Going for my 32k LSD on a fairly isolated country trail, carrying no ID (even though I am diabetic) while the rest of my family was away on vacation. When I got home I realized just how stupid I'd been ...

Listen up Maniacs !! It has just been announced that in September 2010, the 30th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope, the Confederation Bridge (NB-PEI or PEI-NB if you prefer) will, for only the third time in its history, be closed to vehicular traffic to allow runners/walkers the chance to cross th...

Great effort in the swim eme . Sorry to read that the rest of the race didn't go as planned but there'll be lots of others I'm sure.

FBP

Oh baby, oh baby ... that sure is a sweet ride !!

Well done! I sure wish I could swim at your pace !!!

Babysteps - no Try-a-Tri although I have plans to email the race director and suggest one be added. A 750m lake swim seems a pretty big hurdle for a lot of non-swimmers to deal with. That said, I'm proof it can be done as my max continuous distance on January 3rd when I started to prepare was probab...

Completed my first tri today - the Duncan Hadley Memorial - held here in Fredericton. Here's my report: Got to the race site early (7:00) and got a prime spot for my bike and got all my transition gear set up. http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k100/freddybeachpete/DSC00288.jpg Rumour amongst the ear...

Had a great time at the Manitoba Marathon as part of RunningManiaDotCalm. Pre-race M&G was fantastic - great to meet Prairiekid, Mouse, Mikeruns, Garth, Eme, HCiD, Dwayne, Agent P and so many others. Thanks for making Myra (Myras Marathon) her race partner Jess and her guide dog caramel so welco...

Wanted to say how much I enjoyed meeting some of the Manitoba Maniacs and other assembled Maniacs from Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Dryden, etc. when I was in Winnipeg 10 days ago. The marathon relay was a blast !!

FBP

Cheryl - great pics and report. Sorry that the achilles was problematic but you toughed it out like a true Highland warrior! Congratulations to you and all the J.I.M. team for your efforts. Looking forward to meeting you and being part of the RunningManiaDotCalm team this weekend!

Peter

Thanks IronBoy for that info. I think a bike fit session is in my future so I won't do anything to change the setup too much until then.

Peter

I can just imagine how much fun you could have with 2 or 3 more entrants. :lol: :lol: A thread hi-jack "Sorry".......Your saddle, is it comfortable with the nose pointing up ??...kinda puts more pressure on the boys :shock: After I downloaded all the pictures I noticed that too and wondered whether...

Here's what happens when a mild-mannered HR executive by day gets left at home one evening with too little to do. Get ready for ... The FreddyBeachPete Triathlon Transition Session FBP enjoying a leisurely time in the hot tub http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k100/freddybeachpete/DSC00233.jpg Emergi...

Had a great day for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk/Run To Cure Diabetes. Held in the town of Oromocto, right next to Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. Over 100 registered for the 5k run and several hundred others for the 5k walk. Most of the runners were Military Engineers (Chimo!!) and...

Canada: Yukon NWT Nunavut BC elJeffe - East Van/North Burnaby... I'm on the cusp. seuss - West Vancouver Jwolf - Vancouver lisaannr - Port Coquitlam Run2Be-Kelowna blue_cup - Kelowna Alberta Samantha - Edmonton jordanne_la_banane - Edmonton FishPants - Sherwood Park Albertatraildog - St Albert ChadR...

I just registered for my first (outdoor) triathlon - the Duncan Hadley Memorial held here in Fredericton on July 6th - and I was the first person to register. That's got to be good karma! For you experienced dark siders - when I registered it asked whether I wanted to be in the "beginner wave" and I...

Okay, explain to me: What's the purpose of giving a name to a bike? Isn't that kétaine? Am I correct that ketaine means in bad taste or some such thing? (Perhaps it could be the Word of the Week on my favourite CBC radio show - C'est La Vie with Bernard St-Laurant.) Why did I name my bike? As furth...

Port - was great to see you as well. Thanks for coming over and saying hi before we started and congrats on a well run race. Had hoped you and some of the other Maniacs would be at the M&G at the Snooty Fox. Perhaps next time.

FBP

Correction ...

Mrs FBP finished with a chip time of 2:18:55 so LESS than 9 minutes behind me

Marg wrote:Congrats to both of you... see you in Winnipeg !
Did CTV cover you running?

Decided to be low profile this time

After some sketchy weather the past couple of days it turned out to be perfect today. Due to recent flooding the course was changed back to the one used in 2006. Fine by me 'cause it is an out and back so you get to see everyone at least once in passing! Big field of competitors - close to 300 in th...

... run like a Mother !!

Yup - made by my daughter for when I ran NYC '06 !

Pic can be seen at:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7466/2148/1600/DSC05920_1.jpg

That's Mrs FBP holding the sign.

Command decision ...

Fredericton M&G will be on Sunday at 12 noon at the Snooty Fox pub (Regent Street near Queen). Look for the Running Mania flag if (like me) you wonder whether you'll recognize any of your on-line teammates.

See y'all then

Peter

Snooty Fox is open and 12-ish would be fine.

Peter