Wednesday, September 25, 2013
I love Lucy !
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| I honestly love lucy with every part of my heart ! if I had my way I would never do anything with out her ! |
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| My best friend ! |
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| playing ball and working out ! |
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| We love trail running ! |
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| Snuggles on the couch ! |
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| She loves to keep a group of trail runners together ! |
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| My gym is now in parks so lucy can come ! |
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
14 years Married !
I cant believe we have been married for 14 years . I can honestly say I grow more in love with Robin each day .! Robin and I don't have everything in common , but we never stop each other from doing anything , Robin has always encouraged me to follow my dreams . Love and support is the key to a healthy marriage .
Trust and know that they don't have to do everything with you , but know they will always encourage and support everything you do .
Trust and know that they don't have to do everything with you , but know they will always encourage and support everything you do .
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| I love My family |
Summer Training
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| 11km run followed by 50 squats for the run like a girl squat challenge |
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| Bike ride from sqaumish to whistler ! I surprised Kyle with a Run like a Girl t shirt !!! |
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| Oxgyen Yoga studio I still cant believed I am sponsored !!! |
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| 20 Km run to Norvan falls |
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| Whistler !!! |
Lucys first race !!! Frosty mountian 27 km
When we arrived in Hope we decided to pull off for a coffee at Tim Horton's , and when we left the parking lot we were confused on which high way to go on , but Penny decided she remembered and we should take #5 ....WRONG ! We drove that freeway until MERRITT ! Penny then leans over to me and asks "Dayna why are we in Merritt ?"
Ummm ....you told us to ! Yikes ! we turned around 1 1/2 hrs late for the start of the race AHHHH
Geoffrey the race director still let us race . He called back the sweeps , and told them to stop taking down the flags ! When we passed the sweeps and got to the top of Frosty mountain Penny decided that she thought we need to climb to the second peak of the mountain ...umm are you sure I ask ??
So we do and yup FAIL ! as we were climbing the second peak . The sweeps passed us taking the flags ....OPPS . When a old lady asked why we were up here and the rest of the race was down there we knew we had gone the wrong way ...DANG IT !
When we finally made it down the mountain ...NO FLAGS ! so we had to decide which way to go
I asked Penny and she told me to go left , so I said OK we will go right hahaha trust was gone with her !
Finally after 6 hrs and 28 minutes Lucy finished her first race ! I love my dog so much !
Penny and never once got stressed we were there to see new trails , run with Lucy ! just enjoy the adventure .
Like I always say
I would rather cross the finish line with a friend and have a great adventure .
Then cross the finish line alone and have a personal best race !
Run Like A Girl
Whats Run Like A Girl ???
Hailey , Courtney had a idea to start a fitness page to share recipes , fitness goals and to help people change their lives . In the last 2 years the page has grown to 25,000 people . One of those people that liked the page was me . I met Hailey on a run in fort Langley . One run was all it took for us to become friends . Through Hailey I met Courtney , over the past year we have raced together at Squamish for the 50 k , will be running Grand Canyon Rim to Rim trail on Oct 12 , a Marathon on Nov 16 .
As we all become closer friends the fitness goals become bigger . I saw a race called Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica 250 km stage race over 6 days . The 6th day was on Feb 8 my birthday !!I cross the finish line on 38th birthday !
I asked the girls if we could do a fundraiser for breast cancer called Fight Like A Girl . With this fundraiser we would raise money for breast cancer , and also pay for our race to Costa Rica !
The girls loved the idea !!!!!
We first designed a t shirt to sell with a quote on the back . The quote that we picked is :
"True strength is not giving up
When everyone would understand if you did "
The next step was to set up a virtual race and also a local race . Since we have followers on the page from around the world we decided that we would have a race that everyone could do .
This is how it works , racers sign up choose 5 k or 10 k , and run on the same day Oct 6 th , but choose there own route where they live . We then send them in the mail a race package with a finisher metal , bib number and some other goodies . Our Local race is in Fort Langley .
We have had a total of 359 racers and 80 local runners !!!!
We have got local business to sponsor and donate gifts for prizes , Hari Yoga , Tim Horton , Id salon , Happy planet ,
But our Biggest sponsor was Oxygen yoga they sponsored us as athletes to train in there yoga studio for 6 months free !!!!!!! We need heat training for Costa Rica and now we have it !
We decided to sell our other shirts too !
The race sold better then we thought and the shirts sold better then we could imagine .
I am so proud to be part of Run Like A Girl BC . We have raised enough money to pay for our trip , race and donate to breast cancer !
