There is way too much use of the indoor trainer. I guess this is what we're stuck with for the next while. Normally in Victoria we get a snow fall that melts a couple of hours later and a few days that riding outside is very uncomfortable. This snow storm is here to stay! It is cold and dry, just like what I remember about Edmonton.
No that is not a receding hair line!! That's the way I came out of the womb.
For using the indoor trainer we put our road bikes on a clamp thingy that reads watts and evaluates the efficiency of pedaling so it is time well spent. It has been proven that too much time on the indoor trainer will cause multiple personality disorders, and occasionally fits of crying. I really hope this weather comes around.

We have confirmed our race plan for the year. It goes as follows;
1/2 Ironman in New Orleans called a 70.3. Pronounced, seventy point three. In April 09.
70.3 is the distance in miles of the swim/bike/run. (which is 1/2 the distance of an Ironman)
Another 1/2 Ironman in Oliver in June where we will hopefully qualify for Ironman Canada (IMC) Which takes place in the last week of Aug.
I (Allan) also qualified for the World Championships in Australia for the Age group classification and if all goes well I will be attending that race also. The only problem is that it is two weeks after IMC and usually an Ironman takes a good 2-3 weeks to recover from so I may be a bit flat but if I am super diligent with post race recovery from IMC I should be good to go.


For Christmas this year we have decided to go to mount Washington to try our hand at snow shoeing and x-country skiing. Should be fun. It's kinda weird not going home for the holidays but at some point as an adult we have to start our own traditions. Who knows, maybe getting away will be more relaxing and we can entice some others to come with us next year. I really want to do a Vegas Christmas and new years one year.