Oh Sprummer, how I love thee...

Okay,

So it's been a while. 

Like 35 days, actually. 

35 glorious glorious days of Sprummer.  Sprummer is that uncomfortable hop between spring and summer, you know, that weather around the May long weekend that can be glorious, with snowy bits.  But they've been glorious.  Here's what the last 35 days have held for me:

-14 km barefoot run.  It was sensational. 
-2 regular season ultimate frisbee games and 2 tournament play
-The purchase of a new weight set (full bar and small bar with 85 lbs of plates) and lots of weight training
-One volleyball practice
-one dragon boating practice
-One tenting experience in Cold Lake
-A fishing trip
-16-20 hours of yardwork and gardening (oh man, its going to be gorgeous later in the year) which included shovelling, tilling, pulling sod, planting, lifting, raking...etc
-some extra hours at work (which means more coin in my pocketzez, precious)
- a couple shorter 5 km runs (one in the rain, which is extremely theraputic)
-Two cheat on the primal lifestyle (I had some cake which was a good compromise and an apple/pastry thing which was severely lacking)
-Pretty much cut back on yogurt, and have decided to eliminate cheese from my diet (Chandra may still keep eating it, but I have been getting bunged up after eating it) leaving most of my day to day eatings fruit, vegetables, nuts, meat & eggs. 
-A BEAT salad (thanks http://www.marksdailyapple.com/)
-A wicked bananna chocolate almond loaf that is pretty primal. 
-Assloads of chicken, fish, coconut, and avacado.
-about 75 eggs...

My weight is, pretty suprisingly, unchanged - hovering between 180 and 183 for the most part.  The wicked point, I suppose, is that it is extremely easy.  Instead of needing to workout every day, I'm content to maintain my results with sports(ultimate on tuesday nights), a weight bearing workout, and one run each week with some piddling around in the garden/yard/house.  It doesn't feel hard, and I most certainly havn't felt guilty about missing planned workouts.  Its been pretty good.

I've been finding that running, even the shorter runs, is generally a little easier somewhat fasted (at least on an empty stomach for sure).  I don't know that I'm great at sprinting or even pushing upper limits, but the run just generally feels more comfortable.  My limit is one run a week right now, and I'm holding myself to that pretty strongly.  Varying the length between 5 & 14 km.  A long run is followed by a couple weeks of shorter runs.  Its starting to get green so I might push the long runs just a little bit longer.  I have a nice 16-18 km course in the river valley that I havn't run in about 3 years which I am dying to give a whirl.  Also one in Elk Island Park that is calling my name at about the same distance. 

My vibrams, however, are also smelling like they are dying.  I pretty much have to wash them after every use.  I love them, but they are a little stinky - probably because they're too warm for sprummer running.  I might have to pick up some sprints. 

This upcoming week I'm reving it into high gear with the fitness due to some poor scheduling on my part.  Between now and next Sunday I will have had: 3 volleyball games (And depending how we do more...), 1 more volleyball practice, one 5 km race, one dragon boat race, and four slo-pitch games (more if we do well) and an ultimate frisbee game.  WEWT Corporate Challenge and boo to boring workout routines!  It will all be followed promptly with a week of just yard work. 

Catch up with you soon.

Pat