Category Archives: Health

Ankle Damage

By Alistair | Published: February 2, 2009
A little over 3 weeks ago, I injured my ankle while walking the dog. A third party observer would have laughed at my stumble on ice, attempt at recovery which failed and a fall to the ground over an awkwardly placed foot. As I went down, I kept believing my foot would slide along the [...]
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Updates

By Alistair | Published: May 7, 2008
I need to update this site a lot more than I do. Seriously. Here are some stats: 12: The number of drafts that are in my WordPress queue. I am having a tough time editing them for publication 7: The number of days per week I have more than 4 hours of my time scheduled 5: The number [...]
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Boot Camp Cracked Me

By admin | Published: March 16, 2008
It took less than two weeks but Boot Camp cracked me.  Specifically, it cracked my foot.  Even more specifically, it cracked the 5th metatarsal in my left foot. A quick visit to the clinic and the doctor suggested the likely problem is a stress fracture , so he sent me off for x-rays.  Until next week [...]
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Boot Camp: Day 1: Easy. Day 2: Not so much.

By Alistair | Published: March 5, 2008
The hardest thing about my first day at Boot Camp was getting up. I haven’t voluntarily seen 5:30am in a long time and it came too soon after a restless night of half-sleep. It was so early that my dog, who for the last 3 years has acted as my 7:00am wake-up paw, [...]
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I might just be insane

By Alistair | Published: February 24, 2008
In just over a month, I’ll be going to Las Vegas to compete in a hockey tournament, as I have done for the past two years. It’s a lot of fun and with two silver medals in a row, there is a fair expectation that we can upgrade to gold this year. I am by [...]
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