Fun Day, and 6km LSD

Having promised Owen a full day at Ontario Place all summer, today I came through. Lots of fun on waterslides, rides, mazes, games, etc. Hard to pick out a favorite, but I really enjoyed something call the Atom Blast; it's this amazing indoor place with soft balls about the same size as a tennis ball that you can shoot out of canons of a variety of sizes. These things can fly, and even though I was repeatedly hit in the head by a gang of teenagers that took a fancy to aiming at me I was not hurt. I kept getting balls and loading up Owen's canon and he'd aim back at my "enemies". Of course I couldn't resist simply throwing a few balls here and there, and the teens thought this was a good idea. From that point on it was all-out war! We pelted each other as hard as we could until I was exhausted and had to leave. Awesome!

After the full day of walking back and forth accross this huge place I was bushed, but determined to try something out on my run. I now realize that the Garmin thing can be both a blessing and a curse. Being very competitive (these days only with myself), coupled with the fact that I know less than nothing about running (a recent realization arrived at through much reading), I have become a danger to myself with this watch. Going for an "easy" run is impossible if I can see my pace (as proven by my last run where I tried to go slow and had a HR over 90% of max for the last 2km). Therefore, I experimented by putting only the distance and HR on my display, then ventured out on another 6km run.

I walked for the first kilometre, then started into it. My goal was simple: keep the HR under 140. Although my brain was screaming for more information (I knew if I put the elapsed time on the display I would invariably work out my pace and start "racing" my previous efforts) I was able to keep to my target HR, though it spiked up to about 150 on a long climb that was about a half kilmetre long near the end of the run. Anyway, I don't know if anyone else has this same issue with the Garmin, but for me I have to use the power wisely or continue to wallow in aches and pains. Like I said before, Garmin don't lie:



The google image of my run.

Lastly, thanks to Marcy for the tip on setting up different folders so that I can share the Garmin with my wife! Much appreciated!

We're off to Prince Edward County with the boys until Friday to frolick on the beach and enjoy a few precious days out of the Big Smoke. Apparently the place we're staying at has wireless, but I am not sure if that's true. We'll see...