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Royal Victoria Marathon 2008, here I come!

I'm a glutton for punishment, what can I say? I'm done the half ironman in Oliver (see my race report here) I need a new goal. For the last week I've been recovering and it's hard to do nothing. You feel lazy. I think I've been battling a bit of post-race depression! After working so hard, I can't believe it's all over. Anyhow, I think the best way to cure it is find a new challenge! So, I've signed up for the Royal Victoria Marathon in October (2008).

Need some good Karma?

I am participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, on Sunday, October 5th and I am asking for your support for a cause that is very important to me.

Help create a future without breast cancer by making a donation today! Donating online is quick, easy and secure. Your donation will be added to the critical funds raised by the Run, and will be directed towards research, education and awareness programs.

Thank you. I appreciate your support! I'm aiming at raising $1000.00. (Any amount is cool! 5$ 10$... 100$... whatever, I'll love you forever)

CLICK HERE TO DONATE!
(Over $20 will get you a tax donation receipt!)

2008 Vancouver City Chase! Tarantula's, UBC Ropes Course & Nakedness!

This past weekend my husband and I entered the 2008 Vancouver Mitsubishi City Chase! It was FANTASTIC fun. We will do it again next year. So, what was it like and how did we do??? I was 'in-it-to-win-it' but we sadly didn't.

We came in 56th or something like that out of 250 teams (Not bad considering we made some costly mistakes that I think were very 'newbie' of us, and probably would have cut maybe 20 minutes of time).

The day started out with a quick scavenger hunt to get your clue sheet. Stuff like:

Positive Vibes: 2008 Vancouver BMO Half & Full Marathon

This coming weekend is the (May 4th, 2008) Vancouver BMO Half & Full Marathon. I'm running in the half and I feel like I've had only good signs about what a great race it will be!

1. I run 21km distances every weekend now because of my half ironman training (see my training blog here), so the sheer distance should be a breeze.
2. The weather is cooperating. It looks like it'll be 13 degrees with cloudy periods and only 10% chance of precipitation.
3. My husband has miraculously solved his knee injury this week and is going to be able to run after-all.
4. My friend Carol, who's been training for the FULL marathon and had a set back with a serious shoulder injury, is going to attempt to run. (Originally her Doctor was against it but she's since been given the thumbs up! She has a great blog with lots of running related stuff. Check out her 'Pool 88 blog' here and her recent entry on accepting the challenge!

Vancouver White Caps & Mr. Beckham

Yesterday night, some of the entourage and I had a random outing to the Vancouver WhiteCaps game!

We sky trained it over to the game in Burnaby, the first of the season. When we arrived we managed to buy one ticket from a scalper on the way in for 10$. However, when we reached the gate they only had the expensive platinum seats left ($35). In this unpleasant change of event we considered going home. Though, somehow, through a variety of reasons we all managed to get in for FREE!!

Did you guys know that Beckham is coming back to play here again? Yep, L.A. Galaxy is coming and tickets from $25 are on sale right now. May 13th @7pm, Commonwealth stadium. The most expensive seats are $85 for all you british ex-pats out there from Man U.