Recent events has really hit home a theme or theory I have read by an author I have recently read and over several books. That is the idea that Limitations are good. As I had written before, there is a thought that the Danes tend to be the happiest people on earth because they do not brag about pers...

I finally had an epiphany that altered my behavior. I had read about the Fear of Missing Out, Continuous Improvement modern culture that when combined with social media has one chasing the horizon in a fruitless effort to achieve [fill in the blank or blanks]. Happiness, meaning, purpose or somethin...

Went for a very little walk today and then got ready for a day of football. But my entire body then started to feel tired and sore. My left calf has been especially bothersome. I have no doubt that I am paying the price for pushing my body too hard for all of 2019. I just recovered from my shoulder ...

A nice day for a snow shoe and I was able to take advantage of that: The plan was go up Sulphur Springs, better known as Suffer Springs to mountain bikers. Then up a downhill trail known as 727 and back down Race of Spades. The day was just warm enough, the snow just soft and deep enough to justify ...

There was literally no transition from being super busy at work - had an important meeting on the 23rd to family functions. Clean the house, make food for the 24th and 25th when we visit and prepare for a brunch for my mom on the morning. I had hoped to sneak out and do some snow shoeing on the 24th...

Out of a walk with my wife. There was one small patch of ice about 500M from our home. My wife slipped and fell but did it in such a slow motion way, she escaped any major harm. But in helping her up, I lost my house key. I did not know that until we got home. It was at night so I ran to the stop wh...

I am going through withdrawal and a weird, almost double grief. As the dear reader may recall, I accidentally became the voice of old, fat and slow fat bikers on an Facegroup site. I had a small but loyal following more because I loved to write and take a ton of photos. And more so, because most of ...

Saturday morning and I had some work to do. No big deal as it was rather chilly and I had some time limits as off for dinner with my mom later in the day. Also did not want to tire myself out too much. Ended up doing some weights, 20 minutes on the elliptical and a nice sauna. I thought to myself, a...

I was a little depressed today. Still too busy with work to sneak out and go for a snow shoe adventure, instead I was "forced" to walk around 10 minutes to a wonderful natural area where one could easily forget they were inside the city limits. I took my camera and got a few nice shots but...

Work and family functions have limited my "work outs" to several walks and one ride on my mountain bike, now equipped with $30 worth of fenders, to run an errand. The walks have been between 15 - 120 minutes. Had hoped to get out and snow shoe but work and weather conspired to prevent that...

It has been another crazy and long week at work. Due to my age, it was not quite as long as it could be. The long story short is I was to attend a business meeting in Vancouver on Wednesday and then have a nice dinner and drinks to follow. That got changed to dinner and drink Tuesday night and meeti...

Although my system is not quite back to normal, the day after my too long by at least an hour snow shoe adventure, I was neither stiff nor sore the next day. I lacked some energy when going for a walk but was pretty good. By contrast, had I gone too far running or cycling, it could be days of recove...

I have been very productive and successful at work. Acknowledged by the management team and even my peers. The problem is that I have been pushing way too hard so yesterday, I decided to take today off. The problem with snowshoeing within 60 minutes of Calgary is that if you wait too long, the snow ...

Dear Reader: I was feeling down after my walk. But the day did improve. I had a nice bacon sandwich. I am playing fantasy football on Draftkings but decided more for fun and I won $2 on a $1 entry. I then went for a nice afternoon ride on my city bike. I was able to ride where my road bike could not...

What they do not tell you in our continuous improvement, you can do anything you put your mind to is the price one pays in even just pursuing those concepts. I had a streak of 4 consecutive days of riding in a row with a good dump on snow after the second ride. And then work hit hard. Two 12 hour da...

City bike Friday. Mountain bike Saturday, Sunday and as it turns out, today. The studded tires are working great and even had someone ask where I got them. The nice thing is that when I had the fat bike, I might have ridden today and then required several days rest to recover from a 60 - 90 minute r...

You know you getting older when: On a walk, I felt a certain urge to find a bathroom. It was not too bad and my walk was not going to be long so I ignored it. The feeling started to go stronger but with a 2 minute detour, I could get my mail and I have full control over my bodily functions. But then...

Tuesday, 25 cm of snow had fallen on top of 10 - 15 cm base. But today, the roads were great, blue sky day and I thought this would be a great opportunity to use my snow shoes before the herding herds created a path. The first part was around 2 K straight up. Long story short, frustrated and stresse...

A busy day at work was on the horizon but I wanted to make sure I went for my morning walk to start the day off right. Some light snow and it was actually much more pleasant than I thought. I was lost in thought when I found myself hovering a few feet above the ground - I managed to hit the one very...

I do not drink much anymore. So I was over at the brother in laws and he poured me a double, maybe even a triple rye. I was slightly tipsy but there was supper, etc so it did eventually wear off. The problem is I had a glass of red wine with dinner to be a good sport. I had been doing okay with that...

After my ride yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised not to feel too much pain or stiffness today. Or so I thought. The new issue is that I can sit and feel fine. I can walk or stand and feel fine. But the transition from sitting to standing is pure agony for the first three or four steps. My back se...

In addition to my body and mind feeling old, I also felt old when I could not figure out how to remove the front axle on my mountain bike until I tried several things and finally discovered a You Tube video. I somehow managed not to have destroyed the axle but no matter what I did, I could not remov...

The Golden Mean or everything must be done in moderation and I would include "excess" is something I continually strive for but consistently miss the mark. Some stress, some inflammation is a good thing. It motivates us to get out the door, to push ourselves to where we can stay healthy an...

There was a point in time when I would to the 3 hour drive to Edmonton first thing in the morning and then drive back later that day with no problems. I was doing that once every two or three weeks. But I have chosen to fly despite the inconvenience just to avoid that drive. However, I had a meeting...

I prefer the concept of fate to coincidence although I do not suppose there is much difference. Although I suppose "fate" has a strong and personal message implicit in that belief. So it was fate I came across a BBC video that then lead me to dig deeper into the work of Svend Brinkmann, a ...