Interesting, indeed!

“May you live in interesting times.”
Ancient Chinese curse

It’s been a while since my last post, and for good reason: I haven’t had much good to talk about! Faced with both personal and physical challenges, the first few months of 2007 were truly forgettable. Under the physical category, I had to cancel out of the Boston Marathon due to a running injury that I just couldn’t shake. Just as that was responding to treatment, I had a bad bike crash caused by a loose dog. The damage: a punctured lung, grade three separation of my left shoulder, severely bruised ribs and a dozen abrasions. A serious case of deceleration trauma, complicated by asphalt poisoning.

Enough whining, though. I’ve adopted the Dogbert philosophy: “Life happens, deal with it!”

Fortunately the wounds are healing, after a couple of nights in hospital and several weeks of aggressive chiropractic treatment and physiotherapy (that will likely continue for months) by the great folks at Calgary Sports Therapy.

My original race plan is out the window, so the new plan is as follows:

The Desert Half, Osoyoos, BC, July 8th. A half-Ironman distance race, held in Canada’s only desert. The bike course consists of the toughest part of the Ironman Canada course - the legendary Richter Pass. Ridden over to Cawston, then back. Should be a good way to shake the rust off. This race serves as the Canadian long-course championships.

The Peach Classic, Penticton, BC, July 15th. An Olympic-distance race, which is the wrap-up event for the week-long Ironspirit training camp, which I will be attending in Penticton.

Ironman Canada, Penticton, BC, August 26th. The 25th anniversary of one of the most popular Ironman triathlons in the world.

(For a review of triathlon race distances, see “Triathlon Explained”, at right.)

With Ironman Canada just under ten weeks away, look for posts about the IMC course, my training and rehab, racing, of course; and some very cool run technique science called Gait Analysis.

Thanks for reading!