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  • An Open Letter regarding the Annette Street Bike Lanes

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    Ms Toft:

    It was with sadness and anger that I read about the decision not to install bike lanes along Annette Street through the Junction. I moved to the Junction in March of 2007 from an area just west of Little Italy at College and Dovercourt. I had been [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2008, 6:30am EDT

  • An Open Letter to Miss Lily's Cafe in Picton

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    It really was the most delicious latte that I have ever had. Really. [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2008, 8:29pm EDT

  • An Open Letter to the Mechanic at Curbside Cycle

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    Dear coffee drinking mechanic at Curbside Cycle;

    Thanks for repairing my bike one whole day earlier than you had predicted. You're the best. Thanks for finding the source of the squawking noise coming from my drive train and getting rid of it. Riding home in a hail' [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2008, 6:52am EDT

  • An Open Letter to the Anonymous Police Officer

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    Dear Police Officer Driving the Unmarked car;

    I saw you cut off that commuter on their folding bike on Adelaide Street West when you swerved impatiently around a semi making a wide left turn. Thanks for making that persons decision to ride to work a little more difficult.[...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 8:17am EDT

  • An Open Letter to the Parking Space Stalker

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    Dear Person Looking for a Parking Space,

    This morning, while traveling eastbound on Grenadier Road I thought you were the most polite driver ever as you drove slowly behind me obviously trolling for a parking space. I felt so safe and so respected as a cyclist.

    Why then, [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2008, 8:52am EDT

  • An Open Letter to the Horn Honkers

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    Dear noise polluters,

    If your car is too big to maneuver around me and my bike while we are stopped at a red light, you have two options:

    1) Be patient and stop honking your horn
    2) Buy a smaller car

    Thank you [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 5:30pm EDT

  • I'm the worst blogger ever

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    But I did move. That's my excuse. Towards the end of March I moved from the apartment that I had lived in since I moved to Toronto (tenant since 1998!) into a really amazing, lovely house. It is a detached house with a main floor, second floor, and a partially' [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2007, 3:46pm EDT

  • Bring on Spring!

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    Hello March! We made it out of February and I didn't go insane. But it looks like March will come in like a lion. Last night it took me almost twice as long to get home as it would normally. Needless to say, last night's run didn't happen, so I' [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2007, 12:53pm EST

  • Why is Friday always so hard?

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    My whole week has just been one slower day after another.... each of them getting slower and slower and slower. It is a cruel trick.

    Was up this morning for a 7:40 AM appointment with my chiropractor/ART guy. I don't know what he did differently this time, but' [...]
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    Posted: February 23, 2007, 3:34pm EST

  • Taxes and coffee...

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    Decided not to go to yoga class this morning. The class often leaves me stiff and sore well into the weekend and I don't think I want to be running a half marathon with lingering yoga stiffness. You would think that would mean I would sleep in, but no, I' [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2007, 4:38pm EST

  • Mystery Flat #2

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    Well, I bailed on the computrainer ride last night. Got home and remembered that on Sunday Shayne had commented that my rear tire was flat. This is the second flat I have had on the trainer (or, to be more precise AFTER riding the trainer [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2007, 5:07pm EST

  • My Week in Review

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    Not a bad week. No missed workouts, but a few that were a struggle.

    11 hours, 51 minutes of training

    Monday
    Walk to work
    18k recovery spin on the computrainer

    Tuesday
    AM - 1900 yard swim - a tough main set of fast 100s
    PM - 9.4 [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2007, 5:03pm EST

  • Last Week In Review

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    12 hours 30 minutes of training

    Monday: 18K very easy zone 1 spin on the computrainer

    Tuesday:
    AM - 2194 meter swim (my log converts from yards) including the first IM pace swim of 1500 meters
    PM - 7.5 k easy run with the group I lead
    [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2007, 1:42pm EST

  • The need to knit

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    It has been a busy couple of days. Wednesday I didn't get off the bike until close to 8:00 pm and was beat, and had to get up at 5:15 the next morning, so it was all I could do to stay awake long enough to relax for a bit' [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2007, 3:27pm EST

  • Stood Up

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    Well, I managed to get to the pool this morning and in the water by 6:25 AM. My coach usually swims for 30 minutes on Wednesday morning and then goes to a Yoga class at 7:00. So the plan was to possibly meet up there. Well, he was a no [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2007, 4:49pm EST

  • Goal Achieved!

