our nutrition and liquids along the route/course via sag wagon, as we won't have aid stations per say, where our support will meet us at some checkpoints throughout the course.


The second map is a shorter loop course that I set up and will present to Catherine as a alternative to an out and back. The second route is a 10 mile route which loops around starting from my house and back across the end of my street, where we would do 5 loops for the 50 miler. The idea is it will be easier for everyone for support where we can be met at the 10 mile mark ( which is at the end of my street from my house )by our support crew rather then them driving all around to meet us at check points in the out and back route all the way to Wasaga beach and back.

I will discuss and finalized which route we use with Catherine Friday night at a ST Patty's party at a friends house that we will be meeting at. :)

This is the out and back course......






This is the 10 mile loop course....

Ironman Arizona November 2010 slide show

I finally made time to add my pictures from Ironman Arizona 2010 in a slide show.




I tried to list them in order, but when I uploaded my pictures somehow they ended up out of order of my trip?

I also posted a copy of my slide show link to the side of my blog as a permanent link.

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