Betty's Blog

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Yeti Snowshoe Series at Mount Seymour

It was Ray's first snowshoe race for the season. Great race and decent weather for the race. I was there as a spectator taking pictures for Ray. Let me tell you about the race today. It was quite a tight race for Ray because the guy that came 4th was actually in the 3rd place, maybe 400m before the finish line. Lucky for Ray, this guy broke his snowshoe therefore Ray had the opportunity to pass him while he was trying to figure out what happened to his snowshoe. So Ray came third and this guy had to hold his one snowshoe to cross the finish line while running only with one snowshoe. It was pretty funny though. With a PB time of 36mins for the 6K route, he came 3rd overall. Results will be posted shortly.

Update (Feb 3): Results are posted on the Yeti site and here's the time and position that Ray came in; he came in 3rd/91 overall and 3rd in the 20-39 Open category with a time of PB of 35mins.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Chilly Chase 10K

Getting up early this morning was hard enough already but running in a nippy morning of about -2degC was even harder. Luckily, the sun came out early enough to greet all the runners and to wake us up from the early fog conditions.

Ray and I were in Langley to do the Chilly Chase race and both of us were signed up in the 10K. The last two years I did the 5K and I thought I should just switch it up to 10K to see how it goes. I have to admit that the cold did get to me, giving me an asthmatic feeling on my chest as I was breathing in the cold air which wasn't good but nonetheless, the race still went smoothly for me. Obviously, no PB for me this time but I am hoping to get a PB in the Sun Run which will be warmer then. As for Ray, he had a good run and successfully got a PB. Awesome job!!! I wasn't too sure about him just wearing a singlet running in the bone chilling weather....go figure!!

The race results are posted here. Ray came in 6th/163 overall, 6th/63 for males and 1st/13 for his age group with a time of 38:43mins. As for me, I came in 55th/163 overall, 22nd/100 for females and 8th/32 in my age group with a time of 53:50mins.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Happy New Year!!!!

So here we are in the year 2009. Resolution, resolution....?? Nah, like I mentioned before, I'm not into that. With God's blessing, I hope this year brings me the best of health and joy. I also wish everyone "All the best in the new year" as well.

A few friends came over and celebrated the New Year at our place with some food, champagne and games like Singstar karaoke and Rockband. Let me tell you Rockband ROCKS!!! Ray and I have been hooked on it over the holidays, playing a lot and mastering it to the "expert" level for some songs. Playing on the guitar and the drums was quite a workout. I think I have built some muscles on my arms. I am serious, not kidding at all. Give it a try and you'll know what I mean....haha.

Ray and I went snowshoeing today up at Mount Seymour with 8 other people. The snow conditions were just perfect, couldn't ask for a better weather condition. As you can tell from the picture below, the view of the city from the top of Dog Mountain was just speechless and breathtaking. What an amazing feeling to be up there and to experience the wonderful creation of God.

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