It has been a while but our trip to Kona for the 2010 Ironman World Championships in October is far from forgotten! It has taken me until now to work through the pictures and upload the best shots. As every year, this was another active adventure with lots of swimming, sightseeing, shopping and watching incredibly […]

Happy New Year everybody! May 2011 be the best year yet … the year of your fastest triathlon, the biggest adventure abroad, the most hours spent outside. We started 2011 with the Polar Bear Swim in Peachland … a record 95 people jumped into Lake Okanagan! Click here to see the pictures. Enjoy 2011!

What a day! It started with the discovery that a major roof avalanche had cut off the horses from the arena (and the pony from getting out of the barn after the night). It took me a while to shovel out a small passage (Graham, you would have loved it!) so that the horses can

The day I left for Winthrop early in the morning, the roads were bad. Of course it had to snow the day/night before and I wasn’t happy when I left with the car loaded with skis, the dog, some food and lots of gear. But we made it okay and actually enjoyed the scenic drive!

This was definitely a first: XC ski and swim in the lake all on the same day! Since abandoning our open water swims (last solid swim was Nov 16) we have played with the idea of swimming one more time – in December. Today, we made it into the rather cold lake (4 degrees or

An interesting piece of information from the Westworld magazine “In the Chilcotin [rural/remote area located in the central interior of British Columbia, ed.], the federal government’s review of the Taseko Mine’s proposed destruction of Teztan Biny/Fish Lake – which is filled with rainbow trout – is ongoing. This, even though studies from both First Nations

Winter has hit early this year, with lots of snow around already. We have made it through the first deep freeze with temperatures down to -19 degrees. It has warmed up since, however, and was very enjoyable today for our first skate ski at Nordic! The conditions are great, and everybody is happy to be

Sorry it has taken a bit longer but the pictures from our hike to Gwillim Lakes (see blog post) are now online! Check them out in the Gallery …

Yes, you are correct, we are still swimming in the lake! Looks like last year’s record (mid November) can be broken since I have company this year: Mark and John have been swimming with me, even pushing longer distances and quite happily agreeing to the next swim each time we’re out. Anybody who has never

Yesterday (Halloween!) I raced my first trail race! Even though I train exclusively on trails for the running portion of my triathlons, I have never actually competed in a XC race. So yesterday I participated in the Kal Park Race in Vernon, BC (the last race of the Interior Running Association series). We started in