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In Pursuit Of Closing in on 60 in the next couple of years, optimal fitness, both physical and mental, are key to continued adventures. I am not an elite athlete. I was there.

Join me as I share my daily runs, bikes, travels, learning and thoughts. The ongoing story of a 55+ dude and his pursuit of many things, most importantly an ultimate level of health and fitness. I am not a health expert. You can maybe take what I do as inspiration but you should not take it as advice. I'm really not concerned if anyone other than myself reads these posts - "In Pursuit Of" serves as a journal of my adventures in battling the Reaper, a war that I hope will go on a long, long, long time. This is not a rags to riches (or couch potato to elite athlete) kind of story. I have always been athletic and even somewhat good at some things physical. I strive to reach a level of ultimate fitness but it's a pursuit that should be ongoing and never really achieved as there should be no real upper limit. Just to be clear, I will neither be a couch potato or elite athlete but I sure hope to be running on a trail with by great grandchildren in the distant future. I had a health and fitness breakthrough about three years ago. I lost 40ish pounds and was running toward ultra distances. But, I wasn't there. I focused solely on running and ended up injured, back to bad eating habits, gaining weight and getting sick. This time. This time, I'll do it right. I still want to run ultra distances but the goal is an all-around fitness lifestyle that strengthens the whole body and mind. Running, biking, winter sports, water sports - you name it, it's all part of the plan. And, the plan really is to stay active every single day. Stay tuned for daily updates on my pursuit of...

Well, that came faster than I expected. I have a goal of 5,000,000 steps for the calendar year of 2026 but also a goal t...
09/14/2026

Well, that came faster than I expected. I have a goal of 5,000,000 steps for the calendar year of 2026 but also a goal to reach 5,000,000 steps in a rolling 365 days to date. I guess the next step is a rolling 6,000,000.

Less than a week until the "That Dam Hill" 6 hour run at Springbank Park in London, Ontario. Had some concerns about som...
09/14/2026

Less than a week until the "That Dam Hill" 6 hour run at Springbank Park in London, Ontario. Had some concerns about some overtraining issues so today was a straight walk after a full day off. Problem knee seems to be okay (as okay as it's going to get). Might get a few short runs in before Saturday but absolutely won't be over-doing it.

Round and round we go! My 2nd go-round at this little workout I've created. 100m farmer's walk (25lb per side) followed ...
08/01/2026

Round and round we go! My 2nd go-round at this little workout I've created. 100m farmer's walk (25lb per side) followed by a 400m run. Pick up the weights and repeat.

It's early, this only the 2nd time I've been doing this workout, but I'm sure it's why my average heart rate was about 10bpm lower than normal on my 3.5 hour trail run this week.

6 7!No, not as the kids say. I just starting looking for a convenient 6.7km route to do my own personal backyard ultra.W...
07/31/2026

6 7!

No, not as the kids say. I just starting looking for a convenient 6.7km route to do my own personal backyard ultra.

Without a whole lot of searching, I found it - and nearly in my own backyard. These are my go-to trails for mostly all of my daily workouts. it just so happens that I can park a vehicle as my aid station at the GO bus parking lot / trailhead and run the 6.7 right from there.

If you don't know, a backyard ultra is a last man standing race that consists of a 6.7km course. Each lap starts on the hour and you must complete each lap in less than an hour. The time between finishing and the start of the next lap is yours for relaxation, refueling and general recovery.

I have a 6 hour running event the third weekend of September. My plan is to do the solo backyard in early November.

Finally in the 1% of something.
06/03/2026

Finally in the 1% of something.

Seems like just a regular walk/run map and info, the same as I post all the time here. The one huge difference is spot a...
05/06/2026

Seems like just a regular walk/run map and info, the same as I post all the time here. The one huge difference is spot at the bottom right where the trail meets the road.

A pedestrian bridge has existed there for several months but has been "officially" gated off (though it may or may not have been breached). Today, the gates were gone and this trail loop that started a block from my front door is now open.
To celebrate, we also came across a deer on the trail for the first time in a long time.

Nice little triple-loop run today - definitely helped the step count climb
05/04/2026

Nice little triple-loop run today - definitely helped the step count climb

April's step results - not a bad month but just ramping up for more bigger and betterThe year to date daily average is b...
05/01/2026

April's step results - not a bad month but just ramping up for more bigger and better

The year to date daily average is back up very close to the 13,698 needed for a 2026 year end total o 5,000,000. The past 365 day running total has now risen to 4,228,677 - might see that number reach 5 million by the end of may as lower step days fall off, replaced by higher ones.

Today's hybrid run on the trails. Start and finish at Split Rock Narrows with a full perimeter of Mono Cliffs Provincial...
04/30/2026

Today's hybrid run on the trails. Start and finish at Split Rock Narrows with a full perimeter of Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, including the South Outlier Trail (which is desperate need of some maintenence),

Nearly put in the half marathon distance with over 1,000 feet of elevation gain. Most importantly - injury free and actually feeling pretty good several hours later.

04/30/2026

One of the more rugged sections of trail at Mono Cliffs Provincial Park but the vista is worth it.

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