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Mission Accomplished – M6!
This will just be a quick cap as we’re about to hit the open road towards home here shortly. We realized we couldn’t say bye to our beautiful hotel bed in favor of a tent just yet and extended our stay in Auburn by one night. It’s been fun to actually explore the town a… →
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Western States Follow Along
Alright, quick and too the point, they do an amazing job of live updates througout the day, simply head here to follow along! There’s also a live twitter feed located here AND you can sign up here to get automatic e-mail updates on your favorite runners throughout the day if you happen to be at… →
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Tamsin’s Story, Part Two, Emergency
Sorry all, I really had no plans of making this a ten part installment, I honestly thought I’d get it all done in one posting last weekend. Unfortunately the travel and planning for Western has kinda gotten in the way of blogging! Damn 100 milers:) ————————– I arrived home to shrieks, screams, tears, and two… →
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Tamsin Anstey, The Full Story Part One – Pre Surgery
I need to get this all out before we depart for Squaw Valley on Monday evening. There will simply be too many questions about the entire process by next Sunday afternoon… The background. Tamsin has been a highly successful athlete her entire life, from a National Pentathlon Championship at sixteen, to a split soccer/track scholarship… →
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Some Like It Hot
(I’m pretty sure I saw this dude in ‘No Country For Old Men’!) Well ‘The Big Dance’ as it’s fondly referred to is just around the corner now, and after what I witnessed and experienced first hand last year I’ve been spending twice as much time in the sauna as I did in 09. The… →
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REST, It Does A Body Good!
SO, this will kinda be my full follow up to my DNF posting after Miwok. It truly feels like everything came full circle today on my thirty minute hill climb session upon the local ‘Mountain Highway’. I’ve now completed this climb in an all out fashion five times, with today being my most successful attempt… →
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New 700km Trail + BC Trail Records Tracker
Two exciting posts I picked up today, first is that there is a newly proposed and almost completed 700km tip to tip trail on Vancouver Island. The ‘Vancouver Island Spine Trail‘ THE BREAKDOWN: A proposed trail from Victoria in the south to Cape Scott at the northern tip of the Island. The route is an… →
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Funny Fridays (Iron Baby)
At over 3.5 million hits you have probably seen this already…in case you haven’t though, it’s pretty funny stuff and incredibly well done. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyoA4LXQco4&w=450&h=300] GR →
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Need A Coach? Have Training Questions?
This is who I’ve decided to turn to. Mike McIvor over at Peak Centre For Human Performance has been someone I’ve heard about locally for years. After a brief sit down with him in early April I decided to cease self coaching for the foreseeable future, and I’ve handed over control to Mike. The best… →
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POSTPONED: WCT In Worst Shape In Years!
It saddens me to have to post this, especially after how generous many media outlets have been towards helping with exposure of my ‘Conquer The Coasts’ challenge. The local North Shore News were kind enough to run a full page article just yesterday. I already had the days off of work and the transportation and… →