Cascade Edge Tri!

Here's some pictures of the Cascade Edge Triathlon! Congratulations goes out to all of the Juniors- especially the young ones who showed us how it is done.

Here's the race start- Sharpe is pretty pumped.

Kyla running fast.

Our winners! So proud *sniff
Ice bathing in Port Angeles
On the ferry- this is one of the most attractive pictures of all of us, so I thought I better put it up

Juniors off to Washington State

Well this was the weekend some of the juniors: Alex, Kyla, Christine, Matt, Aaron and Jeff were supposed to race at the North American Junior Champs in Des Moines, Iowa. But for anyone who watched the news last week..... as someone so eloquently put it... "in Des Moines last week there was plenty of water but nowhere to swim". The lake where the race was supposed to take place was flooded and bacterial levels made it impossible to stage the race there. After hearing that the race had been changed to a duathlon, coach PK decided that going that far and not swimming wasn't worth it. Although the athletes were disappointed it was the best decision. Of course as fate would have it, 2 days after the decision was made not to go, they found a venue in West Des Moines and the swim was on again. However with only 2 days notice to race day it was too late to change plans again.. so perhaps Des Moines next year??? Quite frankly most parents were relieved.. and so was the visa card.. seriously, with major flooding in the city and tornadoes happening it seemed a very wise decision not to go.

But what to do next???? Coach PK ever the opportunist found a race in the booming metropolis of Enumclaw Washington... where you ask??? Well about the only thing it has in common with the race in Des Moins is that they are both in the USA. Slightly south of Tacoma, Enumclaw is the site of the http://racecenter.com/cascadesedge/ . The slightly smaller group: Jeff, Matt, Kyla, Alex, and Christine will represent Canada at this race on Saturday (June 21st) Check out the site for race results. Have fun, race hard and remember there is always next year to show those American Juniors what real racing is...



Recently at the finish line of the Subaru Shawnigan
Lake Sprint race. ... is that really a current member of the
Canadian Olympic team... and perhaps a few wannabe's??
l to r... Scotty, Aaron, Paul, Matt, Connor and of course Kirsten.




On the podium at Shawnigan....



Some of the team in their new cycling outfits...
at the Newton Heights Crit.

Zen proverbs.

'Be a master of mind, rather than mastered by mind.'

'Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.' 

Zen proverbs. 

Summary of past two weeks.

Summary of the past two weeks:

UBC training camp May 16-18.   Housing at Gage Tower Suites, swims at the beautiful UBC outdoor pool, bikes and runs on the endowment lands.  Friday bike session was on the UBC hill heading up from Spanish Banks.   Good fun with JP taking the bike hill TT prime.   

Monday May 19th was the North Shore Sprint.   Nice racing, a few hiccups on the run course but overall a good training race.  

Wed May 21 the boys (and Alex) raced the Newton Hilly Crit with Scotty taking the B win followed by Aaron and Matt.   Way to go SD!   Is it time for group A.    The group A race was taken by A-Mac.   Nice job!  

Specific Prep training continued through the week along with some open water swims at Thetis and Durrance.  Based on Sharpie's comments, Durrance is still a wee bit cool. 

Sunday May 25 was the Shawnigan Lake Sprint for Scotty, Matt, Aaron, Christine and Jennifer. Nice racing!! 

Walk the Line - Get Rhythm

Well Neil and I always talk about rhythm.. so listen to Joaquin Phoenix doing a great rendition of Johnny Cash's ' Get Rhythm' The next time you're swimming or running, play this tune in your head and - get some rhythm..

Conquering Thetis Lake - May 11, 2008

climbing into the suits... some forgotten in a dusty
corner since last fall....


Matt and Brook - seems like they have grown
since the last time they wore their wetsuits.....
are they going to fit???


Coach PK urging them on... "really, we only swam
a few days later last year"... forgetting to mention that
Victoria has just had one of the coldest springs on record...
we had snow on April 19th for heaven's sake!!!



PK telling them.. "oh yeah I didn't bring the kayak today
so if you get into trouble.. well, ask one of those guys
fishing to help you out".....



"you have got to be kidding!!!!" ... word is they did it
for their Mom's... today being Mother's Day!!


the video says it all....

Gray Wolf

listen to the gray wolf, look good, dont wear a helmet!

Mac Attack

Scotty this guy might have you on saddle rapping

Randy The Recumbulator

10mins well wasted...

Nt. Newton Pics