Well I’m packed and waiting for my flight. With the power out last night due to the recent somewhat wacky weather we decided to head to the movie cinema in the next town to watch “men Who Stare At Goats”…verdict: Don’t waste your money!!Ah, so lookin…
I love my pillow. I know, it’s a weird statement. After all, who REALLY gives more than a passing thought to their pillow? My whole life I just figured a pillow was a pillow, it wouldn’t change my sleep too much. Then Brett went and got himself a…
Saturday night I was on the fence about whether driving 2hrs east would really lead to an escape from the rain…fortunately I landed on the “yes” side:We were aiming to go up the Skyline trail but with all the new snow could not find the turnoff so en…
On Sunday afternoon Brett and I were sitting around a little bored, I had surprised myself by finishing my cleaning out “junk” or “we never use this” spree within just a few hours (I always feel so good cleaning out clothes every six months or so - oft…
ah, the rain has returned, another dreary slow day at work. I had to laugh on my way home though. I pass a property which has a field containing 2 alpacas and a horse. Normally they are out mowing the grass; today when I passed they were all 3 standing…
Our travels are up - it appears we have finally (after offer, counter-offer, counter-counter-offer, counter-counter-counter-offer) bought our first home! I’m quite excited; ironically it was the house I first liked over a year ago til the lady pulled i…
It’s my things to do list; I wonder how many I can get done before I leave for Australia in a month?1. create a photobook of our 2009 adventures on the Mac that will be complete bar the photos I take whilst in Australia. We’ll get it printed in hardcov…
At last it appears Fall has really arrived - in terms of the long overdue rain that is. Not that I was missing it or feeling parched. But Vancouver has a west coast reputation for precipitation to uphold you know…and now that it’s here it’s kind of a…
It’s only taken me 4 years to do but finally I got a picture of this tree in the Fall. I used to pass it all the time on my way home from work…but this time I was out cycling with a friend, I had my camera, and I snapped it. It isn’t the best tree ou…
so I’ve been unsuccessful in finding a routine as yet, though I am getting in consistent short runs. Finally took my road bike out for a spin 2 days ago; it was such a beautiful morning. I allowed the sun to warm things up a bit then gave into the sile…
I’m struggling with establishing a “normal” routine since getting back. I want to swim, I want to gain more strength (which I ignored for most of the year), I want to run more, I should get back out on the bike, I want to hike as much as I can, perhaps…
we were on our own to explore. From Lake Tahoe we drove north a short way to camp at the Donner Memorial Pass campground. There were bear warnings from the staff at the gate about our particular campsite - “Oh he’s been around occasionally, big guy, ju…
Oh it was so good to sleep in…I love that feeling of knowing my body is totally shattered going to sleep then waking up next morning knowing a lot of damage control must have occurred overnight because I can’t remember a thing - but I feel sooo much …
well, I only took around 250 pictures from our 3 weeks away. I sorted through them, narrowed it down to 60…but I’m guessing even that is a bit extreme for blog-land. A picture paints a thousand words but most of them would be: “where is that? what da…
We got in at 10.30pm last night after 3 weeks away travelling. At 2am I woke up and was momentarily disorientated. I’m not in a tent am I? No. Hmm, a hotel? If so, where? No. huh, well, I guess that must mean I am at home in bed which means my night na…
I know to my family it seems like I’m always on holiday. But I’m not; it’s just that shiftwork means 3-5 days off at a time which I love (although during my IM training I was working a lot of overtimes since there was no reason to have much of a life o…
I finally did it. Two mornings ago I woke up and got tough with myself: “No more dathering around, thou shalt not consume coffee henceforth!!” And it was as simple as that - the trapdoor went down on the coffee option. No ifs or buts. And I’m totally …
3 days without chocolate. To celebrate I am going to have a coffee today. I think. Maybe my “green tea conscience” will prevail.I am allowing myself to go for my first short run today, am excited!Why is it dark in the mornings again? And it was dark l…
Two days ago, 2 “new-mum” friends and I decided to walk the north shore trail alongside my favourite swimming hole - Buntzen Lake. Plan was to hike to the end and back (about 12km, fairly flat with a few small steep-ish hills - gotta get up there for a…
It’s crazy - my leg muscles after the ironman didn’t hurt anything like what they are today (is it already turning into a blur? No, I do recall my knees aching, hiking doesn’t do that.) Maybe if there’d been more downhills on the run…? After car cam…
The Run: Just before leaving for the run my sister made me pose for a picture with my friends. Apparently Mr W-DC had spent around 10mins in T2 and Ms Co about the same so I wasn’t too concerned about being too far behind. Even with chatting to my fan …
The bike: I spent the first few minutes trying to take it easy and get my heart rate down - which it wasn’t really doing. My sister and Brett drove past in the car and requested some “determined looking race poses” which I promptly did then got laughed…
I’ve got to warn you - this is not your average IM race report. There are no waves of 2000 people all fighting to find the same line in the water, no hordes of screaming crowds along the sidelines, not even very many volunteers helping out. No, this wa…
berries and a banana, Vega smoothie, omelette on toast….for breakfastdark chocolate and coffee mid-morning (went and watched my friend Jenny race her second sprint tri and do awesome)prawn salad and yam fries for lunch (after a little spin on the bik…
first IM - done! what I just did is still sinking in. My body hurts but now it’s time for bed.
to the start of the race. Basically 2 days away. My body is a bit tired today as I did a bit of running around after work - and I had the day off exercise which always makes me feel out of sorts. So far as Thursday night goes - we have opted to just st…
Pretty busy the last few days, trying to squeeze in taper workouts around extended work hours. The weather has cooled SLIGHTLY to around 27-31C and the long term forecast has rain for Thursday and Friday….but so far Saturday looks good (a few clouds …
Wow, it is simply stinkin’ hot. 38C/100F out here at 5.30pm in Langley as I type - boy am I grateful for the basement suite today! So cool to walk into. This morning we headed up to Buntzen Lake for a swim; I haven’t actually swum in it before; one co…
We had the most amazing lightning show last night….for those that know Vancouver BC - we don’t get very many good storms. And when we do there is not much lightning, just lots of grumbling clouds. On my bike ride yesterday morning I saw the hazy cumu…
Well, i did have a day of rest on Tuesday too…but yesterday after waking i felt like I’d been hit by a truck, absolutely zero energy, complete tiredness. Glad I made it to taper before getting a day like this! I had a bike and short run planned but a…