Sick means no training

But, I guess mandatory resting. Sick (and very bored) this weekend with a sore throat, trying to get better by taking it easy, which is really hard for me. Did manage to do some more biking on the bike/trainer Saturday. My ass isn't getting used to the seat yet and I really need to get my bike fitted to me, think it'll help with the old lady hip!

Was checking out the BMO Full marathon route for 2013, same as 2012 and there looks to be a good size hill up and down between 5 and 10km, literally looks to be 2.5kms down and 2.5kms up! Guess I have to continue training on hills! Almost the entire route will have spectacular views, but especially from 20km marker! Next question is do I take the camera with me or not! Probably not if I want to finish it in 6 hours.

Once again the start is at Queen Elizabeth Park and the finish is, lucky for me, right in front of my work place! I'll have some champagne waiting for me in the work fridge!

I'm also very lucky, two, possibly three, friends are doing the full with me. I've got three friends doing the half as well! Very exciting! It looks like I really am taking everyone with me on my crazy train of running and fitness.

I changed my first flat!

I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me but I finally managed to change the tube in my road bike! Although, while changing it I didn't have a presta valve adapter so my bike was sitting in my living room like this for a day. It was sad and mocked me everytime I looked at it!

I did manage to find the presta valve adapter and then had issues getting the damn tire back on!! Oh, the tire just snaps back on I'm told, its easy I'm told. Easy my ass! Eventually I figured it out, eventually figured out how to put my CycleOps winter training kit together (instructions sucked) and now my living room looks like this!

Mexico, Santa and starting my Ironman (woman!) Training

Wow, November was fun! I went to Mexico for a fabulous wedding, started my Ironman training (tired already) and got a chance to spend the day with Santa while he was giving out presents at the top of Grouse Mountain.

Mexico was fantastic! This was pretty much my view everyday, except the one day we hung out at the pool bar. I will go back! The service where we were was great! The bar opened everyday at 10am, I had the servers tell me a number of times that the alcohol was free (because I would ask for bottled water instead of beer!). The rooms were nice, the food was great, service always fantastic and I became a HUGE fan of champagne! Probably wasn't a good idea to do it as shots that one night.

Today I got to spend the morning and afternoon with Santa at the Top of Grouse Mountain. We had a work function and over 100 kids at two sittings, and the kids were adorable! My friend Chifa and I helped Santa hand out presents (I was photographer). I got asked if I was a snow princess by an adorable 5 or 6 year old, then she asked if I was going to come outside and skate with my dress on, too cute! Santa had a couple of kids that maybe weren't entirely impressed (crying) but he did get homemade cookies, letters and a homemade Christmas tree!

The Ironman (woman!) training is in full swing. Swim, bike, run; swim, bike, run is my life for the next 9 months. I think the healthy eating and no alcohol is going to be harder then the swim, bike, run training. I just got a new winter trainer (for the bike at home) so I can sit on the bike for hours at a time at home. I'm lucky to have so many people in my life that have done Ironman before. They say it takes a village to raise a child, I think it's going to be the same with me and my training!

Off for a swim!

Dance Arabia is back!

At least in limited engagements! We performed at the Fillmore Foundation's Prairie Fairies Barn Dance and what fun we had! The foundation supports the McLaren Housing Society, A Loving Spoonful, and Out in Schools. The event was well organized, and ran on time (actually, ran about 3 minutes early! We never do events that run on time or early!) I'll add more photos once I download them rest of them.

Christie, Jennifer, Ghazaleh - Dance Arabia

Ghazaleh

Christie, Jennifer, Ghazaleh

Last 10km of the year and ITS ON!

Siobhan, Anna, me, Dani, Meghan and Casey

I did my last 10km race out at Boundary Bay on Sunday, November 4 with some of my running friends. Two of them placed in top 3 for 10km! Fantastic! I came in last out of the group of friends, but as I was telling a friend yesterday, coming in last means you have a cheering section at the finish line! What could be more awesome then that? I also PBed. My first race of the year, 1 hour 22 or 23, this one was 1 hour 12. I'm mostly happy with that. I guess I'll have to work on my pace so I can do my next one in 1 hour 4. I had a lot of fun though, first flat run for a long time and I surprisingly enjoyed it! I'm a hills girl now (I know, how weird?)

