This Saturday the first annual Winter Classic is scheduled to take place at our place in Emyvale. The genesis of the Winter Classic took place in Souris at Chris’ house in early November when he invited the folks and Laine and I out to his place for an afternoon of fun contests of skill, a bonfire and some good eats. It was dubbed the Fall Classic and Laine ended up winning the day and the trophy that day, and we had such a good time we decided to do one every season, Fall in Souris, Winter in Emyvale, Spring in North River and an as yet undetermined location/host for the Summer Classic.
The games lined up so far include:
Oudoor:
Biathlon: snow shoe to stations to shoot icicles with an air pistol for a point each. 4 possible points.
Ice putting: Four putts from the edge of our ice “green” for a point for each “hole in one” 4 posssible points.
Snow shoes: get a point for knocking over a shoe with a snowball. 4 possibl points.
Bomber run: target downhill enemies with snowsled, four shots at targets with a point a “hit” 4 possible points.
Indoor:
Crokinole: Four attempts at the “button” for a point a piece. 4 possible points.
Wii Party Games: details to follow. 4 possible points.
Trivial Trivia: randomly assigned 4 trivia questions about Canadian winter, 1 point for each correct answer. 4 possible points.
Hit the sauce: Bring a wing sauce and get 4 points, if a couple brings one sauce they each get 2 points, or 4 each if they bring two. 4 possible points.
Feeling pudgy and lazy I am trying to get back into shape again after the last 6 months of letting myself go. I had thought I’d be able to use the UPEI gym now that I am a student however only full time students have a gym membership included in their tuition and I’d have to pay a fee (a reasonable one) to use it. Not being a fan of indoor exercise anyway I started thinking of alternatives.
This morning at 6:00am I got up, put on some thermals, sweater and pants, jacket, hat, boots and gloves and strapped on some snowshoes and set out for a long walk in the fields around the Shire. I was accompanied by Rosie and the sweet sweet voice of my new musical obsession Ariana Gillis in my headphones. 40 minutes and 2.5 kilometers later I arrived back home my heart rate up, jacket open and feeling great.
The really nice thing about snow shoeing is that your route is pretty much whatever you want it to be. This boundless type of exercising appeals to me even more than my morning runs on the Mill Road did and is definitely something I want to continue year round, snow shoes and maybe x-country skis in the winter and trail/x-country running possibly paddling in the summer.
When I was a kid I remember one of the joys of being in the woods was getting off the farm/logging trails and just scrambling cross country in a straight(ish) line finding ways through around and over obstacles. I’m sure it also is a more natural way to exercise with a full body component that jogging down a road could never match. It speaks to me like rock climbing (also on my to do list) and tree climbing (which I miss!) do. So here’s to a more natural year of activity and enjoying the woods and hills and fields all around me!
Published on
January 8, 2010 in
School.
My first class at UPEI, and the only one that I wanted that was still open by the time I got my student number, is calculus (Math 151). In order to stay in Math 151 you need to pass an assessment test (based on high school math) or have taken Math 001. I have not taken Math 001. I have to take an assessment test this afternoon. High school math was a long time ago….
Now I was good at math in high school and the material I have been studying is coming back to me, my problem is a lot of the formulas and rules that you should memorize (sin/cos/tan formulas etc..) I had completely forgotten. I need 60% or higher to stay in the class, if I fail this afternoon I have another shot next week, but that is it.
If I DO pass and get to stay in, I am going to have to keep studying pre-calculus math just to get my basic math up to snuff for tests and assignments.
What have I got myself into?
This Saturday the first annual Winter Classic is scheduled to take place at our place in Emyvale. The genesis of the Winter Classic took place in Souris at Chris’ house in early November when he invited the folks and Laine and I out to his place for an afternoon of fun contests of skill, a bonfire and some good eats. It was dubbed the Fall Classic and Laine ended up winning the day and the trophy that day, and we had such a good time we decided to do one every season, Fall in Souris, Winter in Emyvale, Spring in North River and an as yet undetermined location/host for the Summer Classic.