Betty's Blog

Monday, November 27, 2006

Grouse Grind in the Snow!!!


Lots of snow fell this past weekend and I was bummed about not being able to go up to Cypress or Grouse to do snowshoeing or skiing. I had to work this past weekend at VCC College. Lucky me, I had Monday off which was yesterday, so Ray and I decided to do grouse grind and there were so much snow on the trail. As you can see from the picture above, it says "ATTENTION. CLOSED" but there were still people going up the Grind. It felt so nice and peaceful but the 2-feet of snow made it hard for me to hike up and took me 2 hours to finish the Grind. Despite the difficult hike, we still took some pictures. I also took a few pictures from Ray's balcony to show off the spectacular view of the mountains after a big dump of snow last weekend.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

New Balance Fall Classic


Wow....this race was harder than I thought even though I only did the 5K. Imagine other racers doing the half marathon (21K). I feel pity for them especially Ray. I found that bad weather like this can really affect one's performance. I kind of realized that when I did the Richmond Flatlands 10K last time which was raining but this time, it wasn't just rain, it was very windy like more than 70km/hr. The direction of the wind was towards me and it was hard for me to push through the strong wind. At one point, my hat almost flew off which did happen to a racer. Unreal!!!! All in all, I did it and that's all that matters. This was my first 5K race which was weird because usually people start off with 5K and progress to 10K from there. But for me, I did it the other way around :) That's why, 5K was hard for me...I think. Please check out the race result on WinningTime. I came 13th/48 in my age group and 98th/278 overall with a time of 28:56 for 5K. As for Ray, he did the half marathon with a time of 1:40:56 and came 115th/916 overall and 33rd/111 in his age group. Pretty good standings for Ray!!! This is it for the rest of the year. Skiing and snowshoeing will be the next thing lined up for us. Check back for more next time. Adious!!!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

James Blunt Concert


Even though it was raining out there tonight, there were still a lot of screaming fans making the effort to see James Blunt at GM Place. It was definitely a nice and relaxing concert. This concert would be the last one for me this year. Check out his live performance of "You're Beautiful" song on YouTube website.

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