Was reading Mansfield Park last night but, inexplicably, fell asleep watching a cheesy martial arts flick. Woke up this morning with the idea for a #JaneAusten mashup. What if Mansfield Park is a dojo and, instead of ordination, Edmund is waiting to get his black belt? #Books #BookSky

It’s Father’s Day where I live. I’m blessed to have a father who, at 90, continues to thrive, doubly blessed because I have a father who modelled for me a healthy masculinity unafraid to feel compassion, show kindness, & enjoy free play. Love you Dad.

On my morning #run up the Lower Don Trail and along Taylor Creek, I came upon not one, but two—yes two!—baseballs roaming free in the wild. Such rare creatures & clearly amphibious. #Running #LongRun #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Toronto #Baseball

Midlife is the perfect time to start trail running – here’s how to get into it

Back in #Toronto for a few days. Went for #run in the Don Valley where I can be blissfully oblivious to all the FIFA hype. If I were a Shakespearian character, I’d say: I give not fig for thy spectacle. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

If I don’t feel like #running, I always have the option of stopping for a party. #ThunderBay is full of such surprises. #Ontario #Run #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #LongRun

Another #run in #ThunderBay this time sunny with brilliant blue sky (tho still patches of #fog down by the lake shore). Got the munchies & finished the run clutching a bag of Cheetos & a loaf of bread. #running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #LakeSuperior

Lovely foggy morning in Thunder Bay. Ran up to the Trowbridge in Centennial Park then a loop around Boulevard Lake. #ThunderBay #Ontario #Fog #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

A morning #run thru mid-town #Toronto. When I was a child, I felt ambivalent about the stretch of subway south from Davisville. They call it a subway, but it isn’t really sub, is it? #running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Passed this poster on my run this morning & had a momentary fantasy about teaching English pronunciation my way. I’d start with the phrase “Doug Ford” which is correctly pronounced as “Corrupt Asshole.” Yes, the English language can be challenging. #run #running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #OnPoli

Did the Mansfield 25km #TrailRace - seems a runner bumped a sign & a bunch of us missed a 5km loop. At the finish line they sent us back to make it up but our chips already recorded us as done. What a fustercluck. At least 20km of it went well. #TrailRunning #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Sad day, as Toronto's last flame-resistant toupée shop, Lord Insulate, closes its doors for good, a victim of under-the-table lobbying by the comb-over cabal, and marital discord in the asbestos industry. I've ordered all barbershop poles to be rotated counter-clockwise in protest.

Ran up to the Elevated Wetlands Sculptures and red winged blackbirds pecked my head only once. #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Toronto #PublicArt

I recently had a friend ask if I could recommend a local #running route that didn’t have any hills. I’m afraid I gave her one of those looks. No hills? But hills are a runner’s best friend. You need resistance to develop. Struggle. Effort. Sturm und Drang. #run #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #HillRuns

It rained here thru the night so, for this morning’s #run, I stayed out of the ravines & kept to the high ground. Sounds like a metaphor for life, no? #running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Having taken one of Mr. Holliard’s pills last night it brought a stool or two this morning, and so forebore going to church.

While out for my morning #Run my wandering mind wondered if you can apply the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle to #Running i.e. The stats for any given run are inherently unreliable because that very run produces adaptations that ultimately change the stats. #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Morning urban #TrailRun & while the air around the North #Toronto Waste Water Treatment Plant was um gag worthy, a pause at the main pond of the Evergreen Brickworks more than made up for it. #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

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Celebrating my 63rd turn around the sun with a run up to the Forks of the Don and then onto a lovely trail. Given my father’s astonishingly good health at 90, its reasonable to suppose I’ll be doing the #running thing for many years to come. #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #run #Toronto #TrailRunning

In my #CrossTraining sessions, I like to pretend I’m being chased by a horde of rabid #zombies. Of course, on a stationary #bicycle, it doesn’t matter how fast I pedal, they still eat my brains. #cycling #XTraining

First trail(ish) #run of the season to mark the start of training for a 50 miler this September in the Haliburton Forest. I love #running through the trees! Too bad construction destroys the trails. #TrailRunning #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Toronto

Dreamt I was a grunt in the Vietnam War serving with Orpheus Choir platoon. I could hear gunfire and yelling down by the river. I tapped a fellow tenor on the shoulder and said “I don’t think I’m gonna make it; I can’t remember any of the words.” #Dreams #Choir #Singing

Early morning recovery #run thru the vineyards of St. David’s Bench in the Niagara region. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Wine #WineCountry

Recovery #run through the vineyards to the Niagara River. Achy quads after Sunday’s #marathon but should be feeling good by next week. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Wine

So I caved & bought the #marathon photo pkg. Very revealing! For example, it turns out I smile a lot when I #run almost as if I enjoy myself. I particularly like this shot. A close inspection shows a midge hitching a ride on my chin. Just a short hop to the mouth. #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Dead Heads and their nitrous

Ran the #Toronto #Marathon with a chip time of 4:00:25. Wanted a sub 4 hour time so those extra 26 seconds are disappointing. Still, a fun race & a great day. Chilly start, but it warmed up. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

So up and to my office (being come to some angry words with my wife about neglecting the keeping of the house clean, I calling her beggar, and she me pricklouse, which vexed me) and there all the morning.

