HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Niki and Marc just minutes after crossing the finish line in Cumberland : Day 3 of the 7 day BC Bike Race.

Every day is Canada Day as we reap the benefits of living in the most amazing place on Earth. If you are Canadian you know what I mean. Just turn on the 6oclock news tonight if you don't get it. Nuff said.

In Celebration of Canada Day (and because I have to go to Vic to check in with the 'VeinMan' surgeon) the ELM office will be closed until Monday July 6th.

BUT You can still register for your favorite summer program all week either online or by heading down to Extreme Runners 436 5th st.

Check out the July ELM calendar to find out where your first class is next week! I am looking forward to seeing you then!!

Cheers,
Sarah.

Week in Pics

Hola!

It has been another great week filled with ELM and personal adventures:) They say a picture is worth a thousand words...so here are about 20 to sum up my week!

The week started and ended like this:





Yuki REALLY liked it when I took my ice baths in the back yard with him. He was doing a serious happy dance:)


But Tesu had it all figured out...I wanted to be her this week...I felt like I could sleep all day too...but alas...

TODAY was a cool day. Sleep in...read in bed...go to the farmers market (pics below)...go seek a Geocache that we have been wanting to find in our neighbourhood...

It was a 3 part MICRO cache and we found the first 2 no problem...we crashed through the wet bush in the pouring down rain for an hour trying to find #3 but we went home defeated! Lululemons are not meant for bushwacking in the rain...we will return...


Honing in on the GPS...


Tricky micro cache...

THE FARMERS MARKET is such a great place. There are sooooo many things that we can buy locally in the Valley and we really should make the most of it. The farmers market is a one-stop shop where you can pick up almost everything you need for a week of groceries. And there is so much yummy goodness there...

Some of my treasures from this mornings market hunt...

Friendly faces at the farmers market...

ELM's very own superstar Lo working it at the Seaview Gamefarm stall. I got a beautiful zucchini and some spicy venison sausage for Brad:)




TIME TO SMOKE SOME SALMON that Brad caught this week on the west coast...mmmmmmmm

In the brine...sweet, spicy and salty:)



ADVENTURE RUNNING on Thursday! was a blast! We went for a fun bonus run in between clinics and our small group handled the rain with style:) I got swayed into swimming in Allan lake by Lynn even though it was cold and grey out!

After dinner, the leaders went for Indian and Mama Bear Martinis at the Great Escape.

What? One dollar from every one of these martinis goes towards the Cumberland community forest society!

BOOTCAMP FRIDAY was super fun at Anderton Park...the sun was shining again and my mini-group got a good hard sweat on:)

BIKE RIDE FRIDAY was great too with buddy Dr. John! Up Forbidden from Nymph then down Green Dome...Gecko...home via Bears Bait etc...2hours good times.

I took this shot to help me make the KM MARKER SIGNS for my community project in conjunction with BC Hydro, Hancock, and the CVRD. The project is well underway and now I just have to get the signs made up and place them along the 18km loop! Sooooooon I promise!

OH YEAH AND WEDNESDAY WAS A GREAT RIDE TOO!

Go Nikki Go (above)! She is kicking off the 7 day BC BIKE RACE tomorrow with her hubby Mark! GOOD LUCK AND GIVER!!!

Done and Done.

Gnight!

SS

Kusam Kongrats

Lisa, Cindy, Korky & Kim post Kusam leg soak:)

Hey Hey!

A BIG WHOOOPWHOOOP! To all those rockstars who completed the 2009 Kusam Klimb! ELM was well represented by the Adventure Running clan (above) who all endured their very first Kusam!

And by the sounds of things they actually enjoyed it and plan on being there again next year! Glad to hear they weren't cursing me with every step...I knew you would love it!! So hard but so rewarding!

Check out some more photos from the race photographer!

Go to the Kusam site for complete race results...

What next? A weekend without a race for me...but GO EXTREME RUNNERS GIRLS GO! Cathy, Lene and Alma are all off to Seattle to run the Half and Full Rock and Roll marathon!!!

FREE FUN ADVENTURE RUN TONIGHT! PS if you are looking for a good time why not join us in Cumberland at 5:30 for a bonus trail run in between our spring and summer clinics!? XC trails an hourish and a swim in Allan Lake! Woohooo!

