nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: The Countdown continues! Knees are Knackered (Noel)
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011/06/countdown-continues-knees-are-knackered.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Knees are Knackered (Noel). It's been an interesting couple of weeks! Emily and I did most of the Knee Knacker route (primarily Baden Powell trails from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove! And what a beast it was! We began at Cypress Bowl in order to cut off what would likely be the snowiest part, and yet we still dealt with so. much. snow! And ended up arriving in the Cove at 4:23pm after beginning at 9am! Where...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: May 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Saturday, May 14, 2011. Every day i'm shuffling. (Noel). It's weird to think that it is now only 2.5 months (less! Getting nostalgic here even about our first sit-down discussion back in late December to start this blog up! Doesn't seem like that long ago until I begin to think about how much has happened over the last 4 months - how far we have come - how much we have accompished. At first it was fairly tolerable, but as we wen...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: December 2010
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Friday, December 31, 2010. A Very Happy New Year to all! May the year 2011. Bring great times and amazing experiences with friends and family! Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Finally a break from all the rain! It was nice to see some blue sky this morning. As i sit in my bed looking at race registration and running gear etc. I am getting so excited for our training to officially kick off. Monday, December 27, 2010. I hope all you ge...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: March 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Wow its been a while! Well to recap on the 50 km. IT WENT AWESOME! I was a tad nervous the night before but once i woke up in the morning i was rippin and ready to get started! The first 25km went not too bad. I had a little incident with an ingredient in a drink at one of the aid stations, but once that cleared up i flew! My time spit got better from then on hahahah. Old person knees: 4/10. What a week ...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: February 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Monday, February 28, 2011. Not-so-much with the Sunshine. Week #8 down! So this was an interesting weekend. I'll keep this brief, as i was asleep, and should be getting back to that soon! Defintely a different weekend both with our times/paces during our runs, and the weather that we ran them in! We both ended up at work later, stocked up in warm clothing and with plenty of food to fuel us through the day. On a related note, we ...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: January 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Sunday, January 30, 2011. Well i'm sure all of you can relate to me when I say, running makes you think. Whether it is what your going to make for dinner or personal thoughts and feelings., either way I find I get my clearest thoughts while running. During last nights run ( 26km ish starting at the store and ending in deep cove) Noel and I began talking about running and this question came up. What has running become for me?
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: The Weekend That Was... (Noel)
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekend-that-was-noel.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Saturday, July 23, 2011. The Weekend That Was. (Noel). Monday, July 18th, 2011 - 12:21pm. I won't lie - it sucks. Emily and I recieved the first e-mail saying there was a risk of cancellation due to snow the Thursday before this last one, and one more update on Saturday while they continued assessing the situation on Saturday, before recieving this final e-mail on Monday. I'll keep up training for it, and the training for Oliver...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: July 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Saturday, July 23, 2011. The Weekend That Was. (Noel). Monday, July 18th, 2011 - 12:21pm. I won't lie - it sucks. Emily and I recieved the first e-mail saying there was a risk of cancellation due to snow the Thursday before this last one, and one more update on Saturday while they continued assessing the situation on Saturday, before recieving this final e-mail on Monday. I'll keep up training for it, and the training for Oliver...
nsaepic.blogspot.com
Team NSA: Epic Adventure: April 2011
http://nsaepic.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html
Team NSA: Epic Adventure. N vancouver, BC, Canada. View my complete profile. Friday, April 29, 2011. We made it on the CKNW orphan fund website! Meet Emily and Noel! They are making a difference and raising funds for the CKNW Orphans' Fund. Their epic adventure began earlier this year when they started training for the FAT DOG 100KM TRAIL RACE along beautiful Manning Park! Over 2 DAYS in July they will run 100km! Inspiring youth that when you put your mind to it - you can do it! Saturday, April 23, 2011.
chefintransition.com
Chef in Transition: November 2011
http://www.chefintransition.com/2011_11_01_archive.html
Sunday, November 13, 2011. Better late than never. The title is in reference to this very late Ironman Canada. Race report, but it also nicely sums up my result: I did finish my first Ironman race on 28-Aug-2011 in 12 hours and 42 minutes. Am I happy with this result? And yes, in many ways I am really happy. I finished reasonably healthy and in good spirits. And after all, sub-13 was my "B" goal. With my "C" goal being to simply finish. The "A" goal was to finish in sub-12 hours. So in all honesty, I am ...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT