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Author: Paul Radcliffe
May 30, 2014
Overdoing It?
I felt absolutely awful yesterday morning. I planed to run at 5am, but when my alarm went off and I tried to get out of bed I felt so dizzy that I went right back to bed. Eventually I stumbled out of bed because I had to go to work. I felt a little better after breakfast. That’s when I realized I was probably low on sugar. I consumed a bag of gummi’s and felt well enough to drive. When I got to work, I had a bag of chips and bottle of orange juice. Not long after, I[…continue reading]
May 29, 2014
Throwback Thursday: AER201 Robot
I’ve started seeing some awesome throwback Thursday posts from some Facebook friends, particularly Nicole and Patty. So, I thought I’d join in the party. I found these pictures and video on an old laptop. It was from about 10 years ago when I was still in university. We had a group project to build an autonomous robot. We were barely trained at the time. I liken the project to being thrown in the deep end of a pool and expected walk on water. Our particular robot had to take a bunch of coloured ping ping balls, sort them by colour, then place[…continue reading]
May 23, 2014
Daniels’ Training Phase I: Foundation & Injury Prevention
I had a very humbling run on Wednesday night. I felt sore, sluggish, out of shape, and to top it all off, I had to run to a bathroom during the run. It’s with that kind of humility that I am looking forward to 4 weeks of easy runs to build my base fitness up again. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I’m so rusty: I haven’t been eating or sleeping well since the Mississauga races. I haven’t been cross training, stretching or foam rolling either. And I was negligently unhealthy during my recharging weekend. It’s really starting to show! I needed a kick in[…continue reading]
