2017: Day 8 Thank you. It shouldn’t take a tragedy like the one in Abbotsford on November 6 to thank those that selflessly place themselves in harm’s way for our safety. Thankfully, losing first responders is a relatively rare occurrence in Canada, which is why it was a sobering moment. We want to thank our … [Read more…]
2017: Day 6 A funny thing happened on my birthday this year – Stephen King-like in its weirdness. No clowns were hiding in the gutters but something just as peculiar occurred. It started out like any other swim morning in our small town of Ladner. (See, it starts like a Stephen King novel). I got … [Read more…]
2016:Day 13(Bonus round) Man, what a huge year of loss. To the point: David Bowie Prince Paul Kantner Glenn Frey George Michael Leonard Cohen I also want to include Scott Weiland even though he passed away late in 2015 and Gord Downie since this was his farewell year. And I’m sure there are others that … [Read more…]
2016: Day 5 “She believed she could, so she did”. Tonight we celebrate our good friend Sarah. We met Sarah a little over a year ago when spinning in Tammi’s garage. At the time, she had a marathon under her belt as well as two sprint distance triathlons. She had just signed up for Ironman which … [Read more…]
2015: Day 13 Today I pay tribute to the members of my excellent relay team at Challenge Penticton – Joanne and Pam. We came up with the name “Slower Than Expected” mainly because Joanne and I were in ‘off years’ in training and honestly didn’t know what to expect come race day. Admittedly, I felt bad … [Read more…]
2015: Day 9 Day 9 of the 12DOD remembers some of the epic rides we had this year. Not epic because we had a great ride though. Epic because of the rain!!! We had one of our first training rides this year in Whistler in mid-May. I was super excited because this was the first … [Read more…]
2014: Day 8 On the eve of our last swim class of 2014, we celebrate my swim coach of the past 2+ seasons Tracey S. 2 years ago I disliked swimming, but I knew I had to get through it to complete Ironman. And I hated 6am. Last year, I didn’t care for swimming but … [Read more…]
12DOD: Meyer lemon martinis. Yummy! Recipe for 1 martini: juice of 2 Meyer lemons, 2.5oz vodka (we used half regular vodka, half citron vodka), 1oz triple sec, 1.5oz simple syrup.