Alive With Sport

I tried out my new rash guard for a little extra warmth (and added UV protection) during my swim at UBC outdoor pool. It worked well. I’m not quite at the stage of pool accessory mania but my outfit IS very blue. I cut the swim short today. I’m still not [...]

Why is it that I can’t read pool schedules? I think swim schedules must be in a different language or something. After deciphering all of the footnotes and special closures, I had determined that the only pool open at UBC today was the indoor pool. 3km indoors flipping every 25m, sigh. [...]

The grey morning light switched to a brief rain storm at Sasamat today. Swimming in rain is interesting. The splashing drops mix with your spraying water on the calm lake top. 1hr 20min is a long time to swim. I did two big loops. I kept catching glimpses of the [...]

Normal people meet up for drinks after work on Friday nights! Me, I met up with my IMC training buddies then bike commuted home from Kits to Steveston. Alison, Chung, Andrew and I enjoyed a good ocean swim. My shoulder was sore and my body generally felt tired. Even so, I [...]

This is a hard race report to write. Why? Because the results suck. I had a bad day. On top of all that it was provincials and I could have won my age category. It was an important day, though, because I learned that even the worst of days can [...]

I should have stopped. Imagine a beautiful Friday night in English bay, people walking, people talking, sunshine, beach. I’m cruising through on my way to repeats of the Stanley Park loop and the smell hits me. Barbequed onions, cheap smoky hotdog smell, mmmmm, sweet summer. How did I resist? There [...]

Wednesday’s bike workout was the start of hill week. That’s hill week, not hell, just in case you’re wondering. Although some would suggest that a four hill based bike and run workouts in one week with a combined elevation gain of over 7600 ft should be called “Hell Week”.
I rode this workout with [...]

I woke up for the early morning drive to Sasamat still tired from Saturday’s 5hr hammer. This combined with a 5am wake up call from Maya Fox had me pretty groggy. The extra fatigue meant that I went out very conservatively for the 4km swim race. In a last minute deal, negotiated [...]

After a quick flight to Calgary, we headed to Lindsay park for a couple of hours. The Talisman Centre (Lindsay Park) is an incredible facility: five pools, a track, gyms, courts, and smoothies all under one roof. I had the 50m pool to myself and my workout was a highlight. It was [...]

Here is my long delayed Victoria Half Iron Race report. The results are here; our team name was “last minute lassies” but at the last minute we decided to change it to “Under Five and Falling”. You can read my race day story below to figure out why. April took many many [...]