Training officially started today for my triathlons I'm doing next year. Pretty much my life for the next 10 months will be work, training, eating, sleeping. I'm already halfway there with my swimming, I have surprising endurance considering I'm using mostly arms (practicing saving legs for the bike and run portions). Sometimes I shock myself that my body will actually do what I ask of it! Is this why people like endurance sports? so they can see what their body will do for them?

Blog catch up!

My summer got a little busy and I got a little lazy catching up my blog. the mid-life crisis is in overdrive now and I've done a lot to fuel it, all of them fun!

12th Grind of the Year

I did the Grind for Kids and, along with everything else I was doing this summer, managed to do 18 grinds and raise approximately $1,100 for the BC Children's hospital. It would have been great to raise more but every little bit helps! Money went to the Cardiac Care ward the hospital is building. I even got my friend Claire up for her first Grind this summer! Half way up she vowed she'd never do it again, 3/4's of the way up she thought, well, maybe, at the top she thought, screw this, I'm doing it again and getting a better time!

Colour Me Rad

Probably one of the most interesting runs was the Colour Me Rad! Hard too because I had just injured my knee the Wednesday previous (apparently, I'm not very good at soccer, ended up with nerve damage that could take up to a year to heal). It was a 5km race (not really a race and it sure didn't feel like it was 5kms) and at every kms you had colour powder thrown at you! A blast! I went with a number of friends, two of which were doing their first race! if you're going to do your first road race, this would be a good one! I'll probably do this one again next year if it's not around any of the triathlons I'm doing next year.

The Liquid Awesome AND The Fast, The Slow and The Pretty

Another great run was the Whistler 50 Ultra and Relay. My friend Thom and I put together a couple teams, made sure all couples were split up between the two teams (more fun that way). The two teams were pretty comparable in pace. The Liquid Awesome (my team) was ahead at the start over The Fast, The Slow and The Pretty. Then, one of my runners got lost, we were behind by 10 minutes or so and Thom's husband (on my team) pulled out the fastest 7km run for both teams and caught us right back up! We ended up winning by 49 seconds only. Fun, although very long, day! Snowed most of the time, a little bit of rain at one part but right back to snow! Fireball and scotch was used all day to keep warm (did I mention it was a very long, snowy day?) I'll be back to Whistler for this race next year! Was a blast more so because I was running with a fantastic group of people, very low key, low maintenance, no drama! Who else can say that about their running friends?

Tough Mudder, mission accomplished! Part One

Well, this past Saturday I did the Tough Mudder in Whistler Olympic Park. My friends and I all went up on Friday night to relax, hot tub, have a good healthy dinner and get to bed early to prepare for the next day. What really happened was we got there early, had some dinner, hot tubbed, started playing cards, then started drinking, then got a noise complaint and went to be about midnight or 1am!

Friday night the rain came down in buckets, it poured from 10pm until 3 or 4am. I slept until maybe 5 or 530, probably had at least one hour of solid sleep! Every time I woke up I jumped out of bed to look outside. No idea why probably nerves.

The old people (myself and my friend Selina) were up early so went over to Starbucks. I was too nervous to sit still for long in one place! We ended up cooking breakfast in my room (6 of us rented a 3 bedroom condo at Creekside! Pretty sweet set up), everyone was nervous, excited, myself terrified.

Tough Mudder wanted all participants at the site 2 hours ahead of time. We jumped on the organized school bus at 10am for our ride up, everyone was excited and there was an electric/excited feeling in the air! We get dropped off and start a 1 or 1.5 km trek to the registration/start line. After you pick up your package (number, drink ticket, etc) you got your bib number written on your forehead and leg/arm, check in your bag and watch people start/come across the finish line until your heat starts.

We decided at noon to just go line up and started with the 1215pm heat instead of 1230pm heat. To get to the start line you had to climb over an 8 foot wall, where I got my first (of very many) bruise. You get seriously charged up at the start line! The have an MC at the start line (same guy at all of the Tough Mudders) that gets everyone chanting HOO-YAH, WHEN I SAY TOUGH, YOU SAY MUDDER, TOUGH MUDDER! etc. We were LOUD! Then, the anthem us sung and off we go! We did a 1 mile or so run up switch backs until our first three obstacles. I'm sure I'll be getting the order wrong, it all seemed to just happen and I'm still processing the event in my brain (and trying to clean all of the mud off me!)

