Glotman Simpson cross race

I would find myself at Softball city this past Saturday for yet another cross race. Although it was not raining, you could feel the cold November air as I was trying to warm up. Although this race was not part of the BC cup, the usual suspect were in attendance. The course was a fast one, with a couple of technical sections and a lot of mud! Perhaps it was a combination of the cold, mud and the fact that I hadn't race for a while but I fell 4 times off my bike! I would finish my required 7 laps with so much mud in my pedals that I could barely clip in. Only 2 races left November 27,28 for the Bc cup final and the provincial championship. Happy trails!

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Haney to Harrison

The relay race was this past saturday and for the most part the weather cooperated with us. My team finished a respectable 10/15 in the police/fire division. The other team beat us but as I said in the previous post, it was all friendly competition. I was pleased with my running time, it was a personal best for me from what would be the last time the race would be held at this location. It's moving to whistler next year. I'll be back at it this weekend with some cyclo races, it should be nice to be back on the bike. People might wonder what happened to the "chuck" factor during the race, well the mad scientist found a way to counter it. Tomorrow is remembrance day, hopefully you will all take the time to honor those who fought for us so we could enjoy our current freedom. Lest we forget. Happy trails

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The Chuck factor??

I'm doing the Haney to Harrison road race this weekend with my co workers. We have actually 2 teams going into it. As I was sitting at my desk, I overheard members of the other team talking about the "Chuck factor" at that moment I had vision of mad scientist on a white board trying to come up with some formulas. One of my co worker came over and ask me when was my last road race and my time. I told him that they could probably could look up my previous time from the race. I also asked him what was all the fuss about this "Chuck factor" he told me that his team needed to find out how fast they needed to run to negate my running time. I smiled and told him that they had great runners on their team and that they probably were giving me too much credit. I thought this was funny hence why I'm sharing this with you. It should be a fun Saturday. Cross season is coming back next week and I I'll be back at it. I came across a quote that I wanted to share with you all. I wish I could claim it as my own but that would be a lie. The quote is from Mohamad Ali and goes as follow:
"Champions are made from something,
They have deep inside them, a desire,a dream, a vision
They have last minute stamina,
They have to be a liitle faster
They have to have the skill and the will
But the will must be stronger than the skill"
Hope this quote will inspire you, happy trail!

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P.s. I ran on the treadmill yesterday, did intervals. I would not want to disappoint on the run, wouldn't I......