Andrew Baxtrom
@oldmanrunning69.bsky.social
56 🇨🇦 & running 6 days a week.
Keeping fit and exploring Alberta's trails.
I'm on a journey to find my better self.
Mind, body & soul.
Be the light in the darkness.
Avid reader of Sci-Fi, politics, economics & climate change.
Eyes wide open.
No DMs. 🚫
Keeping fit and exploring Alberta's trails.
I'm on a journey to find my better self.
Mind, body & soul.
Be the light in the darkness.
Avid reader of Sci-Fi, politics, economics & climate change.
Eyes wide open.
No DMs. 🚫
Goosies!
I had to pause early in my run to visit with the goslings & their parents. 😁
A great run today.
✨What seems impossible today will one day be your warm-up.✨
I had to pause early in my run to visit with the goslings & their parents. 😁
A great run today.
✨What seems impossible today will one day be your warm-up.✨
May 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Goosies!
I had to pause early in my run to visit with the goslings & their parents. 😁
A great run today.
✨What seems impossible today will one day be your warm-up.✨
I had to pause early in my run to visit with the goslings & their parents. 😁
A great run today.
✨What seems impossible today will one day be your warm-up.✨
Another hill day following last Saturday's route.
It didn't wreck me like last week so, progress?
✨It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. - Jillian Michaels✨
It didn't wreck me like last week so, progress?
✨It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. - Jillian Michaels✨
May 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Another hill day following last Saturday's route.
It didn't wreck me like last week so, progress?
✨It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. - Jillian Michaels✨
It didn't wreck me like last week so, progress?
✨It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. - Jillian Michaels✨
Sunny & a cool breeze.
Does it get any better than that for running? 😁
I forgot how hilly this route was.
Ibuprofen where are you?
✨Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and know exactly how far you can go. - Doris Brown Heritage✨
#oldmanrunning69
Does it get any better than that for running? 😁
I forgot how hilly this route was.
Ibuprofen where are you?
✨Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and know exactly how far you can go. - Doris Brown Heritage✨
#oldmanrunning69
May 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sunny & a cool breeze.
Does it get any better than that for running? 😁
I forgot how hilly this route was.
Ibuprofen where are you?
✨Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and know exactly how far you can go. - Doris Brown Heritage✨
#oldmanrunning69
Does it get any better than that for running? 😁
I forgot how hilly this route was.
Ibuprofen where are you?
✨Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and know exactly how far you can go. - Doris Brown Heritage✨
#oldmanrunning69
First Trail Run of the year! 🏃🏽
It felt so amazing to get outside. 😁
It's been a long time since my last running post. I had to drop into Maintaining for a couple of months due to a health concern.
✨The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan✨
It felt so amazing to get outside. 😁
It's been a long time since my last running post. I had to drop into Maintaining for a couple of months due to a health concern.
✨The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan✨
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
First Trail Run of the year! 🏃🏽
It felt so amazing to get outside. 😁
It's been a long time since my last running post. I had to drop into Maintaining for a couple of months due to a health concern.
✨The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan✨
It felt so amazing to get outside. 😁
It's been a long time since my last running post. I had to drop into Maintaining for a couple of months due to a health concern.
✨The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan✨
I'd hoped for a bit of a longer run, but that felt just right today.
I'm so damn tired of the treadmill but the trails are still icy. 🫤
✨The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
I'm so damn tired of the treadmill but the trails are still icy. 🫤
✨The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
March 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'd hoped for a bit of a longer run, but that felt just right today.
I'm so damn tired of the treadmill but the trails are still icy. 🫤
✨The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
I'm so damn tired of the treadmill but the trails are still icy. 🫤
✨The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
My thoughts on Wayne Gretzky and his friendship with Trump.
I'm betting some seemingly good people thought Hitler was an amazing person and called him a friend.
A great legacy can be easily destroyed by one bad choice. How can you be friends with somebody that attacks your birth country?🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'm betting some seemingly good people thought Hitler was an amazing person and called him a friend.
A great legacy can be easily destroyed by one bad choice. How can you be friends with somebody that attacks your birth country?🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My thoughts on Wayne Gretzky and his friendship with Trump.
