I did it!

I have a feeling I'm going to be posting a lot more often now that I'm up in a northern community all by myself. Some of you are cheering... some may be sighing. Lol> Deal with it. *crosses arms authoratatively*

Vikka! I did go! And it was amazing! I'll have to take pictures of the run part of the trail. Absolutely beautiful.
Snave87! I'm not too lonely. Mostly at night. and the internets keeps me company. :) Absense does make the heart grow fonder. Our one afternoon together on the 18th is going to be such  a tease. I have no idea when our schedules will align again after that until September lol. I'll probably get some pretty great sex out of this (if I ever don't have my period when I see him..... :P)
Elle! Yay, you re added me :) Hoorah.

Alright. I did the first run of the C25k program! In Flin Flon! Immediately following the 5 minute warm up i had to jog up an incline against a pretty brutal wind. But if I can finish this program in Flin Flon, running in Winnipeg will be NO problem!


The first 1.8 km (the 25 minutes run/walk combo) was great. a little hilly and windy, and it was on a shale path (black gravel) so a little unstable. Boy can i ever feel my abs right now.  Then I ended up at these stairs. .... 40 stairs later I was on top of a boulder thinking "hey! I'm exactly half way around the lake path! This will be an easy walk home". Boy was I ever WRONG. You see the next part of the "path" which actually becomes road again... is 1.5 km of PURE HILLS!!!! Part of the time you're going up and down stairs on top of boulders (apparently the remnants of an ancient volcano that errupted sometime in the mesosoic era or something like that, I didn't really read very carefully). Any way, I took the "scenic loop" by accident because it looked like the most direct path.... it was not. So 25 minutes of couch to 5k, followed by 1 hour of hill walking. I logged it on Active Trainer, but there wasn't any way to account for the hills or wind. According to the site I burned 601 calories. Sooooo I'm going to stick with that number? Because I have no way to prove otherwise.

In other news, it's time for some tmi. My period has not made me a happy camper today. Today ended up being one of those days where you run to the bathroom with the shits all day for no reason. Also CRAMPS>>>> MOTHER FUCKING CRAMPS. I broke out the moon cycle tea because the midol has done nothing for me. I'm going to drink and go to sleep and hope that the st. john's wort in it will help me rest easy without any pain. Funny enough, my cramps and shits stopped long enough for me to complete the cycle around the lake in the middle of the town. At some point I should post the link to the "walking path" map. There are also cross country ski trails here!! That could be exciting!! I wish I had my bike, the hills would be a killer workout and it would be so easy/fast to get everywhere! Anyway, the moment I got home from the little walk.... shit...literally. gah. Now there are funny sounds coming from there. gurgles and clicks and all kinds of weird ones. Like movie sound effect noises ... i'm debating calling in for a sub. I have felt like i was getting a cold the last couple of days. it's totally possible i got a flu instead... but i don't want to seem like a pussy, and i'm not sure if i'd get docked pay. i know i have a certain number of sick days next year but i'm not sure if i get any for this one month term ... and i want my $277 per day damn it.

Ew i just chugged the tea and it tasted like bong water (based on its smell), and a hint of mint. EW.

Ok. Night time for me. I told myself I was going to bed early and now i'm at the normal time i go to bed. Ugh. Early bed time tomorrow night i promise (if i'm done planning for the next day).

G'night. No pics tonight, too tired.
~Nessa