Well Phil and I have made it home from what has to be one of the BEST ever road tips of my life!
I have officially fallen head over heals for California and will be trying to find a way to get my ass down there again ... soon and for a way longer time!
Hopefully we will have some pictures to post soon ... we have had a minor (ok ... MAJOR) technical disaster and are in the process of trying to recover ALL of the pictures that we accidently deleted ... just typing this is making me feel ill and start to well up ....
Otherwise, the travel blog will be a coming soon!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Wagons South!
Today Phil and I are heading to California for Coachella via the stunning coastal Highway 101!!!
WooHoo!!!!
We both need this vacation desperately to say the leaset. Well be on the road heading south till Thursday night when we grab our friend Jay in Santa Barbara and then head off to Indio to set up camp.
We’ll be sure to take lots of snaps and show them all off when we get home!
I hope I manage to get a tan and not my classic burn … bring on the SPF 30!
TTFN!
WooHoo!!!!
We both need this vacation desperately to say the leaset. Well be on the road heading south till Thursday night when we grab our friend Jay in Santa Barbara and then head off to Indio to set up camp.
We’ll be sure to take lots of snaps and show them all off when we get home!
I hope I manage to get a tan and not my classic burn … bring on the SPF 30!
TTFN!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
I DID IT!!!!
Well, after a restless night of tossing and turning, getting little sleep, when the alarm went off this morning at 6:50 am I was ready to RUN!
And what an experience it was and I’m so glad that I was a part of the 24th Annual Vancouver Sun Run!
Phil and I headed out to my office to meet up with my team around 8:00 am and we're off to get into our race positions shortly before 9:00 am. The only bummer to the race was that Phil and I were not even close to meeting up with Stacey, who had P’s timing chip and race bib. So Phil, being the super stellar man that he is, chose to run the race with out his timing chip or bib in order to keep a very nervous and psyched out Erin together.
All together now - Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
So with the aid of a trusty digital watch, we joined the 57,000 other runners and took off around 9:20 am.
Needless to say, with that amount of people running all together its easy to keep a nice, slow pace and not burn out right off the start.
We managed to run full out for the first 10 minutes and then I needed to walk to get ride of the side stitch that reared its ugly head, reminding me that I never take enough time to stretch.
After that was sorted out it was back to running and thanks to Daft Punk Alive 2007, I was able to keep a great pace for the next 4 km. We both took another walk break when getting over the Burrard St Bridge, as it was after a hill, and then it was back to business.
The last 1.5 km were hard, sore hip, numb baby toes and legs feeling like lead we a few of the ailments I was facing, but it didn’t stop me from sprinting to the finish line! From what we gathered, via P’s watch, we crossed the line 71 minutes after we started. That is a full 19 minutes FASTER than I had aimed for!!! I was dumbfounded that I managed to make it in such a great time.
It was amazing feeling to pass that line and to have Phil beside me was even more amazing. We hugged it out, caught our breath and made our way over to the chip drop off.
Overall it was an amazing experience and I am so stoked to have been a part of it, no matter how worked up I was over the whole thing.
The next question is … will I do this again next year??.
And what an experience it was and I’m so glad that I was a part of the 24th Annual Vancouver Sun Run!
Phil and I headed out to my office to meet up with my team around 8:00 am and we're off to get into our race positions shortly before 9:00 am. The only bummer to the race was that Phil and I were not even close to meeting up with Stacey, who had P’s timing chip and race bib. So Phil, being the super stellar man that he is, chose to run the race with out his timing chip or bib in order to keep a very nervous and psyched out Erin together.
All together now - Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
So with the aid of a trusty digital watch, we joined the 57,000 other runners and took off around 9:20 am.
Needless to say, with that amount of people running all together its easy to keep a nice, slow pace and not burn out right off the start.
We managed to run full out for the first 10 minutes and then I needed to walk to get ride of the side stitch that reared its ugly head, reminding me that I never take enough time to stretch.
After that was sorted out it was back to running and thanks to Daft Punk Alive 2007, I was able to keep a great pace for the next 4 km. We both took another walk break when getting over the Burrard St Bridge, as it was after a hill, and then it was back to business.
The last 1.5 km were hard, sore hip, numb baby toes and legs feeling like lead we a few of the ailments I was facing, but it didn’t stop me from sprinting to the finish line! From what we gathered, via P’s watch, we crossed the line 71 minutes after we started. That is a full 19 minutes FASTER than I had aimed for!!! I was dumbfounded that I managed to make it in such a great time.
