Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 358
Day 358 Today being Christmas eve, meant that some of my day would obviously be taken up with family time and festivities. Work was closed, so I would have to go to another facility to workout or try to find a different form of workout.
The first activity of my day turned out to be helping out another one of my neighbours get out of the snow. It seems that every time the city plows our streets it pushed a wall of snow up against the cars parked on the side of the street. I woke up this morning to sound of a car spinning it's tires. After about an hour of this I went outside to help. Nicole's sister Clare was coming over to help me wrap presents. She was coming up my driveway when I was got outside. Together we spent about 30 - 35 minutes trying to dig this guy out of the snow. We managed to get a good amount of snow shovelled out of the way but he was just too stuck. In the end a tow truck had to pull him out.
A little later, I decided to go for a run. The weather was beautiful today. The sun was out and the temperatures were above 5 degrees. Plus Nicole needed some coffee cream, so I used that as an excuse to go for a run. Instead of driving to the grocery store I decided to run. However, once again as I stepped outside, another one of my neighbours was stuck in the snow. Once again, I grabbed my shovel and went to work. This time we were more successful. After about 20 minutes of digging we managed to clear enough sun to get the car free and I was felt free to head out on my run.
Today's Workout:
35 minute run (Moderate Pace)
Preceded by two separate sessions of digging my neighbour's cars out of the snow.
The grocery store was reasonably far away, so I had to run a decent distance. I got the coffee cream without issue and made my way back home. It was a little awkward running with a carton cream in my hand but I made due. I also stopped into best buy and a tea shop. I figured while I was out that I might as well pick a couple more christmas presents. This meant that I had another couple items to contend with while running. This made things really awkward but I still managed to finish my run home.
It was really quite nice to get outside for a workout. With the weather recently I haven't been up to getting outside for a run. Today was a nice change of pace. Tomorrow is Christmas day. Every is closed and I'm driving up to Edmonton to spend the some quality time with my parents. Finding the time to workout will be interesting but I think I'll manage.