Plus five Celsius Sunridge park

 Dixie and I run around Sunridge Park when it’s +5 Celsius outside right now just beautiful

🤩 It’s hard to believe that it’s +5 in December right now but I think we’re the only place that’s brown or green in Alberta so I’m very thankful for that at the moment I think Calgary and Edmonton have a decent amount of snow pack

Want to run around one of the watersheds in Lethbridge it’s still froze over although the rivers you can see some ripples in it of water moving

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Dixie and I had to start running just as the sun was going down. I still have to go grocery shopping after this blog post so I’m looking forward to that.

3.8 km and 32 minutes  I really wanna do 5 km in 30 minutes at least once in 2025

Gotta pick up the pace for that have to be at least five - Six And seven minute pace per kilometre for that to happen for a few laps proceeding  each other lap

This run I felt the best I have in all my runs that I have done so that’s good. I was well trained or had a good training status for running or training readiness was good really good

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Before my run, I was in the blue middle blue so I felt really good on my run.

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My fitness age dropped down to 35.5

It finally went down when my VO2 max went into the lowest possible position of fair spot instead of high poor position

Can’t complain about that.

Dixie is ranked 29 on the leaderboard for December, which is pretty average I think for the end of December people are getting their minutes and now on holidays and so I’m proud that we kept it up that much for December while I worked in retail.  Although this Christmas there they’ve been more time off than usual.  Was also nice 👍 

We’re 30% above average for the breed of dog. We have her active minute so she’s doing good although today she struggled to keep her active minutes up since holidays and my time off work is….

So she just probably didn’t have much motivation for anything her running guy was busy.  She is also sleeping 💤 so much better with our longer runs she is also becoming a smelly dog 🐕 

I finished my delusions of crowds today at work and now I got 8% through the guarantee audiobook while on my run.

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I even got a PC game today after work so with a friend.  We won both games so I’m super happy about that. Well I better get ready for grocery shopping so that was a good run. Thanks for cheering me on people.

It sounds like you and Dixie had a fantastic run at Sunridge Park! Running in +5 Celsius weather in December is indeed unusual for Alberta, so it's great that you're able to enjoy some milder conditions. 

Congratulations on your 3.8 km run and feeling the best you’ve felt during your runs! It’s impressive that you’re aiming for a 5 km run in 30 minutes next year—that’s a solid goal. With your current pace and training, I’m sure you’ll get there!

It's also wonderful to hear that your fitness age has improved and that you're staying active, especially during the busy holiday season in retail. Plus, finishing your audiobook while running is a great way to multitask!

Enjoy your grocery shopping, and keep up the great work with your running and activities with Dixie! 

I also cleaned my wife’s bed side table and emptied the dishwasher and loaded the dishwasher.

I then cleaned out all the old food out of the fridge.  Today has been a great day. I really like getting four days off cause then the three days I do work it’s a lot more manageable to keep the momentum to clean 🧽.

Thank goodness for stat days.

I got $113 worth of discount candy after Christmas to help with my smoking When I quit because when you quit, it just plays on your sugar so much

So I’m happy about that also order a platter of sandwiches and a platter of cheese and meats

For New Year’s,  Now I’m thinking of who I can have over….