The first obstacle was Kiss of Mud, you had to crawl under barb wires in mud, and this isn't some wimpy mud, its about5 or 6 inches deep (maybe more) and gets into everywhere! Anyone on our team that came out clean got hugs from those of us covered in mud. The next obstacle (I think) was the Arctic Enema. You go from getting super muddy to colder then you've possibly been in your life! As soon as I got in my throat closed, then you had to duck your head the water (my head hit a few giant blocks of ice). As soon as my head came up I started yelling I needed help out, the first aid guy there was over in a second, told me where to put my feet and had one of my teammates help pull me out. That one screwed me up for at least 15 minutes!

The next obstacle was the Devil's Beard, a cargo net on top of a huge pile of snow! you can either walk behind someone (which I did) or crawl along the snow. After that, you run again, to the first set of Berlin Walls (I might be missing an obstacle!). Our group was fantastic! There were two walls and everyone helped everyone over the walls. Teamwork was key for this obstacle (as well as most). I also received a number of odd shaped bruises at this one (I think it was this one). Lets just say that Berlin Walls aren't the most comfortable thing to sit on for any length of time!

After that, water! I was never so excited to see a water station in any of my other races!

After the water station we were running again. Here's where everything gets foggy for me! I know there was more elevation gains, more freezing water, snow, climbs but I need to process more to remember! We were on the course for many hours and the middle is a blur!

More to come.

Day 2 of the 30 day challenge

I`m doing my gym`s 30-day challenge again, trying to build some extra muscles for Tough Mudder, lose a little bit more weight for running and my triathlon in July and just some overall extra fitness! I`ll be doing three semi-private lessons a day, as well as extra gym days, swimming, biking, running, soccer, dragon boating, etc. Its going to be fun or I`ll completely go mental!

The 30-day challenge isn`t just about working out, its also food, you change your diet for the next 30 days as well (and by diet, I don`t mean like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig). It means no sugar, alcohol, grains or dairy for 30 days (well, we can have dairy in our tea and coffee!). Its hard, I did it once before, but this time I`m hoping to be more prepared!

I will miss my bread most of all, I just found this absolutely fantastic brown rice bread! Very yummy with avocado, sheep feta cheese and very hot mustard. mmmmmm. Yup, going to miss that for the next while!

It`s day two half way down, 28 more days to go!

Vancouver Sun Run and BMO Half Marathon!

From the end of March to now I`ve completed the Vancouver Sun Run and the BMO Half Marathon. Wow! Both were too much fun!

The Sun Run is one of the largest in North America, most don`t run it to get a personal best (although I did beat my January 10km time by 4 minutes!) Me and the girls from work afterwards! The Sun Run is a good one for new runners and the best thing about it is its very relaxed!! Luckily my building I worked in at the time was at the start line, we were able to hang out up on the 24th floor (overlooking West Georgia Street) and watch people cross the start line for a bit (we weren`t starting until the middle of the pack of 50,000 people!)

Next race for me was the BMO Half Marathon!

I woke up today with barfy feelings, they got worse after I ate and even worse while I was waiting for the bus! They started leaving a bit once the bus was packed with other half marathoners! Then the crowds leaving the King Edward SkyTrain station were amazing! I missed one SkyTrain because it was jam packed with people!

Once we got to the site (I went with three friends) we were greeted by one of our coworkers (as well as boss type person!) and his wife, they came to cheer us on which was very nice! Made me a little less nervous to be distracted!



We had to wait a bit to cross the start line, however, since they did have to get 10,000 people across the start line. I was still having some barfy feelings waiting for the start but, it was fun!

I had great fun running the course though. There were cheer groups (all competing to win money for charity), music bands (also competing!) and 4000 volunteers handing out water, gu, and other things to keep you going! Plus, just high-fiving the volunteers was kind of fun!

Sepand was great! (in picture with me to the left), she stayed with me when I started loosing steam at the very end! And man was I loosing steam! Coming up to the end though, the streets started getting a bit more packed, about 5 or 6 blocks from the finish people started yelling out your name (your name is on your race bib) and you feel motivated to finish strong! I felt a bit like a rock star as well, it was a fantastic feeling and a fantastic way to finish the race!

Picture to the right is Andy (he did the full and has to sit on a 5 hour flight to Toronto on Monday), Gavin (he decided at the last minute to sign up), myself and Chrissy!

