I cut Natalie's hair

June 4th 2008. I finally did the deed. I cut Natalie's hair. Almost 3 years of growing it and and I did it. It was beautiful, unfortunately it was time. Here are some pictures of the process. I will donate her hair to Angel Hair for Kids Program too!

30th Manitoba Marathon

I was there. No I didn't run but I was in the thick of things. Every Father's Day on our way to church, we would see the roads closed for the marathon and every time I think, wouldn't it be great to be there. There were about 14,000 participants and about 2,000 volunteers. I didn't want to run so I decided to volunteer. I had the best volunteer position!

My friend, Linsey and I were hosts, We just walked around the crowd before the start to answer any questions. Then we were placed at the start line of the half marathon to make sure the runners didn't trip over the equipment so I saw them take off. What an exciting place to be. Front row seats!! I was standing... Just like you see on TV except that I was there.

Once everyone was off, we moved over to the stadium towards the finish. There they put us on the path to guide the athletics back into the stadium. I was next to all the runner that came through. It was amazing to see the concentration on their faces. The determination! I saw lots of friends, all of them doing the half marathon. I keep thinking maybe I could do this, I just have to get over the fact that I have to run for over 2 hours for a half marathon, plus all that training time. Maybe someday, another goal?!?

Another Triathlon

So I did it! My second triathlon. I did it with Kyle. The sun was shining when I work up first thing in morning so I decided that today was the day. We did the triathlon at Bird's Hill park. The water was 16C and we survived. I really enjoyed the outdoor swim, it was a good experience trying not to swim over people or into people! Learnt lots. I said that I would do a triathlon with a pool swim and a open swim. 2 in 8 days! I was pretty tired after. Here are a couple of pictures.

I am a triathlete

Sunday June 1st was our 12th Wedding anniversary. It was also the date of my first triathlon. It was so much fun. I did the 3o0m swim, 15km bike and 5km run in 65 minutes. I think I am hooked. I was such an inspiration to Kyle that he is doing his first triathlon this Sunday. Only difference is that it is an open water swim. The temperature of the water is 18C. That is pretty cold! He is a trooper. I havn't decided whether I want to do it yet, I am not a fan of the cold water. It will be a different experience. Watch my blog next week to see what happens. Here are a few picturess from last Sunday. You can see Matthew my support group cheering "加油", "add oil".....

Celebrating Men Satisfying Women

Just came back from New York and attended an awesome course. Wow, there is so much about men we don't know about. You know how women always tease men that they know nothing about women, well there is a lot about men we don't know about. I think if we all took the time to learn about men, everyone would get along better!! They are more complicated that we think! Working on the website now, will send out it soon.

Sandy and I had an awesome time in New York. We stayed with my cousin Denise, unfortunately she was out of town so we only saw her the one night. The course was 2 days and Sandy and I stayed for a few extra days and did the tourist things and shopping. I got a chance to meet up with a couple of friends too. I feel blessed for having great friends all over the world. We did the China town purse shopping thing, that was an experience... We made it to Central Park too, that's me(with hair) enjoying the greenery. It rained most days we were there so eveything was so lush! I love New York!

Try-A-Tri Trialthon

Every year I need to do something for myself, last year was my fund raiser and this year on June 1st our 12th wedding anniversary, I am going to do a mini triathlon. I thought about doing one before I conceived Natalie. Since I thinking about having another child, I figured that training for a triathlon wouldn't have been a good idea, especially getting pregnant halfway through the training. So 4 years later, I am going to do it. I have registered, and have been training for the last couple of months and am very excited. I have 2 friends from High school Audrey and Nicola that are going to join me. It is going to be tons of fun.

The mini-triathlon is a 300m swim, 15 km bike ride and a 3 km run. I have been able to do all the distances, only thing left is to do them together. This Friday, I will be doing the bike/run part, as long as it doesn't snow again. This is Winnipeg after all, it snowed this afternoon which melted couple hours later. I have a friend Todd from Calgary that is a Triathlon coach that has been giving me pointers. He said the first time, the most important thing is completing it and getting that t-shirt! The event is at the University so it is about a 10 minute bike ride away and then Kyle can bring the "cheerleader" later on when the event starts!

Vancouver is so beautiful

I just returned from a short trip to Vancouver. It is so beautiful there. It was a tad chilly but no rain. I walked about 1km to the course everyday and it was just so refreshing even the morning. The blossoms were in full bloom too so it was gorgeous. I really like Vancouver for their nature loving and planet saving ideas. I loved the smell of the ocean too!

I stayed with Jessica and Dean. It was so nice to catch up with them, it had been a few years since I last saw them in Ottawa. I ate really well while I was there. We had fancy breakfast and lunch at the course and in the evenings we ate out or Dean cooked. Boy was I spoilt! I put on a few pounds. Good thing I did managed to go out for a run one evening.... I ran to Stanley park from Dean and Jessica's which is about 3km away. Didn't go into the park though, I wasn't too sure I would make it back to their place if I tried running in there.

I saw Sean and Teresa and we played a game of Mahjong. So much fun. I also caught up with Mark Humphries, people I used to work together at BNI, Winnipeg before 2000!

Glad to be home, missed the Kyle and the kids. We talked everyday but I was so busy at the course everyday and there was tons of homework. In a way it was nice not to have the distractions of home and just being able to concentrate.
I look forward to going out to Vancouver again to seeing everyone and enjoying the beautiful city.