Photos, Uncategorized

Hurricane hits Newfoundland

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Hurricane Igor hit my hometown province of Newfoundland yesterday and left thousands without power for more than 24 hours. A few people got on their blackberries around the neighborhood mentioning that everyone was safe.

I didn’t hear back from my family for two whole days (yesterday and today) so I’m not sure if they’re still without power, or why they’re not calling back.

Either way, here is some of the destruction that has been going on. Igor left quite a hefty mark on our little province.

These photos were all grabbed from Twitpic.

There’s a house under these 2 fallen trees (source)

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Trees hanging on live wires. (source)

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This “crater” used to be the highway!!! (source)

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Running

My hands are still shaking

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I signed up for another race.

If you’re new to my blog I have only ran two 5km races ever. The first one being in 2008 (re-cap) and I quit running after the race since I wasn’t training properly. The second race I had higher expectations of myself which I re-capped as well.

People always say that the adrenaline will pump you up and make you race faster and harder. I’m hoping third time’s a charm, because the first two (which were basically “My First Race” for both of them, since they were so far apart) I was still nervous while on the run and couldn’t relax.

I’m not going to tell you when my next race is. Solely for the reason that I don’t want to keep reminding myself how soon it is. I really don’t like talking about entering races, and how I almost hate it while I’m running them. But I can’t say much just yet. I know I’m not comfortable racing them. I need to start getting more comfortable running on my own and learning how to pace myself. I’m not always going to have a group of amazing great friends that will slow down for me when I need a walking break, or when I just feel sluggish.

But, I still thought I’d let you all know that I have entered another race, and it’s… soon.

I even debating signing up for two races at the time when I was on the registration page. But I refrained, for now. Maybe I’ll let you know more detailed information once I calm my nerves.

After all, it’s just a training run. Right?

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Photos, Running

9k under the belt!

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Last night I wanted to try and run 9k. I know a 3k out-and-back route that I’ve done a couple of times, which I decided to do 1.5 times and walk the 3k home.

I ended up doing 9k in 57:31, which was a bit disappointing since I wanted my 10k to be that number (or less!). By the time 6k came around, I was beat. But then again I was feelin weak at minute 4! There you have it. I ran the 9k with some music and my heavy loud breathing with people staring at me huffing away.

It was starting to get a bit dark when I finished my 9k, which meant that the weather was starting to get cooler. I ended up walking nearly 2k home and ended up racing home the 1.4k that I had left.

In reality though, I am so proud of myself, even if I feel like I’m  being hard on myself :). It was my first long distance ever, and I think I had only ran 8k prior to that once. Between kilometer 7-9 I ended up stopping pretty much on the dot of every 5 minutes and walking a bit. Usually I like to maintain the 10 and 1’s (10 minutes jog, 1 minute walk), but I just decided I needed that break. Maybe next time!

Before and after tee hee :)

I pre-wrote this blog entry prior to work this morning, so I could publish it while I was getting tests done. I’m off to get a pulmonary function test done at the hospital! Deets later.

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