I'm betting some seemingly good people thought Hitler was an amazing person and called him a friend.
A great legacy can be easily destroyed by one bad choice. How can you be friends with somebody that attacks your birth country?🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'm betting some seemingly good people thought Hitler was an amazing person and called him a friend.
A great legacy can be easily destroyed by one bad choice. How can you be friends with somebody that attacks your birth country?🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
🇨🇦Go Canada! 🇨🇦
Slowly building up my mileage after my knee strain. No discomfort today. 😁
Still struggling with fatigue but feeling a little bit better today. HRV is still fubar.
I'm suspecting Runner's Anemia.
✨If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Banksy.✨
#running
#oldmanrunning69
Slowly building up my mileage after my knee strain. No discomfort today. 😁
Still struggling with fatigue but feeling a little bit better today. HRV is still fubar.
I'm suspecting Runner's Anemia.
✨If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Banksy.✨
#running
#oldmanrunning69
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🇨🇦Go Canada! 🇨🇦
Slowly building up my mileage after my knee strain. No discomfort today. 😁
Still struggling with fatigue but feeling a little bit better today. HRV is still fubar.
I'm suspecting Runner's Anemia.
✨If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Banksy.✨
#running
#oldmanrunning69
Slowly building up my mileage after my knee strain. No discomfort today. 😁
Still struggling with fatigue but feeling a little bit better today. HRV is still fubar.
I'm suspecting Runner's Anemia.
✨If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Banksy.✨
#running
#oldmanrunning69
Still struggling with energy levels.
HRV is badly unbalanced & going in the wrong direction.
Long run tomorrow & my confidence is low. 🫤
✨It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt✨
#oldmanrunning69
HRV is badly unbalanced & going in the wrong direction.
Long run tomorrow & my confidence is low. 🫤
✨It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt✨
#oldmanrunning69
February 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Still struggling with energy levels.
HRV is badly unbalanced & going in the wrong direction.
Long run tomorrow & my confidence is low. 🫤
✨It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt✨
#oldmanrunning69
HRV is badly unbalanced & going in the wrong direction.
Long run tomorrow & my confidence is low. 🫤
✨It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt✨
#oldmanrunning69
Message to the Orange Clown:
Canadians are nice....until we are not.
Canadians are nice....until we are not.
February 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Message to the Orange Clown:
Canadians are nice....until we are not.
Canadians are nice....until we are not.
The U.S. government has severely underestimated how far Canadians are willing to go in this.
Send in the Attack Geese! 🇨🇦
Send in the Attack Geese! 🇨🇦
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The U.S. government has severely underestimated how far Canadians are willing to go in this.
Send in the Attack Geese! 🇨🇦
Send in the Attack Geese! 🇨🇦
Happy National Flag of Canada Day! 🇨🇦
A much shorter run than usual today.
I'm still babying that left knee.
Feeling good though.
I think it's well on its way to being healed.
✨Run because you can. When you can't, you'll appreciate it more.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#oldmanrunning69
A much shorter run than usual today.
I'm still babying that left knee.
Feeling good though.
I think it's well on its way to being healed.
✨Run because you can. When you can't, you'll appreciate it more.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#oldmanrunning69
February 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy National Flag of Canada Day! 🇨🇦
A much shorter run than usual today.
I'm still babying that left knee.
Feeling good though.
I think it's well on its way to being healed.
✨Run because you can. When you can't, you'll appreciate it more.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#oldmanrunning69
A much shorter run than usual today.
I'm still babying that left knee.
Feeling good though.
I think it's well on its way to being healed.
✨Run because you can. When you can't, you'll appreciate it more.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#oldmanrunning69
Day 2 of Not Running. 😕
Knee Brace, Ibuprofen, Voltaren.
Some improvement in my twisted knee.
Very mild strain & oddly enough....not running related.
✨Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #running
#oldmanrunning69
Knee Brace, Ibuprofen, Voltaren.
Some improvement in my twisted knee.
Very mild strain & oddly enough....not running related.
