Not a warm day at all today. At noon I went out to run
on the mountain of love, the big wooded park just
outside the door of my shack. Dress warm. Last night
down to maybe 4 C.

My 21- year old cat insisted that I wait and share some
catnip with him before going out. Whom I to say no thanks?

I am just beginning to get back into uphill sprinting and
plyometric explosive motions, like steep uphill bounding
and stomping. Not a good idea to introduce ballistic
motion too early. So far so good, knock on wood.

Yesterday at the gym I finished my workout with some
medicine ball movements. Lie on back with 25 lb. ball
- roll up and throw vertical. Have not done these since the
gym was closed for renovations. That was tough.

I could really feel it today when I stopped in the run to get
down in the grass to do pushups. 50-50-65. I have been up
to 69 recently, but considering how big monday & yesterday
were in gym, this is quite alright.

These are the days I dream about all winter long. Get fresh
oxygen right from the factory. Let's hear it for photosynthesis!

For the past two days I have just a slightly sore trout.
There are always lots of cold & flu bugs going around
at the street mission where I volunteer. I am not sick,
but I feel like I have doing battle, just a bit.

I debated with myself about running in the woods or
not. Definitely not a warm day, and quite breezy. Anyway,
I decided to try and just see how it felt. I brought along
a piece of chinese dried licorice root. Perfect medicine
for a sore trout. Dress up really warm.

That was the 22nd run outdoors since the ice & snow
disappeared. It takes a while to get into the shock of
running and jumping on rocky, rough surfaces. Just
beginning to readapt to uphill sprinting, scrambling,
etc.

Today I did lots of strides, crossovers, spinning and
twirling like a goddamn fairy. I got down in the grass,
or down in the dirt in the bush for three sets of pushups.
50-50-68 each set seperated by 10 minutes of running.
The last set always goes to exhaustion.

I found it too chilly to get down in the grass to do the
abdominals. I was plenty sweaty after the run and did not
want to get a chill. So came home and got down naked
on a towel to do trunk flexion, torsion, etc.

Windows are closed, doing naked stretches while gazing
at all the lovely naked bums.

Show the whole world your lovely naked bum!

you either love
women or you
don't. that's all
i have to say.

Lordymama! I have been waiting for this day for a
long time. First real run in the woods on Mt. Royal
this year. I have been out to run on asphalt paths
around Parc Jeanne-Mance maybe a dozen times,
gradually increasing pace and total time. Then do
naked pushups back at the shack.

Today I ran continuously a bit more than 40 minutes
total time. The back trails are a bit muddy, but what
a big thrill. I stopped twice to get down in the grass
to do 50 pushups - rest for 2-3 minutes then start
running again.

Got back home, stripped off sweaty running gear and
surprised the hell outta myself by cranking out 59
in the exhaustion set. Was not expecting that. There
is a strong symbiotic or mutual reinforcement effect
when I incorporate pushups into hill running. Naked
pushups back at the shack.

Very grateful for good chi herbs all winter long from
the new people in Chinatown. Hurray for good Ontario
ginseng! Hurray for ling zhi mushroom. Dust & snow
mould allergy symptoms are minimal this year.

I am always afraid of going out too far in first runs of
the season, getting all sweaty and then get a chilly
wind walking back. All proportions today were exactly
right. I feel good like I know I should.

I ran for the 7th time in the park with no ice underfoot today.

After 90 minute walk on the mountain of love. I wore big
rubber boots and played in the slush & mud. Playing in
the mud is very therapeutic and transformative. Pick up
a stick and redirect the flow of the stream of melt water.

Then came home and changed into running gear and ran
on the flat asphalt paths in the park for 20 minutes. Come
back to the shack, strip off sweaty clothes and get down
to do three sets of naked pushups 50-50-55. Then do
240 naked crunches, twists and reverse situps. Then do
naked stretches.

Ecstatic, tough workout.

Just before 2 pm I went out for the first run outside,
in the park just to the south of my shack. Just across
the street from the mountain of love.

It was much icier than I had hoped, but I could not
wait another day. I do not run outdoors in the wintertime,
and the anticipation makes me crazy.

First run of the year! Nice and slow and steady. Everything
working how it supposed to do. Ice is still very dangerous,
but I was cautious. 25 minutes.

Come back to the shack, strip off sweaty wet running gear,
get naked and bang out 64 continuous pushups and then
beaucoups of crunches & twists. naked workout!

Did stretches and play with aged cat.

First run of the year.

I do not have glaucoma! Not at all. It is true that I have
two eyeballs that have unusual shape at the back, but
there is no sign of excessive pressure, and no malfunction
of the optic nerves. My peripheral vision is excellent.

I just now came back from Royal Victoria Hospital
ophthalmology clinic. Ophthalmology.

A very sexy nurse with fantastic cleavage sat in my lap
and licked a little gold star with her pink tongue and stuck
it on my forehead. She giggled and said now you free to go.

I took my jumbo sunglasses along because I knew that the
brilliant blast of sunshine on the pure snow would be painful
after the drops to dilate my pupils.

I don't have glaucoma!

Lordymama! What a good 2 hour long power walk on Mt.
Royal, the huge sprawling wooded rockpile, right beside
my shack. Everything makes sense, finds proportion and
perspective when I walk or run on this magnificent, majestic
piece of geography.

I did not stop to rest anywhere. I had a drink of water from
fountain at Maison Smith, but otherwise I was in constant
motion for two hours. Lots of steep uphill challenges. For
a little while I was off trail, walking around on densely packed
deep snow. Silent, beautiful snowfall in the bush. And not
severely cold, for a nice change.

It feels like a very big privilege to be so intimate with this
forest and rock.

It has been a very hard, long, tough winter. Still at least three
weeks to go before the spring thaw begins. Step by step.

As soon as I got back to my shack I stripped off my sweaty
clothes, got down on the floor naked, and banged out 65
continuous pushups, right to exhaustion. And then 250
crunches, twists & reverse sit-ups. Thanks to the ling zhi
mushroom for the stability of my heart & circulation. The
other day at pharmacy my blood pressure was 118/74.
Hurray for the ling zhi mushroom!

Winter is long. Stay tough!

The fucked up psycho princess began playing loud bass
maybe eight or ten minutes ago. Hostile, angry, deranged
little fuckup of a human being.

I need a good sleep tonight. We are going to have 100-115
people for food bank tomorrow. At this time of the month we
always have big demand. I need to be well-rested and ready.

He is definitely not using his expensive soundproof studio.

Fuck off, little man.

The fucked up psycho princess continues to play loud
and superloud bass. Hostile invasion of our acoustic
space. He is definitely not using his expensive soundproof
recording studio.

He did warn us that it would be war if we phoned the police.
Pathetic little shit so alone, so lost, useless, needy and
desperate for attention.