You, the judges, have spoken...we now have winners in the 2005 Traveling Colours Contest!
1st - Gary Robbins of Squamish, BC took top spot with the photo of his exuberant finish at the 50km Knee Knacker North Shore Trail Run last July. Gary will receive a refund on his 2006 membership dues and eternal bragging rights.
2nd - Robbins also took second place with his exposed rear end at Cape Spear. He officially becomes the first athlete to take a gold and a silver in the same event while being censored!
The winner will get a refund on their 2006 Club Membership dues. There are prizes for the runners-up as well.
'Missed the deadline for submitting photos of yourself and your friends in the blue Club colors? Don't worry... if you renewed your membership or are a new member you can expect to have your 2006 Club t-shirt by late February. We'll be running the contest again this year, so start working on your poses!
A full month into the new year, and I seem to be keeping my resolution quite well. Although I don't have a resolution event until the Dirty Duo in March, all my training goals have been met in January. 50 km/week, riding to school 3 times/week, eating better, and keeping it all in a log.
Not sure if this would count as vote influencing, but Gary Robbins' photo of his exuberant KneeKnacker finish last July is taking an early lead in the Traveling Colours Contest Vote.
Some of you might have had difficulties voting yesterday. The problem should be fixed now, please try again. Voting is open to anybody, so do tell your friends!
I know it's well into Jan but it's taken me this long to search and sift through all the amazing things there are in this city! This has been a great organizational tool for me. The only real "ultra" I'm signed up for is child rearing at the moment but here is the rest of what I intend to do this year!!
Complete all Yeti Snowshoe Series Races
Participate in at least 5 Fat Ass Events
Try an X-Terra Race
Dirty Duo Run-25km
Complete a trail run over 50km
Run- 3x/wk-Wed night intensity run group-weekend long run
The post race euphoria has gone by now and the tired muscles are slowly recovering...in fact I ventured out for my first post Vancouver New Year's Day 50km run this morning. Time to reflect on an epic day.
After an intense taper because of a pre Christmas stomach flu, I feared I forgot how to run, lost all my training and was in general sandbagging mode. The weather forecast of torrential rains and gale force winds did not raise my mood. 50km...what was I thinking?
Wow. The resolutions that have been posted are totally inspiring. Amazing and you are just the people to do it. But I have to say, don't wait. Do it now. Time goes by in a blink.
My main, number one 2006 goal is to run faster. I'm having fun but I need to work on that. It can be measured easily because I'm doing many of the same races, plus a few:
Not sure if this would count as vote influencing, but Gary Robbins' photo of his exuberant 
The post race euphoria has gone by now and the tired muscles are slowly recovering...in fact I ventured out for my first post 
