Alive With Sport

Torbin bought 20lbs of smokies. That’s $130 worth. They’re homemade natural beef sausages from the Steves farm – so they are awesome. But 20lbs, man we had a good laugh. He didn’t know how much he was buying. Man, that guy, I guess that’s why I’m marrying him!!
http://www.stevesfarm.com/steveston/beef-for-sale/
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Happiness is a garden party with loads of your friends. Last night, we had tons of fun. We’re looking forward to next weekend.

On Wednesday, I’m going to race the 4km swim at Sasamat lake. I love this photo of me and my Dad. Apparently, I’m having a tantrum.
Swimming outdoors is one of my favorite things.  No more tantrums.

I caught the 7am ferry over today and rode my bike over to Victoria to cheer for my friends in the Half Iron race. This race holds a special place in my heart – as my first big triathlon. I found a spot at the top of the hill just after McTavish Road. [...]

I’ve just reviewed my race report from two years ago and I’m starting to think about goals. I’d like to beat that time – 5:27:42 but mostly it’s about the attitude. If I keep a positive & strong head space, just like Oliver run in ‘07 & the last stretch of e-Venti this [...]

Regular training is totally out this week because I’m in Fort Collins, Colorado for this conference. It’s a really great meeting — inspiring and exhausting all at the same time. I’ve made many valuable connections to follow up on already and it’s a total change of pace.

I’m so busy. It’s really quite ridiculous. Fortunately, I like busy. This weekend (tomorrow actually) it’s up to Penticton/Oliver for a Training Camp. Then I have a super crazy work week (and probably weekend). I’m off to a conference in Fort Collins on Tuesday. I’m back to Vancouver on Monday. [...]

The 2007 Delta triathlon is the last time I did a sprint triathlon. My time was 1:13 with swim of 13:17, bike of 38:16, and run of 21:48. This year my goal is to break 1:10 – which means I will have to gain 1 min on the swim and 2+ minutes on [...]

Digging, digging and more digging. It’s my version of an Easter training camp. Manual labor is pretty tough on the body. We spent the whole weekend building this new rasied bed for the garden. Let me tell you, filling 15ft x 4ft involves hauling a lot of 40lb buckets of dirt/manure/compost. [...]