dreaming over the ocean

So. What an incredible weekend. actually... two incredible weekends in a row. and, next weekend will be incredible as well. This past weekend, on saturday, I rode my bike from Montreal to ottawa. and, it was beautiful. It was really fricken long. I went with a friend, Ben, and props to him, because he rode the whole thing on a 10 speed, steel frame oldschool bike with an awful saddle, and a milk crate strapped to the back. and, it is not like he trains for things like this. I know it was challenging for him. FOr me, I felt amazing. i got to have a few more breaks than ben did, due to the fact that I would ride, and then turn around and not be able to see him. so, I would stop and wait. but, here are the highlights and lowlights: cows. deer. horses. open fields, and long rivers. stopping for french fries. finally crossing the ottawa river. our final 50km into ottawa, the rolling hills, the sunset. stopping for pizza dinner. stories of lost love. picture taking and video shooting...

so, tomorrow, to get ready to cheer my friends Beth and Leanna on at at the Ottawa 1/2 marathon , I am going to be going on an epic bike ride. I am so excited that they have reached their goals, and that this weekend, they will see how they will actually be able to succeed in running. Their perseverance, and attainment of goals has encouraged me. I am going to be riding with my friend, Ben, from Montreal to Ottawa. It is about 200km, and will take. well. the whole day. All I gotta say, is that those crazy ironpeople (aka... look at my teammate blog roll list) who are going to ride 180km, and then run a fricken marathon. crazy I say. See our bike route here. My 1/2 marathon for Team in Training is still about a month away. I am so priviledged to be able to go out and do something I love, and meet so many people who have some sort of story with this battle. CLICK HERE TO DONATE Once again, I am going to tell you about where I am with my fundraising. I know that th...

so, it feels like it has been ages since I have blogged. and, it is coming up. I have so much to talk about. about how much i love working at the douglas hospital for my stage in Psychiatry. about how wonderful being in BC for Erika's wedding was. about how I find it hilarious that a friend of mine went on a date, and the girl asked for chopsticks. they were in an indian restaurant. about how my TNT fundraising is going, but how I am totally nervous about how to raise 1400$ in two weeks. click here to donate. about how in 10 days, I am going to be racing an 1/2 ironman, and I am soooo excited. about how much i heart mountains. about how I have found training recently. how I feel like it has been tremendously sporadic, but somehow, it is going to all come together. about how much of a gong-show my life has been in the past 3 months. and, how I am ready to have some months off of all of this. I have 3 more weeks of busy busy busy. about how uncertainty sucks. about really cool ...

Back from an amazing weekend on the West Coast. Congrats to the newly weds: Jay and Erika Sangerloo!!!

05/16/2010 Route Find more Bike Rides in Montreal, Quebec so, there it is. mooseman. all of 90km of it. (With two fricken big looking hills! ughghgh. but, that means downhills as well!) i went out for a long ride this morning (3 ish hours), and it felt like the ride that I have been waiting for for a long time. and, something said that I am going to be ready. Something else worried me that I am not going to be ready, because of the insanity over the past few weeks. ANother thing told me that I need to buy some aerobars asap. but lots of things told me that I am so excited. nervous. on edge. about racing. i love racing. and, I love racing bigger races. I remember the time coming up to NOLA 70.3 last year. Mooseman is going to be totally different. i am ready to see just *how* different :)

hey all, so, this is the email that I am shooting out to people throughout the day. your help as well, would be appreciated! I am writing you today, in order to ask you for your help. As you probably know, I am in the process of training for a 1/2 Marathon dedicated to raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. I have been training, and believing in this cause for the past few months. I have met people who have inspired me in the journeys that they have walked. Not only in training for endurance events, but mostly with the stories of loved ones who have been living with blood Cancers. In June, I am very excited to be running with Team in Training. However, I need your help. I am currently at (just under) 50% of my minimum amount needed to run (5800$). My fundraising deadline is June 7th. If I have not raised my amount, I get into a truly tight spot. I am asking for your help in 2 ways. The first is to donate directly towards my run, and the society. 75% t...

Mooseman countdown clock...

so, those are the top results in the women from this morning's race. Can I say that I am sick of racing in the rain/sleet. Cause I am. I am fricken ready for the summer. here is the email I sent to Mary, with a very very brief race report. pretty much, I spent the afternoon in a warm bed. it was delightful, after a very cold morning. here are the brief points! I was really happy with today's race. :) it was small, it was really fricken cold, and the wind was insane on the bike. but, here are the main points. it seemed as if there were a lot of fast racers (the #1 woman is a world level duathlete), for such a small race. critirium style, both on the run (5 laps of 1km... great for hitting lap splits in my head), and 7 laps of 2.7km (or something) on the bike. the bike was pretty much an out and back on a circle. but... the wind was gross. very gross. i yelled at it a few times. ;) got a friend who shot photos of me, i will send some your way. they show a vast improvemen...

things tend to never be simple. and, if i tried to sum up the last 3.5 weeks in a single blog, it would not go so well. so, I am going to do a low.high list of the past 3.5 weeks. and, it should give you a pretty good idea. i always start with the lows, because then you end on a high note. lows my mum breaking her hip. having to postpone two final exams. making the decision to postpone two final exams. being so inconsistent with training. sleeping in hotel rooms and hospital chairs. grading bad papers, and giving poor marks. hitting "Send" too early. not being able to be there for my rowing girls. inconsistency. going and coming and going and coming. eating like crap. hospital food. finding out today that my swimming pool is closing for two months. losing my shoes. snow. in montreal. in edmonton. being in capable of figuring out non-descriptive messages. having a flash into my life in 15 years. worrying. the fatigue. limbo. leaving. dealing with disappointed students. or, ...

My niece makayla. She got to come and sleep over last night. I never can spend enough time with her. Dropping her off at school this morning: