www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, April 24, 2014 | 8 Halton.ca 311 Notice of Public Information Centre Watermain Replacement on Sunnyvale Drive and Sunray Road Town of Oakville PR-2806B Halton Region is planning to replace the watermain on Sunnyvale Drive from Sunset Drive to Surrey Drive, and on Sunray Road from Sunnyvale Drive to Hixon Street beginning summer 2014. A Public Information Centre will be held for residents who want to learn more about the construction project. Please drop in at any time. Halton staff will be available to answer your questions. When exercising becomes the best part of any day That's H Life e was my track coach, an important mentor to the young version of me, and a guy who was forever having "aha" moments that he was eager and over-inclined to share. For my part, I was a disinterested teenager with abundant attitude and indifferent to most of coach's infernal old-guy revelations. For the uninitiated, an aha moment is the moment you spend listening to a Norwegian pop band that had one monster hit in the 1980s or, the instant when you suddenly clue in to something -- a moment of realization, inspiration and insight. One day we were out running. Even though I was a sprinter, coach had determined that my training regimen should include distance runs to improve my endurance, or to punish me for smoking. Regardless, as I struggled to both catch a breath and keep up with him, he began to wax philosophically. Forever a tness fanatic, he began to explain how the role of tness in his life was evolving. For years, he'd been a slave to the stopwatch, interval times, overall times. It had always been about how far, how fast, in comparison to other people and other outings. Then came the aha moment. The moment when he realized it was no longer about the distance and the time, but, rather, it was just about being out there in the moment, in the elements, about losing himself in the act of running, about being aware of -- indeed, being at one with -- his surroundings. The honeylike sunshine pouring down on our faces. The invigorating breeze. The picturesque lake, around which he was running and I was lurching. He asked me if I understood. I asked him if he'd mixed up his medications. Seriously, he was talking loopy-talk. "What next," I asked, "you going to go live on top of a mountain and meditate all day?" Andy Juniper Guest Contributor Date: Time: Place: Thursday May 1, 2014 6:30 8:30 p.m. St. Ann's Elementary School 2123 Hixon Street, Oakville If you would like to learn more about the project and are unable to attend the Public Information Centre, please contact: Melvin Gonzalez Project Manager Public Works 905-825-6000 x 3285 Melvin.Gonzalez@halton.ca Kids, here's a story for you. Recently, having nally shucked the surly bonds of an interminable soul-sucking winter, my wife and I dusted off our bikes and hit the hills around our home. We were way out there. Leg muscles tremulous under the rst-time-out strain. Gasping for a decent breath at the top of a particularly challenging hill. Lungs doing that big old spring burn. I suppose I was complaining, as is my wont. Whining about the pain. The effort. The burn. Moaning about the temperature (it was still a bit nippy outside) and about how I could be at home doing, well, other things. My wife suggested this activity, this escape from all of life's `other things', would in fact be the very best part of our day. And you know what? If being honest with myself, I have to admit she was right. It may have taken a few decades, but I'd been ever-so gently led to an aha moment. Exercise is no longer simply something I do because I need to do it, or think I should do it. All my phony whining and moaning aside, I exercise -- whether it be yoga, dog walking, cross-country skiing, gol ng, cycling, whatever -- because (gasp) I genuinely love the exercise, the activity, dare I say, the lifestyle. Oh, and the moments spent doing those activities are by and large the best part of any day. And no, kids, I have not mixed up my medications. At least, I don't think I have. -- Andy Juniper can be contacted at ajjuniper@ gmail.com, and found on Facebook and Twitter . McTavish Travel Here's an idea for a quick warm up save $300 per couple on Bermuda packages when you book by 30APR14. 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