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Hike/Walk ~ February 19th

What a beautiful day outside.  The weather had me thinking about the planned hike this weekend.  My daughter’s hockey game was rescheduled, so I will have to move the hike to 2pm. 

It is a nice 2hr (?) loop around Rat Lake in Mill Bay.  I found it while geocaching (a mini-series of 17) along this loop.  I brought my dogs and ran into quite a few people.  There is a small hill at the beginning but the rest is quite comfortable.  With the caching this will be a slower walk but quite pretty. 

If we start at 2 we should be finished by 4.  I think this would be a great day for a crock pot dinner to be waiting at home.

I will be bringing my dogs and maybe some kids again.  Feel free to bring guests.  The more the merrier.  The weather looks cloudy but not rainy (so far!)

Directions:
Heading south on highway 1 in Mill Bay:
Turn right onto

Frayne Road

Turn left onto

Gatewheel Road

Park at the end of this deadend.
This is where the group will met!

You can also (off of

Frayne Rd

):
Turn left onto

Benko Road

Turn right onto

Deloume Road

Park at the end of this deadend.
You can access the trail from both sides. 

Have a great week and good luck on Wednesday.  J

Inspiration

I came across this video on Facebook this morning.  From 276.6 lbs to the Boston Marathon in 9 months.  Wow...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9BFx5Mhqo&feature=share

Have a great day all!

Ceevacs ~ 19th Annual Running Clinic

Ceevacs are doing their 19th annual Running Clinic beginning Feb. 20th.

There are groups for all levels of walkers and runners - yes for us SLOW ones too.

The link for info and registration is below. There are also speakers on nutrition, stretching, shoes etc...

All of the proceeds go the Sportsplex for maintenance and continued expansion (of the sportsplex not us lol).

Includes:

Where to start / common errors
• Sports injuries
• Hill training
• Cross training
• Technique / conditioning
• Equipment: apparel & choosing the correct shoe
• Nutrition
• Bio mechanics
• Wet and cold weather running

http://www.ceevacs.com/

Mt Tzouhalem Hike

What a beautiful day!  6 of us BLs with 2 guests and 2 dogs took advantage of what an awesome day yesterday was and hiked up Mt. Tzouhalem.  What a sweat!  As always the views made up for it.  We took some quick pics, had a bite and did 2 geocaches on the way down. 

My daughter and I

I am going to plan another, less strenuous hike for February 19th.  Hopefully it is a nice day as well.  It is a nice 2hr (?) loop around Rat Lake in Mill Bay.  I found it while geocaching.  There is a mini-series of 17 caches along this loop.  I brought my dogs and ran into quite a few people.  There is a small hill at the beginning but the rest is quite comfortable.  With the caching this will be a slower walk but quite pretty. 
An 11 am start would be great again. 

Directions:
Heading south on highway 1 in Mill Bay:
Turn right onto Frayne Road
Turn left onto Gatewheel Road
Park at the end of this deadend.
This is where the group will met!

You can also (off of Frayne Rd):
Turn left onto Benko Road
Turn right onto Deloume Road
Park at the end of this deadend.
You can access the trail from both sides. 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Enjoy your week.
Stacey :)

No Regrets!

While on my way out of the gym today I overheard the owner talking to another member about "cheating" on their diet.  My first thought was "Oh, here is my lecture".  Let me go back to last night.  I went straight from work to home, took my dogs for a 50 min walk, and had to have my girls fed within 45 mins before they took off for thier evening activities.  Now I have food in my fridge and cupboards but I never took any meat out of the freezer and was quite frankly pooped after a busy week.  I ended up taking the girls out to May's for quick chinese.  I never had the Almond Chicken and did choose the brocolli stuff but when it is all said and done ....Aghhhh....  I beat myself up all night and ended up having a glass of wine as well.  (2 actually!!)

So when I heard the gym lady starting this conversation I slowed down to easedrop.  What she ended up saying (not a direct quite) was that everyone gets of track.  It will not wreck your program and if you going to do it at least enjoy yourself. But, only once a week.  Then get back to it. 

So I relaxed a bit. I have been very active and have been on track with my diet.  I went to the gym today,  worked my butt off and will doing Mt. Z tomorrow.  I am going to a pot luck tonight and already know that I will make healthy choices and no drinks!  ( I have to drive anyway).  And in the end I did enjoy the meal with my daughters and the wine was delish! 

So back at it today.  I had a great breaky of poached eggs and dry toast and an orange. Here is a pic of my yummy salad for lunch. 



Baby spring greens, tuna, cottage cheese, cranberries, celery, raspberry vinigarette

Hope to see some of you tomorrow.  If not, I hope you got to enjoy this great weather!

Until later winners,

Stacey :)

Mt Tzouhalem Hike

Hi everyone,

Lisa and I just wanted to invite all of you to join us for a walk up Mt Tzouhalem to the cross. 

Activity:             Mt. Tzouhalem Hike

Date:                Sunday, February 5^th

Time:                11:00am

Start location:    The entry from the Properties.

Bring?:              Water, small lunch/snack, camera

How long?         Should be about 2 hours.  60 min up, 20 min break, 40 min back. 

We will be doing 2 geocaches along the way.  It won’t be a race, just a leisurely (but energetic) hike up the mountain to enjoy the beautiful views on a beautiful day.  

Please note:  this isn’t an entry level hike.  There is quite a bit of flat trail walking but the hills are definitely hills.  You will sweat!!

I can be reached on my cell if anyone needs more info.  250-701-7000.  I am horrible at directions…just go to the properties and follow the signs.

We hope that many of you join us! 

A shot from the cross last summer.  It is worth the sweat!!