I truly prefer to keep things upbeat and positive, but every now and then something happens that ticks me off so much I feel compelled to tell the world about it.
Dan and I got back to basics today,3:23:XX for the official 1/2 Monty course. The weather was warm and sunny,both Dan and I were admiring the many views of the Gulf Islands, Finlayson Arm and the Saanich inlet. We were not alone out there today. Mike's group lead today by Torbin, were doing much the same run, so were four women I knew from last years E/B 50K.(L2R's gang.) Next week we hope to run with Randy D. out in East Sooke Park. Nice run everyone, hang loose.
As I sit here typing away wondering how many endurance junkies out there will show up to run on approximatly 24 inches of hard packed snow and ice in Ontario in April. I ran for an hour Wednesday to see what the trails where like, I've run on worse. The trail is somewhat like the mountian madness run in 2006, a little more ice out here, and the snow is a little more forgiving when you step off the trail, still deep though. As I write this my training partner and now fat asser Peter is on his way to verify the trails.
My training partner and now fellow fat asser, Peter McQuillan skied half the course of the Spring Bunny Hop today to find there is a base of at least 2 feet of snow and 19 days to melt it. For Ontario this is unusually for this time of year. Normally I am able to run these trails year around, but this year we've been skiing a solid two months, I don't know if my running shoes still fit. Tomorrow I guess I have go back to road running.(dirt roads that is.) Is anybody interested in x-country skiing it? That might be the only way around. We're still expecting more snow.
Congratulations to Matt Sessions who ran Rocky Raccoon in 18:34 and then followed up with First Half 1/2 Marathon in 1:20 something. Great job, Fat Ass!!
Hey all, two things I wanted to quickly mention, well outside of the fact that there is a ton of snow up there right now and it could be an incredible day for snowshoeing this weekend!
-The cutoff for snowshoe rental requests is tomorrow, Thurs the 7th at 6pm. I have to pass along our final numbers to The Yeti at that point in time.
With the recent and repeated avalanche warnings and the high number of avalanche fataities this year, our family has been talking about taking a back country safety course and avalanche safety training.
Both Action Jackson and I are drawn to back country skiing. As of yet, we do not have any equipment, but it is on our radar... Craigslist watch out! I have a low risk tolerance and like to be prepared...
Active Life Physiothereapy is a valued sponsor of Club Fat Ass. The physiotherapists at Active Life Physio will be at various CFA events in 2008, and are planning a Performance Evaluation workshop for CFA members in the spring… stay tuned!
I truly prefer to keep things upbeat and positive, but every now and then something happens that ticks me off so much I feel compelled to tell the world about it.
My training partner and now fellow fat asser, Peter McQuillan skied half the course of the 
