fort amherst to cape spear

thursday was another gorgeous day, so i planned on doing 'the big hike'. tone dropped us off at fort amherst, and we eventually wanted to get over to cape spear - about 14k away. i'm not sure andreaaa knew quite what she was getting herself into, although she was a bit nervous when tone mentioned there would be a 'few hills' ...

the first climb just about killed her, but once she got to the top and saw the views, she kinda forgave me ...

'come on andreaaa, keep going!'

watch the edge ...

i am such a goof ...

ahhhhhh !

'come on andreaaa, it's just like doing dips ...'

outstanding! we did it in 6 hours! see now, wasn't it worth it ?!!!

later we visited dave at the hospital. he was still feeling good and was eating up a storm! the effects of the chemo hadn't settled in yet.

did i mention how much i love this guy ...

to newfoundland to see dave and tone

so after a hurricane delay of 24 hours, me and andreaaa finally got on the plane to st john's. i was excited to do some awesome east coast trail hiking, but even more anxious to see dave, who was going through a major blast of chemo the same day we arrived. this was in readiness for his stem cell transplant on thursday. it was soooooo good to see him and tone ...

i knew dave and tone would be busy with hospital stuff, so i figured i would spend a lot of time showing andreaaa a little piece of 'my world'. we got right at it with a nice little introductory climb up signal hill ...

so beautiful, with much more to come ...

did i mention how much i love it here ...

finally - nailed the stoopid overhead squats !

despite the weatherman's best attempt to discourage outdoor activity on saturday, i braved the 5min of drizzle around noon and was blessed with a truly great day on the trail.

got this when the sun first came out ...

hay look! rick also snubbed the forecast, and got in 2 laps!

rain my arse - check out that blue sky!

i just love the forest after a bunch of rain - it smells soooo good! and despite stiff and kranky legs i still managed almost 4 hours.

so the wod for friday was stressing me out. 'nancy' - 5 rounds of 400m run, AND, 15 overhead squats with 65lbs. fuck! the very first time i did this, it took me over 35 minutes. i burned a nerve in my arm and couldn't scratch my head without hitting myself in the eye. basically, my excessively tight 'runner's hips' wouldn't let me do the squats properly. i have been practicing, and trying to get my shoulders and hips looser, but i still wasn't sure how it would go. me and lia were dreading it. i even tried to tell tony that i'd already done it! haaa! he wasn't fooled!

anyway, after a couple dodgy ones, something finally clicked ...

and i was able to do them! yahoo! stoopid overheads!! only took me 2 years!

final time - 19:04! yesssss!

wednesday i ran up and up and down and down the dingle doing hill repeats.

my favorite creek ...

another beauty day!

and the little redhead started grade 1 this week - check out this pic from his first day!

big big exciting week coming up! me and andreaaa are heading to newfoundland to visit dave and tone! plan on doing some hiking on the east coast trail, and being there for dave's stem cell transplant! oh, and celebrating my 52nd birthday!

CAN'T WAIT!!!

glen haffy run ...

oh ya! did a sweet 2 hours on the bruce today, starting from cooli's and running through glen haffy, up the two switchbacks north of 9 and over to the lookout ...




i tried to get a pic of the hawk, but he got tired of waiting for me to find my camera and took off. he WAS up in this tree ...



definitely feeling the trail love today ...

bye thomas ...

so our beloved thomas is leaving for guelph this weekend. he claims to be going to school, but we figure he's just found another place to go drinking with his buddies ...

a bunch of us got together at crabby joes after friday night club - even father jimmy managed to sneak out for an hour ...

the lovely lia AND jessica m ...

love this chick!

AND her husband! we were laughing at how poorly we dressed - but then - it is only bolton!

oh, and we did actually do a class - although from this pic, it looks like lia is just relaxing on a beach somewhere in italy. great job on those power cleans lovely!

alright! friday night club!

oh, and kathy, if you EVER make me do burpee pull ups again when they're not a part of a WOD, i will have to kill you! jeezuz woman !

the score fighting series ...

last saturday me and kat drove to hamilton - well she drove - to catch some MMA fighting. i had never seen this before so it was somewhat of a novelty! kat explained it as half-naked men beating the snot out of each other. okay - i'm in in in ...

we were especially interested in this guy - jason saggo - a member at crossfit bolton who trains with the mighty one!

he made quick work of his opponent. after a kick and an elbow, he finished him off with a 'rear naked choke' - haaa - bet you didn't think i knew what that was ...

and won via submission in the first round!

very kool! and apparently he is extremely close to being called up to the UFC. can you say vegas baby ...

i'm still recovering from leadville - stoopid cut-offs - so me and andreaaaa did a leisurely old lady ride out to inglewood and our favorite bike shop!

friday night club was great! lots of people working hard at the new place!!!

haaa - check out the latest addition to the treehouse! soooo cute!

and now, i'm just trying to decide what to run this fall ...