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The Ironman 70.3 in Tremblant was a fantastic experience! Gorgeous course – though you really have to like hills – and really well organized. Ridiculously hot on the run though πŸ₯΅. Thankfully there was plenty of ice at the aid stations. I ran most of the course with my shorts full of ice πŸ˜€.

A huge thanks to my fantastic race crew! Their support and enthusiasm were great, not to mention all their help over the past several months of training. Knowing they’d be at the finish line really got me through the tough kilometres 14 to 17 on the run.

Me wearing all the event swag (hat, shirt, and medal) with two thumbs upMy wife, daughter, and son, wearing Team Routley hats at the race start

Yikes, quite the cliff at kilometre 52!

Elevation profile for the Tremblant 70.3 showing a very steep ascent
Sun setting over a field with a Canadian flag flying in the foreground

Season 3 of For All Mankind starts off strong! One of my favourite shows of the last few years and I’m looking forward to this season πŸ“Ί

My longest bike ride yet: 105 km. Tough, but fun. Good to have a strong crew pulling me along 🚴

Great Vance Joy show that featured a rainbow after a short rainstorm 🎢

Although a small thing in the context of the WWDC announcements, I like the upcoming changes to the Workout app in WatchOS πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

A big thank you to my race crew for their support at today’s triathlon.

First time using the new bike rack.

Bike on an SUV roof

I think this is everything!

Finished reading: I really enjoyed The Rook by Daniel O’Malley. A fun mix of espionage and supernatural with a good sense of humour πŸ“š

Day 19: Breakfast indulgence: scrambled eggs, bacon, avocado, and cheese πŸ“·

Day 18: No longer random puzzle pieces πŸ“·

Completed puzzle of a dog park illustration

Day 17: Hold πŸ“·

A woman holding a newborn

Unwanted house guests

Day 15: Prairie clouds πŸ“·

Blue sky with clouds

Day 12: Tranquility πŸ“·

Calm lake with sunset

Day 11: Maroon sign of spring πŸ“·

Purple iris flower emerging from the undergrowth

Day 10: For several years, we’ve participated in a fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Canada that sells pots of purple pansies πŸ“·

A pot containing several purple flowered pansies

Day 9: Magnolia blooms are imminent πŸ“·

Magnolia tree with a dozen flower buds just starting to open

Finished reading: Although surprisingly little actually happens with the plot in Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers, the characters and world building are great. Along with fascinating questions about what it means to be human and how to value traditionπŸ“š

Day 8: Toronto Union Station πŸ“·

North side of Union Station train station with the CN Tower in the background

First outdoor ride on the new bike. Great to be out of the basement, though I swallow fewer midges on Zwift πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ

Day 7: We appreciate and enjoy our provincial parks πŸ“·

Day 6: Cloud silhouette πŸ“·

Shadowy clouds against a blue sky

Day 5: Earth πŸ“·

Mountain framed by trees with a river

Day 4: LRT tunnelling at _Thorn_cliffe Park (bit of a cheat on the prompt) πŸ“·

Construction site for tunelling the Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Day 3: One of my experimental setups in grad school was a tinfoil room with a hive of bees πŸ“·

A room that is covered in tin foil with a bee hive inside a cage

Day 2: The oldest photo in my library is of my grandfather in his navy uniform from 1945 πŸ“·

A portrait photo of my grandfather as a young man in a navy uniform

Day 1: Ran up a lot of switchbacks to get to the top of Signal Hill in Newfoundland πŸ“·