Alex and Greg(Dad) have been BMXing every Thursday night(racing night): Alex has made huge improvements. He went from finishing every motto last to consistently finishing 2nd(he doesn't even care what place he comes in, along as he can play and talk during the break). Our kid is too social: he can talk about anything and nothing!
In June Alex graduated from preschool! Yes, they have graduation in preschool! The kids had a blast! Teachers: Ms. Tracy and Ms. Wilemina had all the kids make their caps and gave them each their laminated certificate and very own medal. Alex wore his medal everywhere for about a week and told everyone it was for "graduating"!
In July we headed to Osoyoos for Steph and Dave's wedding and The Canadian Long Course Championships. What a fun but tiring weekend!!!! The night before we left: Alex was up all night with the flu(never new he could hold that much in his stomach). I left for work the next day at 6:30am with no sleep and very concerned I was going to catch what Alex had! After work we headed to Osoyoos! We arrived Friday evening and Alex managed to make friends that night at the hotel(The Lakeside Resort: fabulous hotel). The next day I woke up and put all my race gear together and headed off for a 1 hour bike ride and attempted to ride up Ritcher to test the legs. Wow, I felt good! After some breakfast, Greg headed out for his road ride and Alex and I headed to the park, so I could do some running pick ups. Alex did some serious swinging(he can finally pump and go somewhere) for at least 30minutes and I did my running pickups on the grass. Again: I felt great! With the lack of sleep I had been having I was feeling strong and fast! Off to pick up my race package and a quick visit with some friends I haven't seen in awhile. Then back to the hotel where Alex hung out at the pool with his new friends(Nikki and Jaymie from North Vancouver). Off to the wedding in OK Falls at See Ya Later Ranch(Winery). I could not believe how beautiful it was up on the bench of the hill tucked away. I have ridden that rode; however, it was so steep, narrow and twisty that I could only stare head and not dare look at the views! Stephanie looked amazing and Dave was looking very dashing! It was good to catch up with Barb, Kevin(Danielle), Olly and Alex: most of us were racing the next day! At around 11:30 we managed to head back to the hotel. In bed by 1am and up at 5am for the race. I could not get up!
Onto the race: Had these big dark circles around my eyes when riding over to transition(oh yeah, I forgot to check my bike in the day before.......I felt bad and Sarah was not impressed.....sorry). It was great lining up at the swim start with Ann and Charlene my old training buddies from Port Moody: they eased my nerves as we goofed around. We were off and I felt great. I was actually leading the swim for about 3oometers, then I started slowing down or everyone started speeding up? Finished the swim in 31mins and change: happy and felt more awake! Excited about the bike portion, I have been putting a lot of time into my bike and riding well! In Kamloops I ride with my husband who is a rocket and a bunch of roadies who have brought my cycling up a notch. Well, started climbing Richter and legs didn't want to go. The entire 90km I had to stay positive: I was fight to keep a solid pace. I just kept plugging along. Also, I had no idea what place I was in? I was told I was 14th, 3rd and 5th??? Rode into T2 and started the run in 7th position. I was worried about the run because of the of the lack of running I have been doing(only water running for the last 6 weeks because of a foot injury). Well, I felt great and started passing the women ahead of me. I ran into 4th position and the 1st BC women overall! This race was also The BC Provincial Long COurse Champs: so I took the title. Also, the top 5 women received money and a free race entry for next year. If you have every done one of Joe and Sarah's races: you would be back for more! It was a hot and sunny day: so a big "Thanks" to Kinesys SunScreen for protecting me while racing for 5 hours!!! And my Nike Marathoners were so "sweet"(Alex's new word). Greg, thanks for my fast zippy bike....too bad the legs didn't do justice to my Cervelo Dual(with it's unique paint job).
Below: Jaymie, Nikki and ALex in Osoyoos!
THe middle of July we headed up to Sun Peaks(1 hour from Kamloops) for a 5 peaks trail race! Steep, Steep and very Steep! Alex raced in the 1km kids trail race and had a blast......the kids even got a steep hill too! We rode the Sunburst chairlift to the start of the race and ran 14.5km of very hilly terrain! What fun! Then we headed down to the village for some chocolate and awards. I won the race for the females and Greg Johnson ran to first for the males!
Below: Me trying to run up the steep hill: ended up walking!
Below: Alex just climbing around!
Also, we soon get possession of our new house....August 15th! We are moving downtown...close to Alex's new school and the hospital(Yvonne's work).
Below: Alex just climbing around!
Also, we soon get possession of our new house....August 15th! We are moving downtown...close to Alex's new school and the hospital(Yvonne's work).
Signing off until the next blog!