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    Today was the first of the IM pace swims. Every couple of weeks I get an IM pace swim, that gradually gets longer as my training program progresses, and usually ends in one or two swims of the full IM swim distance of 2.4 miles. So today was 1500 yards. [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 12:48pm EST

  • One should never be cocky...

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    So, last week I was off work for two days sick. I wasn't terrible, horrible, bed ridden sick, but I had a sore throat that was like I was swallowing a tennis ball that was coated in glass. So, I stayed home hoping that a) I wouldn't spread it to [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2007, 11:30am EST

  • I really thought we were going to get away with it

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    I really truly thought that we were going to get through this 'winter' without any snow. The thought made me positively giddy. But, overnight Sunday we got some precipitation that was kind of like snow, but more like ice pellets, which became freezing rain, which became snow. So, let the [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2007, 11:52am EST

  • Someone stole my kidneys!

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    From Training and ...

    Remember those internet hoaxes where people were claiming that they woke up in a bathtub full of ice beside a note claiming someone had stolen their organs? Well, here's the proof!

    Actually, this is what you get for overdressing for' [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2006, 8:45am EST

  • Bruised Fingers - Take Two

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    Last year I had my first blood lactate test done on my bike. The information was useful for setting the intensity of my long rides on the computrainer through the winter. So, I just had my first test of the winter done last night, and I have the bruised [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2006, 12:39pm EST

  • When did I move to Vancouver?

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    So, it is December 1 and we are in for another 30 mm or so of rain. The west coast is just getting over a huge snowfall. What's wrong with this picture? From my point of view, nothing. I don't really like the snow. As someone committed to human powered [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2006, 11:52am EST

  • Operation Frequency - Phase Two Complete

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    So, after my Niagara half marathon I took a week off. All I did during that week was walk back and forth to work each day. It was nice. But a week is enough for me to be ready to get on with it. So I decided that I would [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2006, 1:03pm EST

  • The 2007 Schedule

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    The schedule for the winter of 2006 and into 2007 is looking like this:

    December 10 - Chilly Willy Half Marathon (Mississauga)
    February 25 - YMCA Half Marathon (Peterborough)
    March 11 - St Patricks 5K (Toronto)
    March 25 - Around the Bay 30K (Hamilton)
    April 7 - Spring Run [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2006, 4:53pm EST

  • The Report Version

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    First, thanks to everyone that sent me encouraging emails (I managed to check my email before the race) and I apologize to everyone that sent me emails after the race worried about what had happened. There wasn't internet at the cottage and not all of the Info Centres around the' [...]

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    Posted: November 07, 2006, 2:34pm EST

  • list of things to remember when attempting an Ironman (in no particular order):

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    Enjoy the training. If your race attempt is unsuccessful, and you look back on how unenjoyable the training was the whole thing is going to feel like one big miserable failure. I can honestly say that I enjoyed the training. If I count January 1, 2006 as the start of [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2006, 1:07pm EST

  • This turned out pretty good...

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    This year at the MS Bike Tour they had a photographer at the lunch stop taking photos. He wrote down your bib number and your email address and then they sent the photos via email after the tour. Mine just arrived to my inbox today [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2006, 3:15pm EDT

  • How happy do I look?

    Race photos from the weekend:

    Bike

    Finish

    Finish [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2006, 9:11pm EDT

  • My First Half Ironman race

    Nice thing about the first time, it's a Personal Best no matter what.

    The Short Version:
    Swim - Goal: 00:45:00, Actual: 00:38:12
    Bike - Goal: 3:55:00, Actual: 3:15:05
    Run - Goal: 2:20:00, Actual: 2:13:21
    Total - Goal: ~7:00:00, Actual: 6:14:38

    The Long Version:

    I went to school [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2006, 4:39pm EDT

  • Some Milestones

    Last week on Thursday I swam my first 3000 meter/3 kilometer straight swim set. Most weeks my swim is made up of shorter intervals with varying amounts of rest and I will swim a total of 2500-3200 meters in a session. But every couple of weeks I get a straight [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2006, 1:21pm EDT

  • Taking the rest day...

    Today's schedule had an option: rest day or a swim. I decided to take the rest day. I haven't been sleeping well (waking up often in the night) and just felt so crappy on my ride yesterday that I decided some time off would be appropriate.

    So I slept [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2006, 1:34pm EDT

  • City Blues

    This morning was the day that I officially felt like I was just plain sick of riding in the city. Since I ride early in the morning, traffic isn't really an issue. It is mostly that I am sick of the state that the city is in. As a cyclist [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2006, 9:59am EDT
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