Submitted by Ean Jackson on 4 December, 2005 - 21:05
This is me in my snowshoes with my beloved banana tree on the first weekend of December. As you can see, banana trees don't like snow and we had a fair bit of it in Vancouver this week.
My training for the Vancouver New Year's Run got slightly of track over the last 2 weeks. Fighting a stomach bug just couldn't get me excited going out in wet trails. Then I missed Dom's Go Home and all all my mid-week runs last week...
Tired of the old power bar? Guilty of diving into the cookie box one to many times? Here's a treat that serves the need of endurance athletes, yet is chock full of good stuff. Hey, it event passes Dom's vegan taste test...
Training for the Vancouver New Year's Fat Ass 50 is going well. Yesterday we tackled 3h on the course. Starting at Kits Point we headed west passed the pool and the old tree trunk on the beach, followed Point Grey Road to Jericho Beach. This used to be my home turf and running along the groomed gravel path always felt decadent. The views are magnificent with the the waters of English Bay stretching to the North Shore Mountains. At Spanish Banks we left the beach and clambered uphill into the trails of Pacific Spirit Park.
Submitted by Ean Jackson on 6 November, 2005 - 22:57
It's fun to run the trails in the winter because it's so
invigorating. It's fun to run them in the spring because
everything is so fresh and green. Trail running in the summer is
awesome because you don't need many clothes. Fall is great
because the woods smell like leaves and there's a cool nip in the
air. I also love fall for the mushrooms.
Getting serious with my plans to run the Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50 and to not neglect my midweek runs, I couldn't find an excuse this morning for not heading out.
It was raining, really hard. The roads were flooded and the trails looked like giant mud puddles. Our furnace had broken down the day before and I was slowly turning into an icicle. Moving could only be good!
I am sure that Geoff Palmer and Wendy Montgomery are going to "giver".
This will be the first time in 4 years that I will miss it!
2005 was my 100 Mile year, that's did. My next 100M will probably be the Javelina Jundred.
This is me in my snowshoes with my beloved banana tree on the first weekend of December. As you can see, banana trees don't like snow and we had a fair bit of it in Vancouver this week. 
Training for the 
It's fun to run the trails in the winter because it's so
invigorating. It's fun to run them in the spring because
everything is so fresh and green. Trail running in the summer is
awesome because you don't need many clothes. Fall is great
because the woods smell like leaves and there's a cool nip in the
air. I also love fall for the mushrooms.
