songwritng – The Conscious Pilgrim

look at me now

Hey all,

Time for another one of these songwriting videos. This one is a fictional story about my car… but it draws from real life experience.

What I don’t mention in the video is that the impetus for writing this song came from Mike McDonald of Jr. Gone Wild fame when I did a songwriting circle with him, Kimberley MacGregor, and Sean Herbert (we actually did a few of those…) and I mentioned the 7-year cell-replacement factoid (mentioned in the video above) in relation to another story I was telling, and he encouraged me to develop that idea further.

Anyway… enjoy!

CURRENT CHALLENGE:

Early 2025: After running between 8km and 10km distances 4 times per week through the summer of 2024, allergies hit hard in the fall, and I went back indoors in September 2024 - though I did get into mountain biking in place of running, and found some aggressive trails to ride in Edmonton's river valley 1-2 times per week. In early 2024 I increased my protein intake and started lifting heavy, as well. Cutting was a struggle through the summer, even while running those distances, but I've recalculated my macro & calorie intake and I'm seeing the desired results now.

PREVIOUS CHALLENGES:
– August 21, 2022: Completed The Edmonton Half Marathon with a time of 2:19:26 following my home-built half-marathon training program.
– May 4, 2022: Performed Olympic Length Triathlon (1500m swim @ 59:51, 40km bike @ 87:03, 10km run @ 50:40) after completing this Olympic Distance training program. – Not a formal event, trained for and done independently.
– December 27, 2021: Performed half-Olympic length triathlon (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) after 12 week training program. – Not a formal event, trained for and done independently.
– November 12, 2021: Performed super-sprint triathlon (500m swim, 10km bike, 3km run) as part of the training program for the half-olympic length triathlon. – Not a formal event, trained for and done independently.