Cheers,

SS

Wednesday Wisdom

LEARNING:

" If I have seen farther than others, it is
because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. " Isaac Newton

A HUGE thank you to Team ELM for your support at this past weekends Relay for Life! Our mini-team did great things through fundraising and our annual Relay bakesale at the track. Team ELM raised over $650 with a team of only 6 people! And the Comox Valley Relay raised over $113, 000 and counting!!

Thank you to those who took the time to be a part of this years Relay. Every little bit makes a difference and raises awareness and hope in finding a cure for cancer. We plan to continue to be a part of this annual fundraising event and hopefully you will join us next year!

Cheers,
Sarah.

Tuesday and Very Random

Happy Tuesday!

The sun is shining...my legs are slowly dropping pressure (ocean soaks are helping:), there is a stat holiday around the corner...and I have a hot mug of tea in front of me...life is grand!

Here are are few random things that I have stumbled upon on my blogfollowing travels that I think you will enjoy as much as I have...

Roz Savage: And I thought my bum was sore after the 12 hours of Cumberland.
Have you heard about this crazy cat Roz Savage? She is currently somewhere in the middle of the Pacific ocean, in a row boat, by herself. Each day she posts a blog report about her day in her attempt to be the first woman to row solo across the Pacific ocean. There is something absolutely obsurd about reading about her day on real time... You must read her post titled International Day of the Bottom ... and then sign up to get her daily blog posts so you can travel along with her.

Double Dutch Champs: And you thought you knew how to skip.

double dutch - Championnat international
Uploaded by federation_double_dutch.

If you can't see the video just follow this link to Simon Whitfields blog...

www.simonwhitfield.blogspot.com/2009/05/solid-weekend-done-and-done.html

Have a great day!
SS

Gratitude.

I have been experiencing a growing sense of gratitude over the past days and weeks.

Today it is just too much to contain and so it is spilling over onto my blogpost for those who have stopped by to see.

I am so grateful to have so many wonderful people weaving through my web of life:) Although it seems really lazy and impersonal to give THANKS via the internet let alone a blog, it is working for me right now so here it comes and I hope you wonderful people are reading...

THANK YOU

ELM Friends for cheering me on and patting me on the back no matter what my race results are:). Your support fills me up to the brim.

ELM Leaders for picking up the slack and taking care of business so that I can follow my dreams as I strive for my own life balance:). I couldn't do it without you. Period.

Friends, Family, Rats & Teammates for sharing your time, passion and gear:) to make sure I am well equipped at every start line. I am so lucky to have your support!

Supporters for bringing down the cost and bringing up the FUN of my expensive adventure habits...

Extreme Runners, Lene & Family you have been my number one support crew since the start and I am so grateful to have you on my team! Thank you for your vision and partnership.

Mountain City Cycle, John and Crew your generous support has provided me with new opportunities to race, explore and expand my skillset! Thank you thank you thank you!

Harbourview Massage, Marita and Jen I could not recover without you. Your strong hands make me want to cry but also provide the relief I need to push hard another day!

Comox Valley Acupuncture & Michelle you have been my pre-race secret weapon for years now! You balance out my yin and yang and get my Chi all flowy so I can geterdone! Thank you!

MOMAR & Bryan Tasaka for enabling my Adventure Racing habit! You are a top notch entrepreneur, great person and an inspiration for my own business dreams. Thank you for your support and partnership over the past ... many... years!

And, of course ALL of the wonderful peeps that I forgot to mention and are cursing me right now...I am so lucky to have you all in my life!

Life is FUN but only if you have friends to share the
stories with. - Me...I just made that up...pretty good hu?

With (obviously) many thanks,

Sarah.

ELM FANS!!

Hello Friends of ELM!
If you are reading this blog you should also be an ELM Fan! Go there right now if you are not yet following my updates on Facebook! This is where all the in betweeny (tweet style) updates are...and you don't want to miss a thing...
Updates from the blog and the ELM page will be sent directly to your facebook homepage...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Courtenay-BC/Equilibrium-Lifestyle-Management/61202794453?ref=nf

And while I am being all techy you HAVE to check out my new fav. program that is totally free and will save you a tonne of surf time every day:: Google Reader. Yes, I am sure you have already heard of it and have it all set up... If not, go to Google and get it going asap!

It is like a homepage for all of your fav blogs and tweets etc...so you never have to go searching for updates again! You just set it as your homepage, enter your fav blogs and voila it shows you a list of which blogs have been updated and you can view them all right there. Go now...you are procrastinating doing something much more important right not anyways...


Cheers!
SS