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Friday, October 8th, 2010
These encounters with the owls prompted me to do some research to learn more about them. A great resource I found online is The Owl Pages. I also consulted Ted Andrews' Animal Speak, as always.
I learned that the great grey owl (gray to you American readers) is the provincial bird emblem ...
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Reporting back to you after completing the Klondike Road Relay last weekend, I have to say it was an amazing experience, an awesome race, and a great trip to the great white north.
My leg of the race (leg 4 of 10) began at the Canada Customs border between Alaska and BC. ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The time has come! I leave for the airport in an hour, to fly up to the beautiful Whitehorse, YT, for the Klondike Road Relay! I told you before about my aggressive 10-week training schedule. As you might expect, I stuck to the schedule like glue for the first five weeks, ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Well, after my magical experience on Wednesday night, I was quite looking forward to my run Thursday night, hoping to see the great grey owls again. On the way down the trail, I didn't see them, but I thought it was still too early. It wasn't quite dusk yet. On ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Something quite wonderful happened on my run in the Seymour Forest on Wednesday night that I must tell you about. I did a 90-minute run along the Seymour River, where I always finish by coming up a steep 1 KM trail called the Homestead Trail. There is a bend in ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Well, folks, I've signed up for the running adventure of a lifetime! My friend Gordon sponsors a team for the Klondike Road Relay, and he has invited me to join the team this year. The race takes place on September 10 - 11, beginning at 7 PM in Skagway, Alaska, ...
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
How's that for a brag! I think this time I have earned the right to boast. I'm 44 years old. I smoked very heavily for 25 of those years. I never thought I would beat the 1-hour mark for a 10K run. And my time last night on the Longest ...
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Well, I guess I'm a sucker. After my experience with the Vancouver Half Marathon 2010 I thought I might never go in another race again. But I've signed up for the Longest Day Road Race, a 10K run on Friday, June 18th. The unique thing about this race, besides the ...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Followers of this blog might be wondering how the Vancouver half-marathon went, after my previous entries about the preparations and learnings along the way. The race itself occurred during a 4-day Diamond Approach Vancouver weekend that I was attending, which meant that I was in the "field of the teaching" ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Spring is here, with several cougar emails in my mailbox, fresh blossom scent in the air, and runners gearing up for the Vancouver Marathon and Half Marathon, as well as the Sun Run after that. I had a couple delicious runs in the cool spacious air of early evening this ...
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