Many years ago (too many in fact), I undertook the task of running a half-marathon (21km) and training for it in 7 short weeks.  At the time I had a friend who had run many marathons, New York and Boston to name a few, and she outlined a complete training regimen for me to get me in shape.  I still remember my time of 1:58:05 (primarily because I wanted to be under 2 hours). To this…

I have two girls that play ringette – fast game, great game – the older they get, the more intense it gets to the extent that after all these years of not being able to skate I’ve been lacing up my skates once a week to get on the ice with them (although let’s be honest… we are miles apart).  I’m one of those guys that cheers loud for his kids and sometimes I have the odd suggestion for…

I was having dinner with some friends the other night when they told me about their new cat they named Leeroy – before they could finish I instinctively yelled out – “JEEEEENNNNNNKKKKKKKINNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSS”.  No one knew what I was talking about – they had never heard of the legend. I tried – valiantly – to educate them because hey who doesn’t know about Leeroy?  I know it’s old, but still it’s so relevant to what we do…