The girls and I have so many dreams!
If you want to follow us please like our face book page
Run like A Girl
We are on a mission to change the world through fundraisers supporting causes , and to continue to help everyone to have a healthier life style through fitness goals and diet .
Hailey , Courtney had a idea to start a fitness page to share recipes , fitness goals and to help people change their lives . In the last 2 years the page has grown to 25,000 people . One of those people that liked the page was me . I met Hailey on a run in fort Langley . One run was all it took for us to become friends . Through Hailey I met Courtney , over the past year we have raced together at Squamish for the 50 k , will be running Grand Canyon Rim to Rim trail on Oct 12 , a Marathon on Nov 16 .
As we all become closer friends the fitness goals become bigger . I saw a race called Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica 250 km stage race over 6 days . The 6th day was on Feb 8 my birthday !!I cross the finish line on 38th birthday !
I asked the girls if we could do a fundraiser for breast cancer called Fight Like A Girl . With this fundraiser we would raise money for breast cancer , and also pay for our race to Costa Rica !
The girls loved the idea !!!!!
We first designed a t shirt to sell with a quote on the back . The quote that we picked is :
"True strength is not giving up
When everyone would understand if you did "
This is how it works , racers sign up choose 5 k or 10 k , and run on the same day Oct 6 th , but choose there own route where they live . We then send them in the mail a race package with a finisher metal , bib number and some other goodies . Our Local race is in Fort Langley .
We have had a total of 359 racers and 80 local runners !!!!
We have got local business to sponsor and donate gifts for prizes , Hari Yoga , Tim Horton , Id salon , Happy planet ,
But our Biggest sponsor was Oxygen yoga they sponsored us as athletes to train in there yoga studio for 6 months free !!!!!!! We need heat training for Costa Rica and now we have it !
We decided to sell our other shirts too !
The race sold better then we thought and the shirts sold better then we could imagine .
I am so proud to be part of Run Like A Girl BC . We have raised enough money to pay for our trip , race and donate to breast cancer !
The girls and I have so many dreams!
If you want to follow us please like our face book page
Run like A Girl
We are on a mission to change the world through fundraisers supporting causes , and to continue to help everyone to have a healthier life style through fitness goals and diet .
Volcanic 50km trail race ...MT.ST. Helens
I got in to this race after being on the wait list for months . I found out a week before the race that I got in . I was so excited and thought well I am going to school it would be great to go away , so I could lock my self in a hotel room for the weekend and study with a run break ;)
Course description
A remote and challenging course with over 6700 ft of elevation gain and
loss circumnavigating Mt St Helen's, all on rugged, single-track trails
covering 50+K’s. All but 4.5 miles are on the Loowit Trail. You will
travel over lava and pumice fields, crossing rivers, through the blast
zone as well as through dense forests. http://www.volcanic50.com/course/A strict cut-off time has been established for AS 4 (Ape Canyon). If a runner hasn’t left AS 4 by 4 p.m., they will be pulled from the race – no exceptions.
Race Day
Start 7am am I ready ....NOPE
Mandatory gear check and I forgot my space blanket CRAP ! If you didn't have all the required gear there was a 1 hr time deduction from your finishing time , and I knew I needed every minute . I hit panic and ran over to the race director I explained i was from Canada and I for got my blanket at home AHHHHH ... He had extras!!!!! ...YES I was back in the game !
This race was a little more stressful with the mandatory gear , and the fact there was limited aid stations . It was really hot out and I knew water would be a problem . They explained that one point in the race it would be really exposed and there would be a creek that we could use to fill our packs and they suggested we did !
About a hr into the race I realized that I fill my water bladder only half way , so I race out of water for almost a hr . My electro light bottle as I took a drink broke , so this meant no water ,and no electro lights ...CRAP ! By the time I got to a aid station it was too late I had already dehydrated . I continued to race , but by aid station 4 they kept me at the aid station and made me drink water , eat salt tablets . I stayed for about 20 minutes then carried on .
This race was so hard for the fact of no water , the heat and the climbs were UN for giving ! I have never crawled over rock as much as this race , the worst part was really no great views ! just lava rock endless lava rock .
I finished this race in 10 hrs ...Whew I didn't think I would !
When I woke up the next day I felt like I was drunk from dehydration ! I got up to walk in the hotel and the vertigo that I had was really hard to walk .
I have learned that check your water pack bladder ! bring extra bottles for electro lights , and when they say limited aid ...plan like you have none !
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