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8r4d Shortly after landing in #YVR for our #Vancouver2025 getaway, the first order of business was hop the train downtown towards our hotel.

Thursday the 27th of March, 2025, in the evening.

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Seven Hills | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Our #hilltraining night was bumped to Tuesday this week so my internal #running clock was a little stilted from the change. Still, we cranked out seven repeats.

Tuesday the 25th of March, 2025, in the evening.

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Practice | 1¼ years ago

8r4d I wanted to post a pic of our new #orchestra rehearsal space with a bit of the #downtown context.

Monday the 24th of March, 2025, at the dinner hour.

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Citadel | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #icecream and #theatre for another #datenight in #downtown

Sunday the 23rd of March, 2025, during prime time.

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12k | 1¼ years ago

8r4d It’s been a while since I posted to youtube, but now that spring is here and the trails are starting to warm up, I can take my mittens off for long enough to press the record button and take some more #video of our #running adventures.

Sunday the 23rd of March, 2025, around lunch-ish.

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McTag | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Long shadows and slippery ice. Our first long #running outing in #spring and our longest run of 2025. Well longest for me. I’m sure my laziness isn’t completely contagious.

Sunday the 23rd of March, 2025, around lunch-ish.

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Mill Creek | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Our regular Thursday #running adventure was a bit of a mess and a slog after hills yesterday, but at least the weather is improving, huh?

Thursday the 20th of March, 2025, posted before bed.

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Hills x 6 | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d The last few hours of #winter and we spent some of them #running up and down the local #hilltraining hill yet again. Six repeats makes brad a sore guy.

Wednesday the 19th of March, 2025, during prime time.

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A&W | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Morning #coffee and a #writing sesh making use of one of my #breakfast coupons at the local dub. A big luscious breakfast everyday would do me in but am occasional indulgence (particularly when i’ve neglected to bake bread this week) is great, right?

Wednesday the 19th of March, 2025, in the morning.

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High Level | 1¼ years ago

8r4d The #bridge was sporting a #green #irish glow for St. Patrick’s Day, huh?

Monday the 17th of March, 2025, posted before bed.

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Orchestra | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Our new #orchestra rehearsal space is about to rock.

Monday the 17th of March, 2025, during prime time.

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Practice Time | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d I finally broke down and bought a foot pedal for my iPad.

A couple years ago I switched to full digital for my #orchestra #sheetmusic which simply mean that rather than printing the multiple pages out and keeping them organized in a binder, I’ve been using forScore and PDFs on my iPad. This isn’t that unusual. About a third of the orchestra, including our conductor, are on tablets of some kind.

Turing the page has rarely been a bother tho. Tap the edge of the screen. But two things have changed this year: a) i’ve been sharing a lot more and b) our music is a bit odd this year in that some of our music has page turns mid-phrase or in confusing points. The solution is in a foot pedal. They are so integral that the box is actually cross branded with the sheet music app logo.

It does one thing. It turns the page with a foot tap… which is important when my hands are busy playing a violin.

Monday the 17th of March, 2025, for elevensies.

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Mctaggart | 1¼ years ago

8r4d The #winter temperatures were back for a reprise this week but it wasn’t cold enough to sway us from our determination to do 10k #running on a Sunday morning. The apricity of the sunny dawn helped a little, but we were still chilled to the bone.

Sunday the 16th of March, 2025, for elevensies.

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The Jube | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #datenight out at the theatre

Saturday the 15th of March, 2025, during prime time.

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Hills and Chills | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d It was a five hills night out #running up and down and up and down in the sub-zero temps of “who thought hills in March was a good idea?” evening run.

Wednesday the 12th of March, 2025, during prime time.

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Orchestra | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Or new rehearsal space for #orchestra is pretty slick , gotta say.

Monday the 10th of March, 2025, in the evening.

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Kitchen | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d I’ve been experimenting with #popcorn making, trying to hit the sweet spot of ingredients to replicate that theatre taste. Getting darn close too!

Sunday the 9th of March, 2025, posted after lunch.

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Home | 1¼ years ago

8r4d A #homeowner afternoon as my sleuthing on our creeping decrease in water pressure over the last few months revealed that there was all sorts of plastic particulate in the aerators of our faucets… which quickly googled up as a hot water heater issue. So, I guess we’re due for a new hot water heater, huh?

Sunday the 9th of March, 2025, around lunch-ish.

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Whitemud | 1¼ years ago

8r4d The new #yeg #footbridge over whitemud is coming along nicely, maybe even in time for some new summer #running routes..???

Sunday the 9th of March, 2025, in mid-morning.

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T Loop | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Daylight savings time hits harder when it coincides with an early #running day. We clocked 8k in the cool damp of the icy streets.

Sunday the 9th of March, 2025, in mid-morning.

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Wandering | 1¼ years ago

8r4d I don’t think I’ve ever walked down this trail with the lights lit before.

They just finished building it in the fall and I can’t say that the dog and I ventured down this new trail as much in the winter as we did in the summer, and what with the coyotes roaming around this part of the world it’s not particularly safe after dark.

I spent the better part of the sunlit hours in front of a Zoom call doing the third day of my fourth class of my business certification work. A walk was in order, but you’d think I’d have a bunch of pent up energy to stroll forever. In reality, I was drained and we just strolled, lit by this nifty lamps which should make it safer—but then coyotes don’t care about a bit of light do they?

Saturday the 8th of March, 2025, in the evening.

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Bucks | 1¼ years ago

8r4d I am a bit of a sucker for convenience in location, so the fact that nearly half my #coffee adventures end up at one of the four starbucks within spitting distance of my house is a sad little surprise. I try to support local, but I spend almost as much on gas as I do on coffee, then, and oil money to me seems dirtier than coffee coin.

That’s my little political rant for the day.

Aside from that, I had accumulated enough points-stars or whatever and cashed it in today for a branded ceramic mug. So, at least if I’m not being consumer conscious, there is a chance I’m queuing up for the environment, huh?

Friday the 7th of March, 2025, at breakfast.

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Mill Creek | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d The weather is still holding around freezing for some late #winter #running adventurers, but the forecast is not looking so lovely for next week. I’ll take ice and puddles over minus twenty and more snow!

Thursday the 6th of March, 2025, during prime time.

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23rd Hill | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #running has shifted to #hilltraining in the cold #winter blur that makes me yearn for something worth training for now.

Wednesday the 5th of March, 2025, during prime time.