Whistler 5 Peaks Trail Running Series

Whistler was incredibly outrageous. By this, I mean the course of our weekend race. It was definitely like winter before the race and summer after the race. Ray and I competed in the #4 series of the 5 Peaks trail run. We took the Gondola up to Roundhouse Chalet and started the race from there. I had fun but a lot of the racers didn't quite enjoy the run too much. I thought it was pretty good because of many reasons. Here are the reasons why; the course was only 5.65km, no raging water, no constant uphill for more than a kilometre, amazing view and lastly, I wasn't that sore after the race. My calves hurt a little though. It was an interesting race to run because we were basically running on snow! People were sliding everywhere but I really have to say my Salomon shoes are awesome. I have no sliding problems because they have good grip. Ok...I'm starting to sound like a sales pitch but it is true though. My friend, Shirmy and her family came up and joined us for the remainder of the race event including the awards ceremony. Results are now posted at the Raceheadquarters site. Ray came in with an amazing time of 28:26mins at a position of 3rd out of 187 overall, 2nd out of 31 in his age group and 3rd out of 84 for males. Good job, Ray even though a 14 year old beat you (he sustained an injury on his ankle from pushing himself too hard). I think being safe is better than coming first. Anyway, as for me, I definitely didn't care what position I came in as long as I didn't get hurt. I came in with a time of 43:34mins at 107th overall out of 187, 13th out of 31 in my age group and 44th out of 103 for females. We both had an improved time of 5:10mins from last year's race! Now with this, I am proud of myself because I know I am more conditioned than last year. I guess doing the Grind pays off. ^o^

Josh Groban Concert

This concert was amazing and the only romantic one that I have been to. Well, Michael Buble's concert was also a somewhat romantic concert. I guess I lied...hehe. Anyway, I was so relaxed at Josh Groban's concert. He has an incredible and powerful voice! It was just superb. He is a great musician who not only knows how to sing but also how to play the piano and the DRUMS! Just incredible! His new album, "Awake" has given him a lot of possibilities to let his listeners know that he is not just an operatic tenor type singer but also be a pop-ish type singer. I think this is a great opportunity for him to show-off in the concert and I loved it! Check out his new album on here. Hope you will feel the same as I do. I definitely recommend his songs.

Camping at Coldwater Creek in Nicola (Aug 3 to 6)

What another fun camping trip! I love camping now! I really needed sometime away from the city. Just before the camping trip, I was in a lot of stress from work due to the fact that I thought I wasn't able to handle someone's else job. But I guess I was wrong. Things are going pretty good so far for me at work as long as I stay positive. Anyway, back to camping. I had a great time with Ray and his family. We did a lot of stuff like swimming, hiking, pitching horseshoes, fishing and more. Weather was a bit weird. During the day, it was nice and warm but at night, it was kind of cold. Of course, I thought bringing a sweater was good enough but it turned out that I was so wrong. I needed something more than a sweater. Good thing we had a campfire that I could warm up. We were by the creek and the water was so crystal clear. It was so beautiful. Let me tell you a little bit about this area where we were camping. It's about 30km southwest of Merritt in the Indian reserve band property called Coldwater Indian Reserve land. The people that live here basically rear cows and have a huge farm. I don't know what they are growing. Who knows. All I have seen are cows roaming around the area. The next campsite from us was almost 3km. Sections of the road into the campsite were bumpy and dirt with cliffs on one side of the road where you have to really be careful not to get too close to the tall cliffs. At one point of the road, we didn't realize that a sharp corner was so close to the cliff. It was scary! I guess a lesson learned here that we shouldn't be driving at night when it is pitch black!