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2011 January - Foolish Gerbil 50K Trail Run Report

It was a perfect day weather-wise for a run, except that it was just cold enough to create a bit of black ice on the pavement leaving the start area.  The two Fools at the front went down almost simultaneously, followed immediately by a number of other people.  The first Fool landed flat on his back, his head hitting the pavement with the sound of "a pumpkin smashing" as someone commented.  Wonder what was meant by that?  The second Fool

Flash: Orcas Training, approx 34km run

Tomorro, Jan 9th, we're starting in Deep Cove at 8am. Going up to Picnic Area via BP and Old Buck, down to Mushroom Parking Lot, Neds, Bottle Top, along Fisherman's, Circuit 8, Lynne Loop, come back to Gazebo, go through Lynne Canyon, BP up all the way up Seymour Grind, maybe back up to Picnic Area again turning left at top of Seymour Grind depending on our mileage, back down Old Buck to BP to Deep Cove.

2011 - what am I going to do?

  1. Kick cancer's ass
  2. PB a 5km
  3. PB a 10km
  4. Build the base to get back to the trails and longer runs - how to measure? There's a 12km trail that I've walked and taken photos of, I run that and I've accomplished the goal
  5. Participate in 5 events

 

Sibylle's 2011 Fitness Goals

Ok, I am late with this, but here we go:

Goal #1: Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 25km.  done 1/1

Goal #2: Healing my torn ankle ligament! done 1/1

Goal # 4: Participating in at least the following other events/races: 8/11

Susan's Resolutions 2011

[posted 1/2/11 but I had the list 12/31/10 just couldn't figure out how to post it then]

ok this is not all running related but I really wanted to get this all down in writing somewhere:

Reagan's 2011 Resolutions

Goals for 2011 Running Events:

Mike's New Year's resolutions

Ok ambitious I know but here is the plan...

Event goals

1) New Years Victoria 50k - Jan 1, 2011 - Complete!

2) Squamish Scrambler - Sat February 12, 2011 - missed this one ;-(

3) Dirty Duo 50k - Sat March 12, 2011 - Complete! 4:59:25!!

4) Diez Vista 50k - Saturday, Apr 9, 2011

5) Elk Beaver 50m - Sat May 7, 2011

Reagan's 2010 Resolution Recap

Because of my mid-2009 return to running after a 17 year hiatus, my goals for 2010 were ambitious.

It's time to look back and evaluate how I did:

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Sibylle's 2010 Resolution Recap

Because of a torn calf muscle, my resolutions and plans for 2010 were modest.  It's time to look back and evaluate how I did:

Goal #1: Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50km.  
Achievement: Accomplished 100% - not only did I finish the full 50km, I also improved my time.

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