Kelownagurl Patient Expert

In 2008, I documented my journey to become a triathlete. A couch potato most of my life, I began... Full Bio
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November 20, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Finally got out for a run, although not as I had hoped. Tried to get organized quickly after school so I could get home in time to run the trails before it got dark, but just ... Read on »
November 19, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Oops, missed a couple of days. Haven't done training of any sort all week - haven't had a chance to. Yesterday I had an ortho appt, then took the boy to a doctor appt, then ... Read on »
November 15, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The Pub RelayGot up this morning feeling a little groggy. Had some yogurt for breakfast and that was it.The temp was about 3C (37F), overcast, slight wind with a forecast for ... Read on »
November 11, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Wow, what a great day! I went for my run this afternoon and it was awesome! I drove up to the other end of the trail where I usually run, and did just the flat part out and b ... Read on »
November 10, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Really glad tomorrow is a day off. Got home around 5ish, made dinner. Lower calves, achilles still sore-ish so decided to take an extra day or rest so as not to ask for troub ... Read on »
November 8, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Another great day! Got some stuff done this morning, then went for a trail run this afternoon . It was overcast and about 8C 46F. Carly and Erik came along and although we all ... Read on »
November 7, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Well today turned out to be a pretty good day. I had a crapola sleep last night and was lying awake for about half an hour before I remembered that I didn't have to work the ... Read on »
November 6, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Good day. Calf felt ok, a little tight, couldn't have run , but it wasn't painful like last night.Brian says use the roller then heat, cool (not cold) X 3 times.Did abs again. ... Read on »
November 5, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Not a bad day overall. Way too busy at work and I left my desk and room in a mess when I had to go at 4:30. But it was dark out and threatening rain and I still had to pick ... Read on »
November 4, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Another day, another dollar.... Stretched in the morning, stretched at night.Stretched a couple times during the day.Calf has the ~~slightest~~ tenderness/tightness that I am ... Read on »
November 3, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Well today I got home from work and dentist at 6pm and was determined to go for a run despite how hungry I was. I drank a glass of water and had a hammer gel so my tummy wasn ... Read on »
November 2, 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I'm baaack.... First off, here's a link for Sandy - see her comment on my last point. http://allanswalk.blogspot.com/2007/05/forefoot-running.html I don't think I have any fo ... Read on »
November 1, 2009 Another Month, Another Opportunity... by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I decided I'm going to write a short blog post every day this month, like I did last year. I could actually steal the first paragraph from last year and find not much has chan ... Read on »
Late October by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I know, not much of a title, but I don't have a whole heckuva lot to say. My training has been sadly lacking due to fatigue and overwork, and I've been struggling to get out ... Read on »
World Wide Festival of Races 2009 by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Well, my original goal was to do a half marathon, then I downgraded to a 10k like last year, finally on race day, I settled for a 5k run without a walk break. I don't think I ... Read on »
Ironman Canada Info by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Here are the names and numbers of some our my twitter friends who are racing IMC today! I will post their swim times this morning, but won't be able to update the blog once I ... Read on »
Kelowna Apple Sprint Triathlon Race Report by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I'm a bit slow getting this post up - spent most of Monday/Tuesday getting my race report podcast out then went in to school all day today to unpack 35 boxes and start gettin ... Read on »
Last Practice Swim by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking So today I went down to Tugboat Beach to swim the course. There were races in the morning, then they leave the course open for 45 minutes before they take the log boom down fo ... Read on »
Taper by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Actually this whole summer has been a taper of sorts. I mean, I have been training, but not to the extent I did before the Oliver Tri in May, or even to the extent I did last ... Read on »
Almost Race Time! by Kelownagurl Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It's 3:30am and I'm doing the peri-menopausal "waking up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason" thing so I figured now is as good a time as any to get my ... Read on »