Training

So starting to look at my training lately and it has been improving. I've been getting out and running a bit more consistently. The Photo below shows my last 4 weeks where i have covered 84 kms with most of that being running. I did put in one big bike ride with 13 other total workouts. A total of 8 hours doesn't seem much but my runs have been around 20-30 minutes.

Looking at my stats there is plenty room for improvement as i think i could get my 4 week hourly total up to 20-30 hours averaging 1 hour a night, 5 nights a week. My big thing is, i need to take the indoor trainer seriously and do some intervals. I will work my way up to 20 x 3 at 80% of MHR.

Sports Action

So lately i have been doing a bit of light gambling which is a lot of fun trying to predict winners. I have been playing Sports Action Oddset by the BC Lottery in which you have to choose the winner of at least two different games (maximum of 6 games) where the odds are multiplied to give you the odds for the combined games you choose. So far i haven't had too much luck, with Hockey being the hardest to pick the winners as there are so many different things that make a Hockey team a winner.

Today was my first day of picking winners of the NFL and i accidently picked the New York Giants to beat the undefeated Green Bay Packers. I also have Baltimore for the win over Cleveland. My odds are 6:1 and i have a $3 bet on. Hopefully i come out a winner. I'll let you know how it goes.

Challenges

The other day at work i was thinking about life and how I didn't feel like becoming stagnant in life. As i thought more about it, which i have plenty of time to do while at work, I decided that i should set myself a challenge each day to see how far i can push myself.

Yesterday i started with the bottling line. The challenge was to see how much pain my shoulders could take while i loaded the bottling line with ice wine bottles. Back in July, we spent almost two weeks of constantly filling the line with champagne bottles which are slightly heavier then ice wine bottles and back then, my shoulders got a really good workout. I loaded hard and as fast as i could but my shoulders didn't suffer too much and as a challenge, it really got me thinking, How far can i really push myself if i set my mind to it.

Peachland Dock

Peachland Dock, a photo by abarry4522 on Flickr.

This was taken on November 13th 2011

Todays Photo

Okanagan Beach Looking North Towards Kelowna, Penticton, BC, Canada