8r4d After another Tuesday tempo training run, we wander back at a more leisurely pace. Our marathon training is broken up into various types of training and #tempo runs are meant to be run at an elevated heart rate to increase your endurance and stamina. We do a casual warm up run out to a regular starting point that also happens to be the start of a good long 4 km flat and L-shaped path. Warmed up you kick up the speed to a pace you can just barely sustain for the duration. We start with an 8 minute out then 8 minute return run, totalling 16 minutes and then add a minute to each in consecutive weeks, so 9+9 then 10+10 and so on. Tonight we did 14+14 for a total of 28 minutes of sustained threshold #running. Or booting it and really hauling ass, in technical terms. It hurts in the moment but pays off on the race course. #runcrew

I’ve been writing code. See, about eight months back I created this very applet upon which you are reading these words as a means to (a) avoid posting on evil corporate social media while (b) keep sharing photos with a select group of family and friends. If you scroll back far enough you’ll find the #newyork pics upon which I trialed the whole endeavour. And tho I’m lightly and cautiously back to sharing on a couple of the regular socials, I still post here too, arguably more so. So, I finally dug in my heels and wrote some php to fix a few deficiencies in the code over this past weekend, adding some quality of life enhancements for myself in the UI on the backend, also the ability to edit my own posts (ultimately making better posts for you!) and finally adding the multiple-images feature where any post can have up to 5 pics and you will see little navigation buttons on the bottom corners if it does. I’m still not sure if anyone even visits this, but I use it as a memory machine which is all that really matters anyhow. If you do enjoy it let me know IRL. In the meantime that’s my #meta #update for tonight, and hopefully I don’t find any more bugs and can just go back to posting pics! #blog

8r4d #flashback : ten years ago in June 2023 at age five she was playing soccer and wearing mittens… today it’s scorching hot outside.

8r4d We rarely come over to this end of town (near the big old famous mall) so to see the progress on the #construction of the new #edmonton west #lrt line is pretty impressive! They had this massive crane-slash-concrete track lifter hovering above the road and when you're driving under it, it's a little daunting. #westedmontonmall

8r4d That meta moment of #shopping for a lego store while inside a lego store… (spoiler: no, we didn't buy it.) #westedmontonmall

8r4d A month from now we’ll be climbing up the real thing… too soon for celebrating yet! #europe2023 #westedmontonmall

8r4d The #running #runcrew descending into the river valley under the high level bridge. We were approaching the end of a #downtown adventure run in the #summer heat.

8r4d the definition of being an adult is that the carnival is in town but (a) you need to work and also (b) you have to watch it from afar out your work window all day

8r4d As it goes for us, when our #running route crosses the tracks we’ve gone a long way… #train #runcrew

8r4d I get a thirty minute timer to tackle the weeds in the #garden… then the sprinklers attack!

8r4d Oh Sal, what are you looking for in the long grass? #buggyland

8r4d Hugging the gas line, Bill has an early start to his Sunday morning. #buggyland

8r4d Hard times have befallen Blue. #buggyland

8r4d Ms. AA copying me… as we check out the #publicart in #edmonton #downtown on a #lunchbreak. Feets pictures are a trend I guess…?

8r4d Wally was watching from the trees as we ran by on a Sunday morning run… #buggyland

8r4d Ready for some tempo #running on a sweaty Tuesday evening. Another important part of #summer #marathontraining

8r4d Mysterious bubbles have appeared in the #downtown. These turned out to be a #publicart installation for another #edmonton #festival called Spark, and lots of fun to wander around at #lunchtime.

8r4d Awesome find at the used bookstore #downtown this lunch break … as i keep my progress towards a local encyclopedia and (unofficial) amateur #city of #edmonton historian … it's always fun to know a bit of the history of the places we visit on foot or however.

8r4d Sunday morning the smoke was pretty bad, but the sun was trying to push through and the red glow fighting the clouds made for some cool if surreal effects.

8r4d Sunday afternoon at the movies. I am groot!

8r4d Here be #bbq ! The kid has taken away my apron and has become the master chef of all things dinner lately, including taking over many of the grilling duties that have long since been my responsibility. She’s pretty good at it, too!

8r4d a #walk in the park on a saturday afternoon in almost-spring

8r4d minus 19 and snowing… what a day for a 10k! … and a photo snap at 8.33k (collectively 50k) to celebrate S’s 50th bday.

8r4d The bears are back in town. #canmore #travel