I see that I haven't written anything in a goodly while. Time to start again. Things on the teaching scene have been great but things on the running and political scene have not been. Also the seemingly endless string of gray dreay looking days outside hasn't helped.

However, I have been running, though not as consistently as I would like. I seem to vbe plagued with a string of minor but nagging injuries this winter, probably as a result of the inconsistancy of the running - the plantar fascitis reappearing, a groin pull and ongoing pain from my sciatica. blech!!! However, in the last 3 weeks I have gone into Saskatoon to race and have been very happy with the results considering the lack of training etc. I ran a 7k on Feb 21 in a nasty wind and on March 7 a 10k on a wet and icy trail. In the latter I had a horrible time, fell on the ice and still won my age group!!!! whooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Mind you, instead of running the day after the race I decided to go cross-country skiing, thinking that the season is nearly over, and the trail was so poor that my little toes both turned black under the nails. So here we go again.

On the political side things haven't gotten much better. The Olympics were a nice diversion;I thoroughly enjoyed watching them and seeing the athletes from all over, and the Canadian coverage was so much nicer than the American, showing generally more than just talking heads and Canadians. Much as I don't like him or his politics, it was good to see PM Harper watching the events from the stands, to appearances like any other person except for the Mounties visible in the background. I can't imagine Pres. Obama, or any American President doing this.