Double run, weights, and a short swim... Also I believe I've mentioned before how unpleasant I find training in the morning to be!!! At any rate, I have one more double run day to do to get caught up the the Run 28 times in Feb Slowtwitch challenge (and of course tomorrow is the 28th).

Total Time: 1:50

7:30 pm - YMCA Treadmill and weights
- run: 0:30 easy run
- weights: 0:30 upper body and stretch

12:30 pm - YMCA Track
- run: 0:30 track run (ok pace)
- swim: 0:20 1000m (500 free, 500 flipper kick -- loosen muscles)

Ok, I saw this mentioned in a post by Chip at Midnight Poutine, and I have to post the video:

Triple run and a short swim...

Total Time: 2:00

7:45 pm - YMCA Treadmill
- run: 0:30 easy run

12:00 pm - YMCA Track
- run: 0:30 track run (good pace)
- swim: 0:20 1000m (mixed, 500 free, sets of 250)

9:00 pm - YMCA Treadmill>
- run: 0:30 unenthusiastic run
- stretch: 0:10 stretch

Outside of trail running on Fri I had a very active but not very training oriented (at least directly) weekend. Snowshoeing, dancing, and a lack of sleep on Sat left me with a Sun of rest and geeking out at the cafe.

Total Time 3 days: 1:45

Fri
1:30 pm - Mt Royal Trail run
- run: 1:45 great run (no idea of the distance)

Sat
I went snowshoeing for 2:30 in the eastern townships during the day, and I danced away the night at I Love Neon (at least 2 hours solid dancing). I'm not counting these as training time though (just pointing out that I wasn't sitting on my ass).

Sun
Sore, tired, and running on 5 hours sleep.

This afternoon I went trail running on snow covered trails of Mt Royal. I was impressed by level of difficulty winter adds: stairs are no longer stairs, the terrain becomes uneven and unstable, and you have to make sure you don't drift to far to the edge when your running the crest at the top. In other words Mt. Royal becomes a bit more of a technical run (as opposed to just fun). If this appeals to you, then the only thing I'd caution is that you be careful not to trample the x-country ski trails... I like to ski as well.

Went to Ottawa for the weekend, and while I got a 12km of skating in on Sat I'm not going to count it. On Sun I did little other than hang out with my Dad, and on Mon I was in full geek out mode with a Drupal 5.1 setup for mile-end.qc.ca and a well overdue Gentoo upgrade on my Mythtv box.

I want to go but I'm not sure I've got the waking power. I saw them at Mutek last summer and danced my ass off, however, I do have to leave for Ottawa tomorrow morning at 10:30am for some Winterlude skating... At any rate, I just picked up my rental car, and I'm currently sitting at Laika trying to decide what to do. Nobody confirmed attendance so I'm pretty much free to do as I wish.

Here's the promo (the doors are open now, and the DJs come on at midnight):
 
Junction SM :: (Dandy Jack + Sonja Moonear, Perlon, Kalk Pets, Chili, Suisse) @ Diskfunction February 16th 2007.
Friday the 16th of February, Diskfunction presents in collaboration with MUTEK, the duo JUNCTION SM (Switzerland..Chile) at club L’Academy (4445 St.Laurent Boulevard).

It is a good idea to show up early, since the rich groovy rhythms of MightyKat will warm up the night from 10 PM, and Junction SM will perform beetween midnight and 2 AM (and maybe later if the vibe is good).

Junction SMis a live/dj duo in which Dandy Jack’s sophisticated rhythms & sounds combine with Sonja Moonear’s fine records selection. The JUNCTION SM performance is all about a perfect mixture of Dandy Jack’s live improvisation and Sonja Moonear’s dj work. Jack’s input is routed through 2 channels of Sonja’s mixer in order to let her control the whole given sound.

Depending on the evolution of the night, Dandy Jack can reload new sets while Sonja is taking over the dancefloor, or she might slow down her input to let Jack perform solo. The interaction between both of them and the public is the oxygen of their performance.

You will never recognize any pieces, nor have any repetition from a set to another. The frontier between live sets and records vanishes in the most subtle way, and the immediate effect is that the audience gets lost trying to determine who does what… Hence more fun for everybody!

Academy Dancehall
4445, St-Laurent

7$ from 22h to midnight, 12$ after
Drinks Specials 4 $ before midnight (Vodka, Rhum, Gin)

Dom&Phil

There's the thick sweet odour of dense tropical flora in the air as the over grown trails become difficult... You feel the moister being stripped from your body by the wind as it fills your tracks in the desert dunes... The fields of wheat gently sway in the breeze under miles of sky on a horizonless road... The chill hits bone as you push ahead across the ice... You fall into the rythm of the waves as they pound the shore...

  And as you run you are fully aware of your stride length, cadence, speed, distance covered, heart rate, elevation, etc... All a because you're wearing a Polar RS800sd that you purchased from a local seller on EBay for a third off the price it would cost you at Boutique Courir (though I love Boutique Courir). And since you only won the bid last night you cross your fingers and hope it arrives as advertised (new, unopened, with warranty intact).

I'll post a review once it's arrived and I've given it a good run for the money.

FYI I already own a Garmin Forerunner 205, and while the GPS is a fun toy for the geek in me, I found that the satellite connection cuts out too frequently in the city (Montreal) and is non existent in the woods...

Almonds are widely considered to be one of the super-foods (along with flax seed, kale, butternut squash, broccoli, sweet potatoes...). They are very good source of protein, Vitamin E (an antioxidant), phosphorus, calcium, and fiber. They also contain potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, and trace amounts of the B vitamins thiamine and riboflavin and.

Anyway, I've been eating a lot of almonds lately, and just now I was sitting in my office munching away when a co-worker informed me that almonds help slow drunkenness and prevent hangovers. A quick search for "almonds hang over" turned up this site which states:

Almonds: American Indians contend that eating six raw almonds before imbibing helps prevent intoxication. Plus, they taste good!

Not exactly proof, but here's a cheers to almonds.