Penguin Stew

ALana and I have been living with our friend The Kid (Ryan) for the last month. He is named the kid because he is the youngest member of our race club at the ripe age of 28!!!! I think Mical has him tied but she has been with the club so long she gets a by.

The kid has had lots of renters over time and has aquired many ?things? in his freezer. Some are obvious frozen corn and tropical fruit mix. Others not so much, as in the frozen bag of white meat. Alana thought it was a bag of perogies. Upon further inspection it was a very old, freezer burnt bag of chicken breast. Having a good laugh at this I called the item in question penguin. Anything that has been in the cold that long has got to be transformed. The only solution was to slow cook it.

It got a pass from the kid and I thought it was yummy. Alana sampled and gave it a good grade too. Proving the point that it is impossible to screw up something in the slow cooker.

Morning Life

Well we are supposed to be here:











Drinking these:








But a passport expired and we had to delay for a week. Oh well, lot to do around the house and with no classes this week we are working hard.

I decided to go for a run this morning. I am trying to get up early and get to it. The Kid, who's house we are staying at, lives right by Fish Creek Park. Within 7 minutes I was running on dirt. Within 9 minutes I was flat on my ass on a slippery section of ice.

Beautiful morning, quiet woods, tranquillity and I turn the corner and literally almost run into:



There was a small group of them and they did not seem to afraid of me. I got within 8 feet of one before he/she decided to flip me the white tail and jet.

What a start to the day. Off I go to construct a wall.

Winter runs

Alana, Jay and I went for a run at Nosehill last night. The sunset was stunning and we took several minutes to savour the orange and red hues as the sun dipped behind our majestic rockies. We took turns at the turns making decisions. jay decided to be a deer and lope off into the deep snow. Nothing like getting a snow cone in the shoe.

We are on spring break this week for spin classes and have been filling the days with cross training activities like swimming and running. So far so good. I have left all recording devices at home and just go out and do. Sunday found us on the Fish Creek bike path navigating snow and huge water/mud puddles. The pace was easy but the riding great. The Kid and I even got in a swim that day as well.

As much as it would be a blast to train like that I cannot deny the benefits of the spin classes. The consistency and progressive steps, i believe, are a major key to my success on the bike.

Soon there will be nothing but outdoor riding but until then some good hard indoor classes.