I returned to Winter Park this past weekend to take in the 3rd annual stagecoach classic. I had attended the 2nd edition after having missed out on the inaugural event because I was in Cartegena with Jason in January 2014 and too busy drinking Club Colombia, sitting beside rooftop pools, and riding bikes up and […]
Continue ReadingWhile this story is not going to be anywhere near the entertainment value of my 2009 Birkebeiner Race Report I think I should still describe it… although a bit more briefly. The morning started 30 minutes later than normal because organizers wanted to give it a bit of extra time to warm up. This was […]
Continue ReadingI escaped Edmonton for an early start to the Family Day weekend on Thursday evening and headed out to the slopes in the Rockies aboard my new Telemarking gear with my brothers. I’ve just acquired some Black-Diamond Seeker boots, and am skiing on a pair of Rossignol S2 with Target Ascent bindings. The skis are […]
Continue ReadingI signed up for the Birkebeiner back in November knowing that doing so would be good motivation to ski as much as I could over the course of December, January and February. Good intentions, mediocre execution, the writing of a thesis became far more of a consuming activity than I anticipated. The first half of […]
Continue ReadingThe weekly updates: 2010-11-29 to 2010-12-05 Sport Total Distance Total Time Min Pace Ave Pace Max Pace Pace Units Bike 120 km 4:00:00 30 30 30 kph Run 32.29 km 2:48:00 5:31 5:12 5:02 min per km Swim 3200 m 1:20:00 2:30 2:30 2:30 min per 100 meters Weights 0 mi 0:30:00 na na na […]
Continue ReadingI was tempted to just post some photos and let them tell the story, but that made me feel like I was shortchanging such a fantastic trip, so I’ll have to tell the stories as well. The first is the mid-night arrival of part of our skiing crew. My cell phone rang a few minutes […]
Continue ReadingSkied in to Egypt Lake Cabin on Feb 20 this year starting from the parking lot of Sunshine Ski resort. The first day was about 13 kms over Healy Pass, a tough uphill for a good stretch and then some really spectacular skiing above treeline over the pass before descending back into the trees through […]
Continue ReadingThe Birkebeiner is a 55 km ski race that happens annually just east of Edmonton at Blackfoot recreation area. It’s a Norwegian themed event in commemoration of a story of way back along time ago when some Norse guys saved the baby prince of Norway by carrying him 55 km on their backs to safety… […]
Continue ReadingTriathlon club made its annual ski trip to the mountains last weekend. Panorama was the destination and even though there hadn’t been snow in about two and a half weeks the combination of excellent weather (blue skies), good company and ski equipment I don’t mind skiing over gravel and bushes with made for a very […]
Continue ReadingChristmas break was spent in Calgary for the most part. It resulted in an awful lot less running than I hoped initially due to absolutely outrageous temperatures and then a lot of other activity. The hopes of getting out running frequently over the break weren’t met but when it’s because I wound up doing quite […]
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