Resorting to the stationary #bicycle (technically a unicycle) to keep up my conditioning while my calf strain resolves itself, hopefully in time to #run a #marathon in 3 weeks. Feeling a bit squirrelly in the meantime. Talked to a guy in the gym who recently had a stroke. Amazing recovery story!

4 wks out from the #Toronto #Marathon & my final #LongRun went sideways. Ah well. On the upside, I listened to a CBC Ideas podcast interview of John Dadosky on the #philosophy of Bernard Lonergan. I took a course on Lonergan’s Insight @ Regis College with John 20 yrs ago. #Running #MarathonTraining

Today I logged my 1st 1000 kms of 2026. For perspective, that’s 75% of the distance from my home to the Terry Fox Memorial in Thunder Bay. Or 0.25% of the avg distance from the Earth to the moon. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #MarathonTraining #TerryFox #Artemis

I’ve given up #running in winter gear, so went out in shorts & froze my keister. And my fingers. And my ears. And I got well caked in mud. I guess that makes me an April Fool. #Run #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #MarathonTraining

Been a while since I last posted a #run to BS. No reason. Except maybe after big runs I lose my fine motor skills & have trouble manipulating the tiny keys on my digital devices. Anyhoo, yesterday took me up to Taylor Creek in #Toronto #LongRun #Running #MarathonTraining #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Brisk #TempoRun thru the city with a pause at Toronto’s Chester Hill Lookout for a view across the Don Valley. Although there’s still snow on the ground, at least most of the pathways & sidewalks are clear now. Can wear normal trainers for a change. #Toronto #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Went for a #LongRun in the snow this morning. Apparently I was 1 of about 3 people in the country who wasn’t watching the hockey game. Freezing my ass off outside helped numb me to the disappointment. #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Ran like a Rocket Man on the #treadmill today. When I was 11, I had a crush on a girl who had a crush on Elton John & she sent in to a mail order house selling EJ’s chest hairs. I thought there was something fishy about the deal and told her so. She wouldn’t talk to me after that. Alas! #Run #RunSky

The one great advantage of #treadmill running is that it gives me a chance to show off my fancy compression socks. I may be on the brink of collapse but at least my legs look cheerful. #running #run #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

What glorious day for a #run! Signs of spring were everywhere, including a reminder that it won’t be long before we have to file our income tax returns. #running #RunnersOfBlueSky #RunSky #Spring

The problem with snow in the city is that it doesn’t take long to turn dirty and disgusting. It reveals how much grit our lungs suck in. I love #Toronto but there are times I need to get the hell out. #Running #Run #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #CityLife #CityLiving #WinterRunning

A glorious if chilly 16 km in the sun! Whenever I pass a cemetery it reminds me why I do this. Though I do worry that one day the grim reaper may discover supershoes and then start gaining on me. #run #running #WinterRunning #RunSky ##RunnersOfBlueSky

I have Hobbit feet, not just hairy, but flappy wide too. If you look closely at LOTR, you’ll notice that many of the Hobbits wear Altras, especially when they go #TrailRunning through Mordor. The wide toe box makes all the difference. #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Had my heart set on a 30 km #LongRun this morning come hell or high water. Or in this case, frozen water. I thought electrolytes in my hydration vest would keep the water from freezing. Tube froze in the first 15 minutes! #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #WinterRunning

Ran past the former #Toronto Jail this morning. I was called to the bar 15 yrs too late to have dealings in the original bldg, tho I did interview clients in the now demolished east wing. Ah memories! #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #DonJail

People kept asking Alex Honnold why he was climbing Taipei 101. A: Because. Closer to home, my spouse asks why I want to #run on a #treadmill for 2.5 hrs. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Don’t really have answer. Sets my mind at ease?Shuts out the social media caterwauling? #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

Another #treadmill #run in the bag while listening to a Backlisted podcast discussing Iris Murdoch’s The Sacred and Profane Love Machine. I first encountered Murdoch when I had to read The Sandcastle for an undergrad course, ahem, more than 40 years ago. #Books #BookSky #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

With a forecast 50 cm of #snow coming today, I thought I’d try a #LongRun on the #treadmill for a change. Gave me a chance to practice fuelling on the fly, which is awkward outside in the winter. #WinterWeather #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

I had an uncle who lost 3 fingers to a snow blower. If there was a Darwin Award for fingers, he would’ve won hands down. So, from my uncle to you, a #winter weather tip: don’t stick your hand in a snow blower while it’s still running. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #WinterRunning

You know the old saying: when God closes a door, angry people scrawl graffiti all over it. Saw this door at Gerrard & Parliament while out for my morning jaunt. Formerly Jenny’s Convenience store. #Toronto #Run #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky

I found Gogol’s nose! It was hanging out above a shop entrance on Queen St E and, like me, I think it was running. After all, it was -12C with a wind chill of -21C, ideal conditions for a brisk #LongRun. Not so much for a nose that was barely moving. Brrr. #Running #RunSky #RunnersOfBlueSky #Toronto