We Never Said We Were Smart

On June 30th Bill & I will try our hand at the Yukon River Quest.
This is a 740 km kayak race from Whitehorse to Dawson City on the mighty Yukon River.
A challenge indeed since Bill and I are the least competitive people I know, so the goal is to complete the race in the 4 day time limit.
Thankfully there is the midnight sun, so we can paddle around the clock. Oh joy!
My ass is sore already.

Tortoise and the Hare

Ok, so it was Chuck and not a hare.

But as the photo shows, Chuck is behind the tortoise.

This was taken at the start of Saturday May 22nd's trail run of Gibbons Park Trail.

2010 Trail Series

Let's get this party started!!

Kiss winter goodbye, spring has sprung and even monkey pants has come out of hibernation.

Saturday March 27th we will start our 2010 series of trail runs around the London area.

Some things will remain the same, like having a laugh at other peoples expense, and poking fun at Carl for being so uptight on leaving on time, but one thing has changed.

The 'Black Ball' is what you want to get this time.

Each week all runners who show up at the designated trail will be asked to pull a ball from the orange pail white ones go back in and the black one is a keeper you get to hold on till the end of the season.

This will be critical to who wins the coveted trail running jacket. (guaranteed to make you pee your pants)

March 27th will be Meadowlilliy Trails, off Commisioners Road one block east of Highbury Ave.

Google map link when you click the title block above picture.

How NOT to finish a 100km race

Jennifer Anne Meneray showing off her bandages that were put on at an aid station so she could complete the 100Km portion of the HURT 100 in Hawaii.

Canadians Break Records at H.U.R.T. 100

100 Mile Finishers:
-Gary Robbins North Vancouver BC 20:12 1st Overall; new CR (photo)
-Tracy Garneau Veron BC 24:06 3rd Overall; 1st Female; new CR (photo)
-Jamie Nott Calgary AB 31:40 17th Overall
-Monica Scholz Jerseyville ON 32:02 18th Overall; 2nd Female
-Matthew Session Burnaby BC 32:10 19th Overall
-Charlotte Vasarhelyi Breslau ON 32:28 22nd Overall; 3rd Female
-Tasha Nott Calgary, ON 35:50 46th Overall; 5th Female

100K Finishers:
-Alan Haner Mindemoya ON
-John Turner Burlington ON
-Tammy Sieminowski Toronto ON
-Phillip McColl Jerseyville ON
-Sharon Zelinki Toronto ON
-Jennifer-Anne Meneray London ON

It's all in the training

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Swimming now part of our training for Medway

• Minus 5 degrees
• A frozen creek
• A dozen trail runners ready to cross via rocks and tree limbs
• One runner wants to show how to run across the ice
• He now finds out that ice can be slippery
• His feet fly up & lands on his back and breaks the ice
• That sinking feeling
• He is OK but soaked
• PRICELESS