We have a winner!

This weeks Speaker evening was well received.  Here is what Action Jackson said afterwards" Thank you so much for your time and insights, Anita.  I've been "sold" on the concept of heart rate and zone-based training for quite a while, but have slacked off a lot over the past few years.  Hearing you speak about all of the advances in knowledge about human performance has got me very excited about getting back on a program.  I'm about to enter a new age category and would love to end this year with some hardware.  While the prospect of having to do inte

I went to shop for some of my chili ingredients today.  Jackson accepted my challenge to concoct his own "authentic" chili.  He found a rattlesnake meat supplier, but the rattlesnake got stopped at the border.  I am not kidding.  Instead of rattlesnake I got beef for Jackson, not the ground kind...apparently he is chopping the meat up to desired bite size pieces.

The Nifty50 is a triathlon:

1. Run. A 50 minute interval session on a wide gravel trail next to a rushing river. Warm-up jog from the Griffin Gym up Mosquito Creek to the yellow bridge. Set your watch, then run or walk up to the bridge at Mount Royal Boulevard and back as many times as you want. (It usually takes me about 12 minutes round trip and I'm a lame old dog.) Jog back to the gym.

Excitement is in the air. I got my hands on the first mock-up ClubFatAssWear shirts. Vanessa has been busily designing the pattern, running the fabric and mock shirts through the oven at the screener, calculating shrinkage and driving patterns and fabric to and fro.

A Club Fat Ass adventure to the Grand Canyon

I have been researching chili recipes, cook off traditions and scoring etiquette in preparation for next Sundays bash at the T/J's.

Week 10 of my 18 week training schedule for the Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50km is coming to an end. Time to look at what has been accomplished and what's lacking.

I have never (ever!) followed a training plan, so this has been an interesting experience. I found it very motivating to look at the suggested km and chalk the days off.

Mind Over Mountain is proud to sponsor Pushing the Limits -- a multimedia slide show featuring Team Helly Hansen / MOMAR's adventure filled year of expedition racing.

Despite how excellent the Grand Canyon FatAss adventure was, there is an definite level of comfort in arriving safely back home. Seeing Sibylle run out into the early Monday morning downpour looking for her husband, last to exit the van in their driveway, was heart-warming. We were more than happy to hand his sick-ass over to his waiting family and head off home ourselves. I was no where near as stiff legged as I thought I would be after the run coupled with the hours upon hours sitting in the van for the return trip.