Entries from January 2009

January 30, 2009

Ironman Calgary, Aug 2, 2009

World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announces an addition to the global Ironman 70.3 Event Series, Ironman 70.3 Calgary. This inaugural event will take place on August 2, 2009. Ironman 70.3 Calgary will offer 40 qualifying slots to the 2009 Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3. …

official website

January 24, 2009

new JetBoil announced

Big improvements.

details and video

January 20, 2009

Pleasantly Lost…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at “Adventure Sports Week Central!
Note the new name… we put in a bid for “AdventureWeek.com,” and found out that for only $15,000 it could be ours… thus, after several milliseconds of thoughtful deliberation, we decided that another choice would have to do for our new, updated website.
The [...]

January 12, 2009

let’s climb Mt Shasta

In our spare time …

larger version – flickr – ExpressionOfJoy~Happy New Year
On Rick’s hiking site – climbing Mt Shasta, California

January 6, 2009

Adlard wins 543mi Ultramarathon

Oops.
Seems it was a 61 Year-Old Farmer, not Dave.

In 1983, Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer, showed up to race Australia’s toughest endurance race – 543.7 miles from Sydney to Melbourne – in overalls and work boots. …
Not only did he run it, but he won it and set a new record for [...]

January 5, 2009

How a photo, a mirror, some friends and a vacation rental can change your life.

Imagine… Hawaii for our anniversary getaway, in a beautiful rental home… Our business was successful(ish), and we were pretty fit(ish), dazzling examples of humanity… life was good!
 
Then, on Sunday, reality came calling.
 
First, my beautiful wife photographed me on the beach. I looked, I dropped the camera in horror. No way did I look that bad! [...]

January 2, 2009

New Year’s FART Training!

On December 30, several of our FART teammates and future FARTS arrived at the North Pole in CDA for New Years, and some good training!
Kelley, Jeni, Morgen, Andy, Liz, and Zeb all made it through the lightly falling blizzard just as Dave finished his 3 hours of shoveling, and settled in for the New Year’s [...]