July 17th, 2010

Saturday Morning Run ft. Bear Sighting

I went for a nice Saturday morning run this morning. A bear crossed my track. I like that this happened only a few kilometres away from where I live.

April 19th, 2010

Ryan the (Bicycle) Mechanic

When I bought my new bike I told myself that I wouldn’t need to ride it to work because I’ve already got a hybrid bicycle that I bought nearly a decade ago. But this bike hasn’t seen any action in a couple of years, and even when it did it was neglected from a [...]

April 14th, 2010

Mountain Bike

I’ve gone and done it: I have purchased my first “real” bicycle.

February 9th, 2010

Squash

Another quick update, this time on my busiest day of the week.

Normally on Tuesdays I play squash with Kate. She’s busy and had to cancel so I played with Evan. It turned out to be the best game of squash I’ve played all year. The intensity was unmatched, and the speed of [...]

November 15th, 2009

The Challenge: A Year in 100 Photographs

I am faced with a difficult challenge: a year in 100 photographs.

Before I left Ms. Kirkey was kind enough to prepare for me a photo album with a collection of photos of friends and family. I kept this photo album on my coffee table the entire time I was in Germany. It was [...]

October 25th, 2009

Squash Arm

I have total squash arm this evening.

Yesterday I picked up a new squash racquet in anticipation of playing a game with Adam J. this morning. I went with the Flexpoint 130 from Head. I have now played only one game with it, and it seems satisfactory. I didn’t think about the racquet [...]

September 24th, 2009

So You Think I Can Run a Marathon?

A few people have asked me about my participation in the Einstein Marathon. My training was fairly limited so I wasn’t even certain that I could finish; if I would finish I expected it to take me nearly 5 hours. I expected to not be able to walk, talk, eat, or breath if [...]

September 18th, 2009

Marathon Playlist – Suggestions Needed

Alright everyone: In less than 24 hours I am off to Ulm to try to run a marathon. In less than 40 hours my feet will hit the pavement. As I’ve written before, I expect it will take me 4-5 hours–that’s a lot of music.

I need song, album, artists suggestions to keep me [...]

August 12th, 2009

Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Luxembourg, Vimy, Brussels, Köln, London, Berlin, Ulm, Kaiserslautern

After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...]

July 22nd, 2009

Sleep On Train

A trying week of highs and lows, cultural understanding, pain, destruction, and triumph: the Alpencross was a great success. Eight brave people began a quest from Oberstdorf Germany to Lago di Garda over seven days. Though we only arrived seven in numbers our early departure was expected and we successfully delivered all willing [...]