Attempting 16kms Saturday

But knowing how I'm feeling now, it'll probably happen on Sunday. I'm lacking motivation, more afraid of the upcoming 1/2 marathon then I am of the Tough Mudder, don't know where that's coming from! I just have to remember that the running is 95% mental and 5% skill! The 95% mental might be winning out a bit though.

After the summer, will start training for my first full marathon! Doing the crazy drinking one in France, I mean, really, if you're going to do a Marathon doesn't it seem more wise to do one running through the Bordeaux region of France (my favorite type of wine) re-hydrating with wine and in your last 1/4 of the race all you can eat oysters, breads, cheese and cold cuts? I mean, makes sense to me!

I guess bad runs are good for you!

As soon as I posted my crappy run post I found this! http://authorjimlynch.com/bad-training-runs-are-good-for-you

Crappy run!

I now understand why you do a long run every weekend. I skipped last weekend just because (probably the correct answer is lazy) and the weekend before I had my triathlon. I can't skip anymore long weekend runs. It felt horrible AND it's getting harder to hold back running fast, never thought I would say that! My pace for my short runs are getting faster, almost one minute faster then my long runs. Thankfully I have a GPS watch that tells me my distance and pace and I can pull myself back when I'm going too fast on the long runs.

But still, I'll be doing a Running Room training session for my next 1/2 marathon!! None of this, I can do it on my own crap!

I finished 2nd in my age group!

One can not explain the feeling of accomplishment you feel after finishing a triathlon! I'll be doing it again and only wish I could do it faster then July (signed up for too many races between now and then!) I'm also hoping to take some people with me for the journey if only on the relay! Which, after talking to some people involved on a relay team, they seemed to be having a blast!

The UBC Triathlon was well run, well organized, great volunteers all along the route and just plan fun! I'm tired and hyper all at the same time. I just wonder if my numbers will wash off now!

Today's the day!

Today's the day for the Tri/Du UBC Triathlon. Very nervous! Got no sleep last night, was panicked that I counted my swims incorrectly and am slower, have packed my wetbag three times already. At least getting up that early I can have two breakfasts instead of one.

And the kicker today, calling for thundershowers right when I should be getting on my bike today, really? I have a dreadful phobia with thundershowers! At the very least it'll help me run/bike faster!

Music and running! (and I ran my first 12kms EVER today!)

So today I ran 12kms after the previous weekends HORRIBLE run, it was fantastic! Although the minute my garmin said 12kms it was shut off and I walked the rest of the way to Starbucks (yes, I get a latte on Sundays after my run!) I was only supposed to run 9kms today but I wanted to see if I could run 12kms instead. Hopefully I won't pay for it tomorrow!

MUSIC! So, there are a few tunes I listen to when I need to keep going. The first one is Don't Let Me Be Misundersood by Santa Esmaralda. This song makes me run faster! I used it when I was running my last km in my first 10km race in years.

Another song I like that keeps me going in the middle (and maybe I sing out loud a little) is Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea. Actually, just about anything by them like maybe The Night Paddy Murphy Died also makes me sing VERY LOUDLY out loud while running! Yup, I love my Great Big Sea! They also have a great beat to run to with their faster songs, but its better to listen to them halfway or towards the end of your run, the music will make you run a bit faster and you don't want to burn out at the start!

One last song that I use to get me through when I'm really struggling is, yup, you guess it, Rolling in the Deep by Adele. I don't know why but this song just helps me through harder runs. I also used it a few times last year while doing the Grouse Grind. 

Two bad, bad runs in a row

Wow, my runs on Saturday and Sunday were both horrible, Sunday's being much worse then Saturday's. I ran 5kms Saturday, then proceeded to bike about 50 or so kms. Sunday was going to do my long run and then a short bike ride on my new road bike. I only managed to do about 7kms on Sunday, and that was with adding a minute to what my average pace time has been. I couldn't even dig energy from reserves. I was happy I managed to do 7kms though!

After this I need to take a look at my diet again and make sure I'm drinking enough water.

On the up side, how did we ever manage to do a run or bike ride without technology? I'm loving my new Garmin (Forerunner 210). It'll tell me when my heart rate is too low or too high. I'm not sure if it's working properly, it kept telling me today that my heart rate was going below 100 beats a minute while running, that's highly doubtful! Although it didn't reach my max, so, need to work harder.

