Lavaman Triathlon Raffle Night Fundraising Event

I'm proud to announce the Lavaman Triathlon to Cure Leukaemia Event. It will take place on January 29th at LightHouse (2060 Pine St, Vancouver).

It will be fun and the list of prizes keeps growing, we have so far 14 prizes!
Entrance tickets are $30, including food and drinks.
Raffle tickets are:
3 tickets - $10
10 tickets - $25
30 tickets - $40


THE GRAND PRIZE is a Ski Week end for 2 persons at Revelstoke Ski Resort, including hotel, breakfast, ski rentals and lift tickets (retail value $1000)

You could also win:
- One week Apartment Rental in France, Alsace (value $700)
- A hand painting reproduction of “Lady from Orient after Vladimir Tretchikoff (see pictures), donated by Revival Art (retail value $600)
- A pair of Mavic biking shorts (retail value $300), donated by On the Rivet
- 2 packages of 3 full day dog hikes donated by Boneheads -dog pick up in the Tri-Cities area included (retail value $200)
- Two pairs of Reef short and pants, size 32, donated by No Limits (retail value $140)
- An online self study cooking class of your choice, donated by Chef Eric (value $195)
- 2 tickets for the Vancouver Symphony Sampler Concerts (4 tickets total divided in 2 prizes, value of each pair of tickets $60)
- 2 two-week unlimited Yoga passes donated by Yoga Spirit (value $60)
- A Steve Samson cotton shirt (retail value $79)
- A cosmetic basket from Mary Kay, donated by Jenna Fortin
- A YWCA gift package, donated by the YWCA, including a one- month unlimited access to the fitness centre (retail value $150)
Stay tuned, more prizes may be added in a near future!
It will be a raffle night with a lot of super nice prizes (the list will be posted soon) but the GRAND PRIZE is a weekend for two at Revelestoke Mountain Resort Including:
- two night at the Sandman Hotel
- two day of skiing
- two day of rental
- breakfast

January 7th

Long time that I did write something, not because I slow down my training but because I'm swamped with work and organizing Emilie's Birthday surprise (she still doesn't know :-) ) and the fundraising event.
So yesterday it was Emilie 30's birthday and as it seems to become a tradition, we went to yoga at My Yoga Spirit. It was really nice to see a huge turnout. We were 10, Kate and Cam join us, it was really nice to share a yoga practice with them.
After that I drooped Emilie at Christina's house as I was going to the pool for a group training session. It was really good to see everybody and gather this wonderful group energy.

3 Janvier

Holala, meme pendant les vacances, il ne faut pas se laisser aller... Du coup reveil matin tres tot, trop tot peut etre, mais quand il s'agit de skier, ce n'est qu'un petit sacrifice. Direction donc WhiteWater, au sud de Nelson. La poudreuse etait au rendez-vous avec plus de 30cm en deux jours, le ski du matin etait genial. Le hic c'est qu'en telemark je suis encore pas aussi a l'aise qu'en ski de descente, mais le plaisir etait la meme si ce n'etait que sur une piste verte. En fin de journee, quel bonheur de pouvoir enchainer des virages avec ce son magic: chhhchhhhchhh
Merci a Emilie pour sa motivation, on est allee a piscine. Je dois dire que la piscine de Nelson est magnifique. Du coup j'ai nage relativement facilement 1,300m dont 500m non-stop. pas mal hein :-)

January 1st

Happy new year everyone, I wish you all the best for the new year. I know that 2010 will be full of challenge like triathlon :-) Most important, I wish you and your family be healthy and happy.

Today as many people do resolution, I couldn't resist the urge to go for a run. As you can see, on the picture below, the weather is perfect, just around 0degC. The only downside detail is the white coat on the road.

Trust me it was a hard 5km run. Leaving the house, I had two choices for the route to take: left or right. One was going up, the other one was going down. I, off course, choose the one going down and I realize after 2.5km that I will have to back up all the way back, I guess it's the hill I'm suppose to run sunday.

To finish a fun relaxing first day of the calendar, Cam, Kate, Joe, Janet and I did a toboggan race. So much fun, make me feel like young and stupid again ... hold on ... I still young and stupid.

30 Decembre

Retour de la pluie pour etre sur que l'on ne regrette pas 2009 :-)
Hier j'ai realise que je devais augmenter l'intensite de mon entrainement et surtout ne plus delaisser la course a pied. Du coup me voila parti sous un crachin presque breton juste pas en Bretagne pour un jogging de 5km. Ben, c'etait pas facile, j'avais les jambes raides, les mollets super tendus mais bon, j'ai quand meme couru. Un 5km en 28 min c'est quand meme pas si mal :-)
Maintenant j'attends avec impatience le cours de yoga de ce soir et peut-etre aussi un petit tour en velo avec Susan.

December 29th

Yesterday was dedicated to me :-) After an 30 min bike ride with no problem with the clip ons. I guess I start to have the hang of it. But the nice part of my day was the chiropractor appointment follow by an hour massage. Feel stiff right after but I know it's good for me :-D
Today, back to the route on swimming, Emilie join me at Britannia pool. I realize that it's harder to count when I swim in a shorter pool. I know I swam more than 450m continuous but maybe 50m meter more :-) The total distance is approximately 1100m. I really have to increase my distance....
Tomorrow, I'm meeting Susan for a bike ride youhou. I'm now looking to discover new bike routes to add a bite of variety in my rides... Any suggestions?

28 Decembre

Noël est passé, il est maintenant temps de retourné sérieusement à l'entrainement. En effet, j'ai repris la course hier avec le groupe et bien sur comme je ne me suis pas assez étiré, j'ai mal aux pattes :-) J'avais prévu d'aller faire une bonne heure de vélo aujourd'hui mais les routes sont complétements gelées, je dois donc attendre patiemment.
L'autre fait "marquant" de ma journée c'est la série papouillage qui m'attend: chiropracteur à 1h45 et massage à 3h45 comme un vrai athlète :-P