✨Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #running
#oldmanrunning69
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Day 2 of Not Running. 😕
Knee Brace, Ibuprofen, Voltaren.
Some improvement in my twisted knee.
Very mild strain & oddly enough....not running related.
✨Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #running
#oldmanrunning69
Knee Brace, Ibuprofen, Voltaren.
Some improvement in my twisted knee.
Very mild strain & oddly enough....not running related.
✨Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #running
#oldmanrunning69
Twisted my left knee on ice last week.
I pushed through my Saturday long run & likely did myself no favors.
Rest Day today. Speed Work tomorrow.
✨Rest isn't defeat. It's a strategic retreat, fueling your comeback stronger and faster.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#running #oldmanrunning69
I pushed through my Saturday long run & likely did myself no favors.
Rest Day today. Speed Work tomorrow.
✨Rest isn't defeat. It's a strategic retreat, fueling your comeback stronger and faster.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#running #oldmanrunning69
February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Twisted my left knee on ice last week.
I pushed through my Saturday long run & likely did myself no favors.
Rest Day today. Speed Work tomorrow.
✨Rest isn't defeat. It's a strategic retreat, fueling your comeback stronger and faster.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#running #oldmanrunning69
I pushed through my Saturday long run & likely did myself no favors.
Rest Day today. Speed Work tomorrow.
✨Rest isn't defeat. It's a strategic retreat, fueling your comeback stronger and faster.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#running #oldmanrunning69
Today I spoiled myself with a little sleep-in, so a bit of a late start today.
New month, new goals.
PR for distance on my birthday. 🥳
✨Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. - Michael Jordan✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
New month, new goals.
PR for distance on my birthday. 🥳
✨Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. - Michael Jordan✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
February 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Today I spoiled myself with a little sleep-in, so a bit of a late start today.
New month, new goals.
PR for distance on my birthday. 🥳
✨Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. - Michael Jordan✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
New month, new goals.
PR for distance on my birthday. 🥳
✨Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. - Michael Jordan✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#running
#oldmanrunning69
Last 5k of the week complete.
Looking forward to my long run tomorrow & trying for a PR. 🏃
✨Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Looking forward to my long run tomorrow & trying for a PR. 🏃
✨Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last 5k of the week complete.
Looking forward to my long run tomorrow & trying for a PR. 🏃
✨Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Looking forward to my long run tomorrow & trying for a PR. 🏃
✨Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Fast 🏃 5k for Thursday.
Does my attempt at consistency make me too predictable? 🤪
✨The road to success is always under construction.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Does my attempt at consistency make me too predictable? 🤪
✨The road to success is always under construction.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Fast 🏃 5k for Thursday.
Does my attempt at consistency make me too predictable? 🤪
✨The road to success is always under construction.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Does my attempt at consistency make me too predictable? 🤪
✨The road to success is always under construction.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
Easy mid-week 5k.🏃
A little tired after yesterday's push but feeling good.😁
✨I run because it allows me to breathe. I run because it allows me to think. I run because it allows me to be.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
A little tired after yesterday's push but feeling good.😁
✨I run because it allows me to breathe. I run because it allows me to think. I run because it allows me to be.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
February 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Easy mid-week 5k.🏃
A little tired after yesterday's push but feeling good.😁
✨I run because it allows me to breathe. I run because it allows me to think. I run because it allows me to be.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
A little tired after yesterday's push but feeling good.😁
✨I run because it allows me to breathe. I run because it allows me to think. I run because it allows me to be.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
New PR for 5k.
That was a Hard Push. 😮💨
I really wanted to quit, but I embraced the suck.
✨Running: It's cheaper than therapy.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
That was a Hard Push. 😮💨
I really wanted to quit, but I embraced the suck.
✨Running: It's cheaper than therapy.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
February 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New PR for 5k.
That was a Hard Push. 😮💨
I really wanted to quit, but I embraced the suck.
✨Running: It's cheaper than therapy.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69
That was a Hard Push. 😮💨
I really wanted to quit, but I embraced the suck.
✨Running: It's cheaper than therapy.✨
#edmontonrunningcommunity
#trailrunning #edmontonmarathon
#runningmotivation #running
#oldmanrunning69