When is tough mudder again?

So whens the actual date? I really think we should get that count down timer going. Shawn if you grant me access to the blog as an admin ( muah hahaha ) I'll put one up. I know there's one somewhere in there. Or you could do it, but I'd be more than happy to do it. (Muah hahaha)

When I don't feel like going to the gym...

...I watch a tough mudder video:

http://toughmudder.com/video/

It's a sufficient kick in the pants for me to not only hit the gym, but go as hard as I can.

SO TRUE!!!!

Good article

How I Got Over the Jogging Beginner’s Hump

http://lifehacker.com/5917671/how-i-got-over-the-jogging-beginners-hump

Where the hell am I?

   The family and I are in the very small town of New Carlisle in Gaspe Quebec. I know, I'd never heard of it either. This is stop number 3 on our East Coast Excursion. After driving 1600km in 3 days I needed to do something so I headed out for a run. Little did I know it would turn into a mini-mudder practice! You see, there are about three roads here. All of which turn to dirt then to a trail then to a large body of water like the Atlantic ocean, (you've probably heard of it). You know you're in trouble when the GPS deosn't know where you are. I was using run keeper but it got confused.


    I had fun, well mostly. As the road turned to gravel, then to dirt and eventually a trail of mud and water. It was ideal Mudder practice. My shoes are soaked and muddy, as well as the lower half of my body. I did 14.5km in 1:30:24. What did I learn? Mud is wet, cold, slippery and kinda fun. However it does slow you down. You need to take little steps so you do 't wipe out. A lot like walking on ice but messier!


   After that I went for a, ahhh, refreshingly invigorating dip in the aforementioned ocean. The temperature was around 55-60 degrees celsius. I couldn't feel my legs. Literally. Something else to look forward to during the Mudder.

Count down?

I think we should get some kinda countdown clock on here to the main event. I know there are a ton of websites that offer copy paste code for a count down clock. I'll take a look around and maybe Shawn can put it somewhere on the page.

Success from out of town.

Just so the Toronto crew is't worrying about the wild card from Ottawa, I thought I would check in.  Last weekend was the National Capital Marathon. While I'm not quite crazy enough to try the full marathon, I did manage to complete the half(21.2km) in 1:36:08. (Just over 4:30/km)

Shawn (Colbeck) had me out this morning for a nice little jog through the park here in Ottawa.  By park I mean play structure, so I'll let you fill in the grueling details of what special tortures he came up with.

Looking forward to meeting everyone in August