I know, tough stuff! I ran on both Saturdays that we were in Florida on vacation: once on the streets of Seminole and Largo (two communities in the Tampa Bay/Clearwater Beach area) and the second time I was barefoot on the sand at Clearwater Beach. I hadn't run on that beach since I had visited Florida when I was in high school. Only one minor cut on my foot from a shell fragment during the second run, which I see as a small price to re-live a memory from my younger days.
In between our times on the coast, my family and I went to Disney World. I am a logistics guy by nature and profession, so I took it upon myself to plan our days at Disney, including being the runner for Fastpasses. For those unfamiliar with Disney World, line-ups can be a real drag on your time, with wait times of over an hour for popular attractions. The Fastpass allows you to plan ahead and basically beat the line, provided you return to go on the ride at a later time that is appointed when you get the Fastpass.
Getting the Fastpasses meant that sometimes I had to go to a different part of the park to book a ride we wanted to go on, but that saved us from waiting in the heat for an hour or so per ride, which can seem like an eternity with two tired youngsters. This gave me the opportunity to sprint a few times a day while at Disney, on top of the hours of walking around that we did, too. I think there is value in some sprint training, to mix up the exercise for your body and maybe even speed up your longer runs!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Saturday Run Around Cow Bay
I wasn't able to go to this morning's Team Myles run because of family commitments, but I more than made up for it by running the loop around Cow Bay. It is about 7.5 kilometres. I have run it before but the first leg was all headwind today. For some reason, it didn't feel like the tailwind on the other side of the loop helped me as much as the headwind at the start made me work harder!
I used some of the warm-up moves and stretches that Devon from Push Fitness showed us before our Team Myles runs. I have found that it's good for me to do a bit of warm-up and stretching before a run. I have heard some other people say they don't stretch before, but I will err on the side of caution. The last thing I want is to be laid up with an injury that warming-up and stretching might have prevented.
I used some of the warm-up moves and stretches that Devon from Push Fitness showed us before our Team Myles runs. I have found that it's good for me to do a bit of warm-up and stretching before a run. I have heard some other people say they don't stretch before, but I will err on the side of caution. The last thing I want is to be laid up with an injury that warming-up and stretching might have prevented.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Heart in Halifax
Really good concert tonight at the Metro Centre. Ann Wilson showed she still had her voice, albeit a few tones lower than 30+ years ago. She still belted out the memorable parts to Heart's classics and Nancy still rocked her guitar, mandolin, autoclave, and vocals.
Tonight's setlist (from memory and help from a setlist last summer in Nashville. There were a couple changes for Halifax, but this is basically the show):
1. Cook With Fire - off their latest album and my favourite of the 4 new songs they played. Good beat and rhythm, strong opener.
2. Heartless - classic, really fun to play on the drums.
3. What About Love - 80's fan favourite.
4. Straight On - another good song with a solid guitar hook.
5. Dog & Butterfly - slowed it down a little for this title track from the 70's.
6. Desire Walks On - title track of one of their albums that Ann admitted was not a commercial success. The chorus was very heavy and seemed like there was too much going on, especially for a Heart song where Ann and Wilson's talents should be at the forefront.
7. Hey You - new song. Ann played the autoclave. It was OK but the "na na na na" chorus seemed like they tried to write an intentional sing-along song.
8. Even It Up (with Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter intro/bridge) - great song and a clever mash-up with one of my favourite Stones songs.
9. Red Velvet Car - title track from the new album. It was just OK to me.
10. Alone - great torch song from 1987. Remember 1987? :-)
11. WTF - new song, heavy sound, second favourite of mine of the new songs they played.
12. Magic Man - great 70's song, the keyboard player did an especially good job with the sound at the end.
13. Crazy On You - one of my favourites to play on Guitar Hero.
14. Barracuda - my favourite Heart song. Here is video (sorry, only 3 minutes, to the end of the guitar solo, ran out of memory!):
First Encore
15. What Is and Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin cover that they nailed, especially Ann's vocals.
16. Love Reign On Me - The Who cover was well done, but would not have been my choice as a show closer.
Second Encore
17. Dreamboat Annie - for us Canucks since this album was first released in Canada. Nice tip of the hat to their band's Canadian roots to finish the show with this one.
Tonight's setlist (from memory and help from a setlist last summer in Nashville. There were a couple changes for Halifax, but this is basically the show):
1. Cook With Fire - off their latest album and my favourite of the 4 new songs they played. Good beat and rhythm, strong opener.
2. Heartless - classic, really fun to play on the drums.
3. What About Love - 80's fan favourite.
4. Straight On - another good song with a solid guitar hook.
5. Dog & Butterfly - slowed it down a little for this title track from the 70's.
6. Desire Walks On - title track of one of their albums that Ann admitted was not a commercial success. The chorus was very heavy and seemed like there was too much going on, especially for a Heart song where Ann and Wilson's talents should be at the forefront.
7. Hey You - new song. Ann played the autoclave. It was OK but the "na na na na" chorus seemed like they tried to write an intentional sing-along song.
8. Even It Up (with Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter intro/bridge) - great song and a clever mash-up with one of my favourite Stones songs.
9. Red Velvet Car - title track from the new album. It was just OK to me.
10. Alone - great torch song from 1987. Remember 1987? :-)
11. WTF - new song, heavy sound, second favourite of mine of the new songs they played.
12. Magic Man - great 70's song, the keyboard player did an especially good job with the sound at the end.
13. Crazy On You - one of my favourites to play on Guitar Hero.
14. Barracuda - my favourite Heart song. Here is video (sorry, only 3 minutes, to the end of the guitar solo, ran out of memory!):
First Encore
15. What Is and Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin cover that they nailed, especially Ann's vocals.
16. Love Reign On Me - The Who cover was well done, but would not have been my choice as a show closer.
Second Encore
17. Dreamboat Annie - for us Canucks since this album was first released in Canada. Nice tip of the hat to their band's Canadian roots to finish the show with this one.
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