Turning 23 was a milestone for me. It was the year I graduated from University and the start of a career, but not before doing a bit of travelling ;).
It started with running the Vancouver Marathon which taught me alot about patience and not being TOO intense TOO early.
I then flew to Hawaii where I was TOO intense! An unfortunate surfing accident left me with 9 stiches across my face and 'ruined' the rest of my trip. I was still able to see the entire island of Oahu but I feel the need to travel to Hawaii again.
After that was the Sylvan Lake camp (which is where i'm head this year as well) where I tried to run when i should have been resting from the marathon. This left me with IT band problems all year.
A few weddings (not mine, but I took photos at these weddings) later I was enjoying Sydney (olympic sights, surfing, the zoo and roti!), Brisbane (chilling out drinking bubble tea almost every day), Cairns (SCUBA DIVING, gorgeous sun, and cold water), and New Zealand (Tauranga volcano climbs, rain, hot springs, bungee jumping and visiting my buddy Stefan).
Work started in September and I was placed in Calgary for 6 months before moving to Firebag (north of fort mcmurray) where I'll spend the next few years learning and gaining valuable experience.
So! Twenty Four. I have a few goals this year which I won't verbalize, otherwise i'm accountable to those goals :). I tend to look forward to the future instead of enjoying the 'now'. I want to take the time to enjoy each moment while looking ahead to 2012, the next major milestone that I've created for myself.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Golden Triangle
May 1-3, 2009 I biked from Banff to Golden, Golden to Radium and Radium back to banff.
In total it was 380km ride over the 3 days. My longest ride before the GT was 70km so day 1 was a bit of a shock to the system! I intentially rode a slower pace to make it through the day. I cramped a bit due to lack of electrolytes. Day 2 i tried to go harder since it was an 'easy' day at 100km. the road was much bumpier and vibrated against my already-sore butt.
Finally i had a great ride on the 3rd day even with the rain! The day started with a 600m climb over 12km. I'm glad to have heather with me for all the hills. We chatted every single hill and discovered the 'granny position' on the bike which saves the back :)
After a few day recovery with easy swims and runs I flew back to Firebag on my b-day, May 7th. We also had a pub night on the 6th at the cat and fiddle.
Here are a few pics from the trip.
In total it was 380km ride over the 3 days. My longest ride before the GT was 70km so day 1 was a bit of a shock to the system! I intentially rode a slower pace to make it through the day. I cramped a bit due to lack of electrolytes. Day 2 i tried to go harder since it was an 'easy' day at 100km. the road was much bumpier and vibrated against my already-sore butt.
Finally i had a great ride on the 3rd day even with the rain! The day started with a 600m climb over 12km. I'm glad to have heather with me for all the hills. We chatted every single hill and discovered the 'granny position' on the bike which saves the back :)
After a few day recovery with easy swims and runs I flew back to Firebag on my b-day, May 7th. We also had a pub night on the 6th at the cat and fiddle.
Here are a few pics from the trip.
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