I will be adding a pyramid to my training this week. One of my coworkers gave me a pyramid mostly to beat one of the guys I work with :) I know, horrible! The set up goes like this, one minute run as hard as you can, one minute slow jog, repeat once, then two minutes run as hard as you can, one minute slow jog, repeat once. Three minutes run as hard as you can, one minute slow jog, repeat once. Four minutes hard run, walk or slow jog 5 minutes, then repeat entire thing (with only one four minute hard run) the other way. Apparently if you run four times a week (at least) and add this as one of your runs you can increase your pace. Should be fun considering I also need to add hills this week! Good times.

Brick Number Two completed!

Once again it hurt but I did 10.5 or so kms bike ride and then almost 5kms run. The first 17 minutes hurt like a bleep (of my run) but after that I started to loosen up, but honestly, not that much. I had to walk in a couple spots. I probably started off running too quickly, next times, much slower pace!

I also picked up my new Garmin Forerunner 210 today! It's currently charging~! Forecast for the weekends is sun sun sun! Guess who's taking the new road bike and new garmin out for a spin on Saturday!

I'm rounding to second base...

If you've seen Moneyball (spoiler alert) you'll remember towards the end of the movie after Oakland A's lose the last game Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) takes Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) to watch video of a recent baseball game of a 240lbs baseball player who's afraid to round first to second. The player hits the ball, he decides to round to second and his worst fears come true, he falls. His fears take over and he scrambles back to first, not realizing he'd hit a home run! The first baseman of the other team tells him that he hit a home run and helps him up and everyone cheers him around the base to home!

I really like the story, I feel like I'm losing my fears of rounding to second base and by that I'm having less fears about running longer distances. I might change my mind again when I have to reach 16kms for my half marathon training!

Today was great! I did my run in the pouring rain. Fun and at least it was warm. Managed to keep my pace faster then what I've been averaging (about 20 seconds faster). I might be on par to do the half marathon in 2 hours and 30 minutes (well, here's hoping!!) I'd like to do the Sun Run in 1 hour 10 minutes, at least that's the goal.

I also went to the first of a few workshops being held by UBC in preparation of the triathlon in March. I think it's fantastic that UBC is offering free sessions leading up to their triathlon/duathlon. I'm hoping to pick up a few tips to help my training and heighten my experience of my first triathlon! I already have a feeling I'll be hooked.

I found a race to do next year!

If I can't make it to race I want to do in France, I think I should do this one! http://halfcorked.eventbrite.ca/

I did my first brick!

I know that sounds a little weird. I did about 7kms bike ride home, took 5.36 minutes to change and get my butt out for a run! I was going for a short run, trying for 2.5 or 3kms. I accidentally switched my watch from timer BACK to watch mode so when I got home I thought I only did 2 or so KMS in 18 minutes, but I really did was 4kms in 30 minutes! Shocker! I might have to do that again!

I ramp up my training for the half marathon this weekend as well. 44 days until the Triathlon and 100 days until the half. I might be a little worried! Actually, more like thinking to myself, what the hell did I get myself into!

The Day After

Well, so far I feel fine after the 10k run. I know some people say you'll be sore after pushing your PB time but so far so good! And, bonus time, I get to bike to work today (no snow and hopefully no black ice)! I managed to bike to the race yesterday and it felt so good being on my bike I almost went for a bike ride instead of doing the race!

I wonder how Flavia's doing!

And I survived....

After the Chilly Chase!

Not only did I survive, I'm STARVING! I did my first 10k race of the year and now I'm planning a few more (besides the Vancouver Sun Run) because it felt good during the race (except the first 3 kms, I'm also stiff and sore for the first few kms) and it felt really good afterwards! I'm also proud of Flavia who did the race with me! Everyone once and a while she'd stop and walk but she always caught up to me no matter how far ahead I got!

I PBed my time, finished the race in 1 hour 18 minutes! For me, that's pretty spectacular! My goal for the Sun Run is to finish it in 1 hour 10 minutes and then the half marathon in 2 hours 30 minutes.

Most of the people running the race were pretty good today, and fun! Learned a couple tips, its now confirmed that I want a Garmin and I think I want it to be this one! It'll work for swimming as well! Fantastic as I always look count at some point or another when I'm doing lengths! I'm also inspired to wear a tutu for the Vancouver Sun Run! Yup, I'm that person! You can't take yourself too seriously, its not nearly as fun!

