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2008 Season Review:

The first thing I have to say is that this is a loooong overdue entry on my blog...  Sorry Pat!

Hey now...  My friends at the Hazeldean Gallery in Nelson are doing a fundraiser raffle to help me out.  Here is the info on the event...which is in the Trading Company mall on Baker street this Saturday July 12th.

This is me crutchin' down my driveway.  Who would have thought that crutchin' off road up and down a mountain would be so tough?  It's a super kind upper body workout, but is a killer on my wrists and hands though.  Still gotta get outside and take my doggie for walks though.  It's so nice to be in the bush and hear the forest sounds... Sweeeeet!

I recently got some flack from the wife of a person in the Nelson Triathlon club for saying that doing the Vancouver Marathon was no big deal, and that the dreaded 20 mile mark and the way it eats up people is only a myth.  She said she was disappointed with me for that, which kinda got my blood boiling, and inspired me to write this about hitting the wall in sport...

I am not going to say much right now as I am still writing the story of the epic weekend I had in Vancouver a couple weeks ago.  The main thing I have to say is that at around 18-19km into the marathon I fractured a bone in my right foot...which means I ran the remaining 23-24ish km on a broken foot.  It was no bg deal to me at the time and is still no big deal to me now as the pain i

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