Weird week.....

Well, this was a very weird, strange week for me......I mean on the ice everything was okay, off the ice........it just felt that I was not moving in my normal rhythm........physically, mentally, almost like I was in the clouds somewhere........I was just not myself.
Oh well, the only thing I can think of is that my body is finally catching up to my activities and routine or, I'm coming down with something.......better not be!!

My lace bite is still lingering but much better as I put a piece of padded gel and that worked wonders.......maybe next week I will try lacing up normally without the gel. On the other hand, I tweaked my right knee while reffing a friendly scrimmage between our U of C girls and the Extreme team girls. I didn't even know I did it until we were done but it's nothing that will keep me out.

On Saturday, I hooked up with my Danish friend Anas, see pic, who is trying to qualify in the 5,000m for Denmark and we hammered out 3 sets of 15 laps with 10 minute breaks in between.........a 5,000m is 12 1/2 laps........it was tough as we held a very decent pace but we got it done.

Speaking of which, after this month, I really have to decide what distance I will specialize in.......sprints or longer distances. Starting next weekend, I will be racing quite often............ weekend races and sanctioned races with maybe even a couple of trips to Richmond in the New year to test out the new Oval. I will be racing almost every weekend till Christmas and various distances. I set up my racing schedule this past week.....

The Dinos open the season this Thursday in Red Deer..........road trip already.......

I bought a small fire pit, see pic, for the yard here and I think we'll baptize it next week as Tuesday is the Full Moon.......gotta bring a little home with me here.

And not sure if y'all know but if you click on the pics, they get enlarged......

Okay, till next week and Happy Thanksgiving to all. We should always check ourselves, daily, look around, and truly understand how fortunate we really are, so we all have lots to be thankful for........except for that golden brown turkey lying on its back on your table.....heh heh

Peace.