It was amazing feeling to pass that line and to have Phil beside me was even more amazing. We hugged it out, caught our breath and made our way over to the chip drop off.
Overall it was an amazing experience and I am so stoked to have been a part of it, no matter how worked up I was over the whole thing.
The next question is … will I do this again next year??.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tomorrow is Race Day
Its here … the true test of all my training for the last 3 months … the Sun Run is in less than 12 hours …. and I am scared!
I know that I can do this. Everyone else knows that I can do this … but I am still freaked out.
The weather here has been really odd as well, it shat snow last night and was sunny and blustery today, only adding to my insecurity about this 10km race I am now facing ….
But there is no backing out now – Its GO TIME – Wish me Luck!!!
I know that I can do this. Everyone else knows that I can do this … but I am still freaked out.
The weather here has been really odd as well, it shat snow last night and was sunny and blustery today, only adding to my insecurity about this 10km race I am now facing ….
But there is no backing out now – Its GO TIME – Wish me Luck!!!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
My First Ride
Today it was a day to be outside. Though poor Phil was suffering a horrible hangover (Ken & Anne are heading back to TDot and it was their Going Away/Home Party last nite), I managed to get up and at them at a reasonable hour and try to make the day work for me.
The weather was just perfect – sunny, warm and dry. So my gf Amberlea and I headed up to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park and she proceeded to give me my first bike lesson. And I have to tell you – what a blast!
Am was gracious enough to lend me her extra set of shin/knee pads and thank gawd she did! I took a few awesome bails (I fell sideways off a bridge into a large swampish puddle, I took a header off a friggen short ass drop and slammed my bike into my crotch a few time … that was a tad painful!)
BUT overall I learned lots of stuff: some peddle positioning, how to get up over logs and roots and then push myself forward and shoot my arse back and out and to follow my line and not look down. All of her tips made is much easier to take on the trail and Am was so patient with me, waiting as I struggled with some of the climbing sections and when I bailed. And totally motivating too!
By the end of the ride I managed to get across a short log bridge, up over a ton of obstacles and feel like I sort of knew what I was doing.
Now I am uber stoked for my clinics and cant wait to get out there again and again and again …..
The weather was just perfect – sunny, warm and dry. So my gf Amberlea and I headed up to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park and she proceeded to give me my first bike lesson. And I have to tell you – what a blast!
Am was gracious enough to lend me her extra set of shin/knee pads and thank gawd she did! I took a few awesome bails (I fell sideways off a bridge into a large swampish puddle, I took a header off a friggen short ass drop and slammed my bike into my crotch a few time … that was a tad painful!)
BUT overall I learned lots of stuff: some peddle positioning, how to get up over logs and roots and then push myself forward and shoot my arse back and out and to follow my line and not look down. All of her tips made is much easier to take on the trail and Am was so patient with me, waiting as I struggled with some of the climbing sections and when I bailed. And totally motivating too!
By the end of the ride I managed to get across a short log bridge, up over a ton of obstacles and feel like I sort of knew what I was doing.
Now I am uber stoked for my clinics and cant wait to get out there again and again and again …..
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
See Ya Snow … Hello Dirt!!!
Well, since the winter ski season is basically behind us now (though summer glacier skiing is an option – man I love this province!), its time to start riding the dirt … ya that’s right, this grrl is taking up some serious mountain biking! I joined a all grrls biking community (Muddbunnies …. Lol -with a name like that it has to be rad!) and have booked myself in for some beginner clinics starting in May. I can’t wait to get the skills to ride with the big boys.
Last summer I managed to get myself a rad hardtail Brody mountain bike, but was a bit concerned it being a hardtail would hinder my ability to get off the XC trails and onto the DH stuff, but after talking to a few hardcore rippers I have been assured that this will not be the case – if anything it will make me a “true/real” mountain biker … so I guess I’ll be learning to ride hard!
Wish me luck and my fingers are crossed for no broken bones!
I'll keep you posted on all the dirt ... I'm so PUNNY!!
Last summer I managed to get myself a rad hardtail Brody mountain bike, but was a bit concerned it being a hardtail would hinder my ability to get off the XC trails and onto the DH stuff, but after talking to a few hardcore rippers I have been assured that this will not be the case – if anything it will make me a “true/real” mountain biker … so I guess I’ll be learning to ride hard!
Wish me luck and my fingers are crossed for no broken bones!
I'll keep you posted on all the dirt ... I'm so PUNNY!!
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