Chilly Chase is calling!

I started my Friday by asking the trainer (Ed, awesome evil bastard) to not entirely kick my ass because of my first 10k race on Sunday. Six of us pair up with three stations, no time limit, HOWEVER, two pairs had to do their stations for as long as it took the third pair to do 8 lengths of sled. Are you freaking kidding me? He did promise that my legs wouldn't be sore. Yah, my calves were burning afterwards but it was good! AND my legs don't appear to be sore today!

I`m hoping when I report back tomorrow afternoon that I did the race in 1 hour 20 minutes but I`ll be very happy with just finishing!

A little about me and my first race of the year!

So, one of the reasons I'm doing this crazy journey is my mid-life crisis, another reason, I lost my dad almost two years ago to a heart attack. He died instantly of a critical blockage. He did was healthy when he died and I know his death shocked all of his family, friends, and colleagues. When he was younger he was in fantastic health, then family life happened, he was never HUGE or what seemed to me out of shape but sometimes diet and exercise affect you in ways you don't know. He also drank, drinking can damage you more then you know. Probably the major factor in his death was his cholesterol levels. If cholesterol is dangerously high in any family members, please get yourself checked, and regularly!

It took me another 6 months after he died to actually do something with my own fitness. I was almost 300 lbs when my dad died (and 40), I knew I was big, I could do things (bike to work, dance, walk a flight of stairs) but my resting heart rate was 80 to 90 beats per minute. I hired a friend of mine to be my personal trainer for 5 months, took a month off, then joined Versus Training Centre and have been going on a very regular basis. Since I joined with them almost a year, and since I started with a personal trainer in August 2010, I've lost 70 lbs, my resting heart rate can go as low as 46 beats a minute, I've lost 20% body fat (started at 49.8%).

Last year I decided to do the Tough Mudder, that's a goal for my fitness and weight loss (I need to work towards a goal as well as working towards helping my own health). Well, I need to run for Tough Mudder I decided I might as well train to do a half marathon (it made sense in my brain!) so I'm doing the BMO half marathon in May! And, well, since I need to swim in Tough Mudder I decided to train for a triathlon in March. I mean, I'm already biking to work, and running for the Tough Mudder/BMO and swimming, I might as well do a triathlon as well!

Well, it all made sense when I signed up for each of them, I might be freaking out a little bit as they come closer! My first event is in 4 days, second event is in 53 days, next event is in 88 days and so on!

So, I do these things for me, I do them in memory of my dad, I do them for my fitness but I mostly do them for me. I want to see how far I can push myself, how far I can go, if I can become an athlete in my 40's!

AND, my first race is coming up on Sunday! I'm freaked out, excited, nervous, and hoping for NO SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN! I'll still do it but still, it would be nice to not hurt myself on my first 10k! I'm doing the Chilly Chase starting from Creekside Community Centre, runs along the seawall, very flat (maybe one or two hills) and should be a good start to my races this year! Wish me luck!

Run Good, Run Bad

One of the runs I`m currently training for is the Chilly Chase January 22. I had a fantastic run Sunday, actually shaved 30 seconds off my pace and ran 8kms. Today, however, I ran 4.6kms and actually put the 30 seconds I lost back on INCLUDING 30 more seconds! I blame class at the gym today! We did tabatas for 45 minutes, yah, it was evil.

I also officially signed up for the UBC Triathlon (doing a short sprint) and the BMO Half Marathon. I honestly don`t care how fast I am for both, I just want to finish!! At least the half marathon starts downhill! About 3 kms downhill!

My new bike!!

I`m stoked that I got a racing bike today! I got myself a competition Jamis and can`t really ride it until Vancouver has dry roads. It`s just sitting in my kitchen looking sad! It did get out on a little ride in my `hood and had to resist the urge to go fast on it, it`s a fantastic ride, at least from what I could tell on that short ride! I got it from http://vancycle.com/. If you ever need anything, big or small, Erik`s your guy! Mobile bike service, he comes to you!

New Year started with the Polar Bear swim!

Yup, this year I did the Polar Bear swim with my friend Sepand, and yup, next year I'll be doing it again! It was a blast and I highly recommend it!