Week 13, Day 7

So I took a rest week to let my tender ankles heal up. Unfortunately didn’t even make it to the pool, was just too darned tired on Monday, and Wednesday was written off for some reason as well.Sunday was a riding day. We packed up the Chariot, Mountain bikes and the girlies and headed for … Read more

Brendan’s recount of the E2C

I am blaming it on the winter. While planning my races for this year I discovered this “Adventure Race”. It was quite an adventure, but in reality it is a rogaine. So, the day of, we started off a little late. Being rookies nobody realized how much this was going to add to our challenge. … Read more

Ryan’s perspective on the weekend :)

Hi everyone-The photos and most of text is taken from Trish’s Blog, and then I edited it for my perspective. Blue and the photo captions are mine and the black is Trish. (thank’s Trish, I didn’t feel like typing it all out!!) At the start of our little adventure – nice and dry… That only … Read more

New adventure: The Rogaine

So, four friends decide to enter a team in the local rogaine event. E2C Eco-Endurance Challenge, a fundraising and awareness event for Halifax Regional Search & Rescue. Essentially it’s on orienteering challenge, where you attempt to locate as many checkpoints as possible in a set period of time. There was an 8-hour challenge, and a … Read more

Week 14, Day 4

I met with my field instructor this morning, went on a short shopping excursion (blech!) for new athletic bras, and just went for a short brick workout, before ending the afternoon with an hour or so of reading research findings. What a beautiful sunny day for a ride! Went MTB’ing (nothing technical, just off-road where … Read more

Week 14, Day 1

Let’s try this again, and hope little fingers don’t come along and lose my page again… Sunday I was too busy with the girls and didn’t get my long run in.Mondays Ian and I usually head to the pool, but he was on call and I don’t enjoy going to the pool alone, so I … Read more