April 1, 2020
Ersatz Concern For Readers
This is a generic message like the statements from every other corporation that has your email address that wants to continue getting your business. It is filled with the feel-good corporate jargon and gobbledygook you have come to expect at this time. During this unprecedented time in our history, the team at Technical RunNerd wanted to reach out to you to let you know what we are doing to support you and our fellow Canadians as we manage through COVID-19… from the safety of the other side of a computer screen. First and foremost, as valued readers, we (as in the[…continue reading]
March 19, 2020
Frosty 5k 2020 Race Report
On March 1, 2019 I was still in the ICU at St. Michael’s Hospital, paralyzed and on a breathing tube suffering from a rare auto-immune neurological illness. On March 1, 2020, I ran a 5k, the “Frosty 5k” as party of the Chilly Half-Marathon event in Burlington, Ontario. I started training for this “run” in January. Regrettably,in early February, my physiotherapists told me to stop running. It was causing quite a strain on some of my internal organs. I did keep walking, but no more running. Race day was an interesting throwback: It was like reliving something from another lifetime.[…continue reading]
March 3, 2020
Happy Detube Day
This post is a lot happier than the last one. This is the story about how I got transferred to an ICU closer to home, then got “extubated”: I got my breathing tube removed! My wedding day, and the day of my daughter’s birth, and others are obviously some of the happiest days of my life. But, March 3, 2019 is right up there too, a day I will remember very fondly for the rest of my life. Since I almost died February 5, then about a month later on March 3 is when I feel like I came back[…continue reading]
