Ottawa Race Weekend
On Sunday I completed my first marathon. Early in January I was poked a bit by my sister to run in this year’s ING Ottawa Marathon. Sherri ran in it last year and was she trying to make it a larger family event. Like many of the marathon runners, I set out in January with an 18 week training program. I began by running in snow, sleet, ice – everything that Canadian winter can throw at you. I stuck relatively close to my program and it all paid off with a good result on Sunday. I finished in 3 hrs 33 min, placing 520th overall and 50th in my age category. I reached my goal of finishing in under 3:45. I also achieved a little unspoken goal to myself of having the announcer say my name as I finished “Jonathan Schmidt from Baden…” The announcer’s try to say everyone’s name, but if you finish in a big group they aren’t able to catch everyone’s name. So I know it’s trivial, but I was happy he announced my name. It was definitely a crazy weekend. My sister and Steve also completed the marathon. For my sister it was her second Ottawa Marathon and for Steve it was his first. Sherri had some difficulty with the heat, but much to her credit she perservered and completed it with Steve in just over 5 hrs. Congrats big sister for toughing it out and not dying 
All in all it was 42.2 km of running for Sherri, Steve and I. 10k of running for Mark and lots of support from Darlene and the Schmidt and Stutzman parents. Congrats Mark on your 10k finish. On Sunday we enjoyed a great feast of a picnic with the Stutzman & Schmidt families & friends. What a weekend! Praise God for health and strength and supportive family. Catch a glimpse of the weekend by browsing the pics link on the left.
Ottawa Race Weekend
On Sunday I completed my first marathon. Early in January I was poked a bit by my sister to run in this year’s ING Ottawa Marathon. Sherri ran in it last year and was she trying to make it a larger family event. Like many of the marathon runners, I set out in January with an 18 week training program. I began by running in snow, sleet, ice – everything that Canadian winter can throw at you. I stuck relatively close to my program and it all paid off with a good result on Sunday. I finished in 3 hrs 33 min, placing 520th overall and 50th in my age category. I reached my goal of finishing in under 3:45. I also achieved a little unspoken goal to myself of having the announcer say my name as I finished “Jonathan Schmidt from Baden…” The announcer’s try to say everyone’s name, but if you finish in a big group they aren’t able to catch everyone’s name. So I know it’s trivial, but I was happy he announced my name. It was definitely a crazy weekend. My sister and Steve also completed the marathon. For my sister it was her second Ottawa Marathon and for Steve it was his first. Sherri had some difficulty with the heat, but much to her credit she perservered and completed it with Steve in just over 5 hrs. Congrats big sister for toughing it out and not dying All in all it was 42.2 km of running for Sherri, Steve and I. 10k of running for Mark and lots of support from Darlene and the Schmidt and Stutzman parents. Congrats Mark on your 10k finish. On Sunday we enjoyed a great feast of a picnic with the Stutzman & Schmidt families & friends. What a weekend! Praise God for health and strength and supportive family. Catch a glimpse of the weekend by browsing the pics link on the left.
Tracking the Forecast
I, like many of you, am looking forward to the long weekend. I would like to go canoeing with Darlene’s family, but we will only go canoeing if the weather cooperates. With today’s long term and short term weather forecasts we often look in anxious anticipation to what the weather is going to be for an upcoming long weekend. For example, last weekend our friends got married and I watched as the 7-day forecast changed from cold, 80% p.o.p. to sunny partly cloudy with a high 15 degrees. Having taken a few courses in climatology I do undestand the limitations of forecasting, especially for southern Ontario. Nonetheless there should be some accountability or maybe a reality check for those of us who actually believe the forecast might have some bearing on reality. Well, for this week I’m going to track the weather forecast for Kitchener for only Saturday May 20. The results will be posted below. I will try to track any changes in the 7-day forecast for Kitchener from theweathernetwork.ca and post them here.
Results (Date/Time & Forecast/High):
9:00am Mon May 15/06 – Sunny / 8 degrees / 0% p.o.p.
1:00pm Mon May 15/06 – Sunny / 14 degrees / 0% p.o.p.
7:00am Tues May 16/06 – Cloudy with showers / 13 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
4:00pm Tues May 16/06 – Cloudy with showers / 13 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
8:00am Wed May 17/06 – Cloudy with showers / 15 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
4:00pm Wed May 17/06 – Scattered showers / 15 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
9:00am Thu May 18/06 – Cloudy with showers / 18 degrees / 70% p.o.p.
9:00am Fri May 19/06 – Mainly sunny / 16 degrees / 10% p.o.p.
3:00pm Fri May 19/06 – Cloudy periods / 16 degrees / 0% p.o.p. (30% pop for AM)
Tracking the weather forecast
I, like many of you, am looking forward to the long weekend. I would like to go canoeing with Darlene’s family, but we will only go canoeing if the weather cooperates. With today’s long term and short term weather forecasts we often look in anxious anticipation to what the weather is going to be for an upcoming long weekend. For example, last weekend our friends got married and I watched as the 7-day forecast changed from cold, 80% p.o.p. to sunny partly cloudy with a high 15 degrees. Having taken a few courses in climatology I do undestand the limitations of forecasting, especially for southern Ontario. Nonetheless there should be some accountability or maybe a reality check for those of us who actually believe the forecast might have some bearing on reality. Well, for this week I’m going to track the weather forecast for Kitchener for only Saturday May 20. The results will be posted below. I will try to track any changes in the 7-day forecast for Kitchener from theweathernetwork.ca and post them here.
Results (Date/Time & Forecast/High):
9:00am Mon May 15/06 – Sunny / 8 degrees / 0% p.o.p.
1:00pm Mon May 15/06 – Sunny / 14 degrees / 0% p.o.p.
7:00am Tues May 16/06 – Cloudy with showers / 13 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
4:00pm Tues May 16/06 – Cloudy with showers / 13 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
8:00am Wed May 17/06 – Cloudy with showers / 15 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
4:00pm Wed May 17/06 – Scattered showers / 15 degrees / 40% p.o.p.
9:00am Thu May 18/06 – Cloudy with showers / 18 degrees / 70% p.o.p.
9:00am Fri May 19/06 – Mainly sunny / 16 degrees / 10% p.o.p.
3:00pm Fri May 19/06 – Cloudy periods / 16 degrees / 0% p.o.p. (30% pop for AM)
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