Blog of Sal

With the coming of a new year I've been thinking on my 2020 running goals. I want to be consistent and also do a bit more running with my 6 year old, Sam. He drew this for me recently:  It's me in the woods with running clothes on And so I've adopted a running mantra: run easy and stay the course . It prompts me to keep moving while reenforcing how true progress takes time. The endurance app company  Strava  sent out a marketing email recently which said January 19th is "Quitter’s Day", the date when the most aspiring athletes break their New Year's resolutions. C'mon guys! Can't we do better than that?! When you haven't been working out you get an intense surge of positive energy when you first start. Then you see dramatic improvement very quickly. This probably leads to people misinterpreting their real fitness level and taking their training too seriously too fast. "Hey if I can improve by 20% in just two weeks, imagi...

T he  Bruce Trail  is 1400kms of maintained trail that winds the Niagara Escarpment connecting the southern deciduous with the northern mixed forests of Ontario, Canada. The Escarpment itself is a  UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve . This international designation doesn't legislatively protect the area, but it assists local efforts like those of the  Bruce Trail Conservancy  (BTC). The BTC is a non-profit with 10,000 members which aims to officially protect 900kms of trail (and 500kms of side trails) connecting the Niagara River to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. My family's hobby is hiking and looking for new species of mushrooms. Here are a few photos of our forays on the Bruce in 2019: Ricky (neighbour) unidentified - slime mold? Fascinating carved logs near our house young summer oyster mushrooms Mycena Earthstar and slug spider was bigger than it looks Something special I hadn't seen before. It's a deciduous tree and a conifer living in magical synergy. T...