Alive With Sport

Overall, it was a busy week with Xmas parties canceling workouts during the week.  The weekend involved the Vanoc 2010 volunteer training, so I only managed the bike commute downtown.  Because of the Vanoc workshop, I ran my long run on Saturday. My route to MacDonald Beach was awesome!  Almost 30km, right from my [...]

This week the highlights included a big day of spin/swim on Wednesday and two runs with Penney.  She’s becoming quite the runner.  Friday’s swim included a 100m TT where I pulled off a 1:24.

swim
bike
run
core/stretch

2hrs – 4.7km
3h25
4h ~40km
2hrs

Weekly total = 9:25 + 2hrs core/stretch/yoga
On the weekend, some wet mountain biking with Bronwyn and Clayton was in [...]

Smokies with Dill Pickle chips. Summer barbecues on the sideline of a beautiful sports venue like Jericho can make anything taste good. I spent the early evening hanging out with Torb and the new Illegal Smile crew. The team is an interesting motley of good people with nice relaxed family friendly vibe. [...]

This evening I headed out to see my favorite egg lady to get free range eggs right off a little local farm. I then looped around to my farmer’s market where the local beets have just arrived. These country shopping trips are among my favorite activities. I can’t wait until we can add [...]

Tonight is the season opener for the Vancouver Ultimate League (VUL). The first game of the VUL officially marks the start of summer, according to Torb. After work, I walked up to Balcalva, grabbed the car and headed to Dunbar for my gym workout. After eating dinner out, I waited for Torb [...]

Canucks win. According to Torb, it’s all going according to plan.

home core workout
20 min, plus 15 min stretch

On most days, I bike, bus, and/or carpool my way to and from work/workouts. I’m proud of my efforts to be a greener commuter. But once and a while, I drive. I can’t stand car commuting. It’s aggravating, bad for the environment, and there’s no parking. Really, it’s mostly that I [...]

Does anyone else out there hate gym attitudes? I’m talking about your pumped up steroid chumps who hang out in the gym. They get in the way, they ooze attitude, and if you’re a girl with a purpose they think you’re an alien. Worse, what about the girlfriends who hang about in [...]

We cut our lawn and cleaned up the garden today. The rubarb is awakening. Rogue garlic is currently dominating the empty garden beds. The strawberries look sad. The crocus have come and gone, and I expect the tulips to be opening soon. We’ve got seedlings started in the kitchen window. [...]

Imagine a bucket full of water, flying sideways, propelled by an oncoming bus who has just emptied a West Vancouver sized puddle into the air. Now, see this wall of water flying straight at Bronwyn and I. We both squeak and clench our handlebars expecting the drenching. But the airborne puddle went [...]