I have no idea if this is real or not, but it doesn’t actually matter. There’s a tale I’ve heard that because a Cheetah has no natural predators that can run faster than it, chasing one in a jeep is … Read more

I watched Ride the Divide last weekend on Netflix and can’t stop thinking about it. It’s a documentary following the 2008 “Grand Depart” of the Tour Divide, a 4418km unsupported mountain bike race from Banff, AB to the USA/Mexico border … Read more

On Sunday morning I ran in the Spring Run-Off 8k in Stanley Park. Last week’s long run gave me a good indication of where my endurance was at, this would tell me what speed I could go. Except I wasn’t … Read more

Tuesday’s workout: 5 x 600 with 200 easy jog between. Except, I don’t know what I’m doing on the track. So as I was jogging there I had to convert it into a swimming set to understand what I was … Read more

Since I’ve declared myself fit-for-running after the calf injury that robbed me of most of February’s runs I’ve taken a much more holistic approach to the running parts of training. For starters I’ve mixed things up a lot more, swapping … Read more

Tom’s bemusement about people wanting to sign up for shorter races reminded me of something. And because Shaw can’t maintain their routers properly, I’m only able to post about it now. Back when I was a swimmer, there was always … Read more

I tried to write this out as an alliteration, but that was exhausting. In December, we signed up for Transrockies. January started off with excitement about the work ahead. As a way-point to Transrockies I also signed up for the … Read more

162 days, or 23 weeks, left to get ready