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TheTrainingCoop Message Board http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com TheTrainingCoop Message Board 60 Thur, 26 Nov 2009 04:09:33 GMT Road / CX Participation Series http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3882711 <P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left>I just posted this on the Olympia blog but I thought it was worth pasting here as well.  To fulfill our personal pledge to donate half of what I earn thru maintaining the Olympia site to local cycling endeavors Deanna and I have offered a $1000 custom wheel set to the great list of participation series prizes being awarded for participation in road and cyclocross races this year.  Other individuals have stepped up by donating generous time and/or money as well like Dave Pitcher, Gary Sewell, Hal Loewen, and more (sorry if I've missed someone).  For a relatively small local race scene we have a good number of folks who are willing to selflessly help make things happen and this participation series is just the latest example:</P><br><DIV align=justify><FONT size=4><b>D</b></FONT>id you know that there are <b><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900">thousands of $'s</SPAN></b> worth of participation prizes to be awarded for both road and cyclocross disciplines this year? Local cycling racer, organizer and enthusiast Gary Sewell, with the help of many individual and corporate donations, put together a participation points system and stellar prize package for road and cyclocross races this year and prizes will be presented this coming Saturday, Nov 28th.</DIV><DIV align=justify></DIV><DIV align=justify><P>All you had to do to be eligible to win participation prizes was participate in enough events this year. You could finish first or last, race with a full MCA license in any category, on a $600 or a $5000 bike...whatever the case you'd still be eligible to have your name drawn for one of many superb prizes including a $500 Sugoi wardrobe, gift certificates of up to $600, a custom wheel set valued at over $1000, Shimano RS-80 wheels, a private box for Manitoba Moose games, and much more!</P></DIV><DIV align=justify></DIV><DIV align=justify><P>If you missed out on things this year because you did not participate in enough events there is no need to worry - the participation series will be back bigger and better next year, and it may extend to mountain biking as well. Stay tuned for details, and check out the link below for more info on prizes this year:</P></DIV><DIV align=justify></DIV><P><DIV align=justify><A href="http://mcaparticipation.blogspot.com/" target=_blank target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff>Home of The 2009 Shimano Road Participation Series & The 2009 MCA Cyclocross Participation Series</FONT></A></DIV> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3882711 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:24:42 GMT Scott message board fomatting http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3872995 <P>Is everyone else seeing the ugly formatting on this page (e.g. gross peach coloured background, no banner picture, etc.)?  The board was down for a bit last week and now this is what I see.</P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3872995 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:55 GMT Scott B'Day, Biking, Bravado, BBQ & Beer [:-) http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3867457 <b>How awesome is it these days in Winnipeg for us cyclists!?  Is it actually almost December?  Maybe global warming is finally going to kick in for us up north, eh!<br></b><br>Last night was a great night to be a Winnipeg biker with biking friends who like to get together to celebrate (Graham W's B'Day), bike race (sort of!) for 6 hrs (kind of!), with lots of heckling/bravado (oh yah!), while enjoying food (chili/dogs with the FGBC/RRR gang and birthday desserts) and refreshments (beer - beer -beer EH!).  <br><b><br>Awesome ... last night was the description of it!</b><br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/6HrsofVimyPoster.jpg" width="639" height="473"><br><b>6 Hrs of Vimy Ridge</b> <b>... perfect name for a battle between two rival forces</b>, plus a third upstart (Dallas "I'm gonna ride for 6 hrs for honor and glory - if I feel like it' S.) and held at a site very fitting site for the drama and sport!<br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213326.jpg"><br><b>But first, it was time for me to suit up in my brand-new wool FGBC jersey ... stylin' and comfy!</b><br><br>I wasn't able to show up til 6 and by then the laps raced was approaching 50 per team (an early milestone ... that became almost the pinnacle?!) and <b>Dallas</b> was just bowing out after fighting a dwindling solo battle <b>(takes more than one 'Olympian' to change the course of this rival challenge!</b>).<br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213329.jpg"><br>All were in good spirits and gratefully accepted my <b>'hand-ups' of the sweet dark elixir</b>!<br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213331.jpg"><br>The relay <b>bike-swapping</b> was becoming a slick thing by then ... for most that is ;-)<br><br>Apparently the Dark Side had snatched a slim lead over RRRacing after <b>'The Impaler' had a little chain trouble and 'The Cricket' discovered how to sprint out of the saddle</b> during almost all of his laps to overcome saddle height issues!<br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213330.jpg"><br>But <b>RRR was still fighting the good fight </b>... I watched Mike, Michele, Brad and KK wiping around the circuit at great speed ... actually <b>KK was having a bit too much fun ...</b><br><br><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213327.flv" width="600" height="361"><br><b>KK just kept on racing past the 3 lap max per turn rule ... who can really blame him - he has been slacking for several month recently!</b><br><br>I got in some laps of my own after the 'race to 50' was over and we had reclined to Chris's place for chili and dogs.  Of course my first lap included <b>taking the 'hidden steps' in the dark at full speed</b>, my first 'old-school front endo' recovery and a few pop-up pedestrian obstacles ... <b>awesome fun!<br><br></b>..............................................................................................................................................................<b><br></b><b>Next up ... Lori and I headed over to Graham's surprise birthday party with fellow TrgCoop-ers, his family and friends.</b><br><b><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/Bourkevale%20CX%20Race%202009/JerseyPicTheTrgCoop.jpg" width="490" height="352"><br><br>Rhonda had set up a slick layout of dessert food and a bike theme everywhere ... good for me (I still had my FGBC jersey on).<br></b><br><img src="http://www.olympiacyclingclub.ca/wp-content/gallery/wnrs-aug-12-2009/img_3039.png" width="490" height="352"><br><b>So Graham is now the big <font size="3">3 0</font> ... young buck!</b><br><br>Rhonda had a '<b>Graham Trivia Quiz</b>' for us that included a bunch of biking related questions ... here's a few for you to guess at (I'll spare him any personal ones from his childhood ... that we now have for future heckling use!):<br><b>1.  How many bikes has Graham owned?</b>  ___  (more than you think!)<br><b>2.  What color are the cables on his mtb? </b>___  (look above!)<br><b>3.  What vintage retro CX bike does he own?</b> ___  (think 70s!)<br><b>4.  Where did he have a bike stolen from?</b> ___ (the RRR gang didn't do it!)<br><b>5.  He's watched 2 World Cup MTB races in person - where? </b>_________ (Oh Canada!)<br>...............................................................................................................................................................<br><br>I didn't get back to 6 Hrs of Vimy Ridge hangout until 10-ish, <b>but was ready to join the continuing race laps if required ... hmm - nope! ... everyone was gathered around Chris's backyard fire pit ... excellent!</b><br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB213334.jpg"><br><b>A mesmerizing warm fire, hot dogs, marshmellows, beer and tales of biking exploits and future epic awesomeness ... what's not to like?  </b>That is besides G's poor aim with wood resupply and KK sneaking off to get try to up his sides lap total!<br><br><b>Awesome night of fun and hospitality ... thanks Chris & Rhonda.</b> <img src="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0">!<br><br><img src="http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/trainingcooptom/FGBC-RRR%206Hrs%2021%20Nov%2009/PB223337.jpg"><br><b>Later November and no snow ... oh yah <img src="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0">!</b><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3867457 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:44:33 GMT Tom Tricks on Bikes http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3856619 Spotted this great video on the ABES blog:<br><br><object width="400" height="267"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1026334&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1026334&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="267"></object><p><a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/1026334">Bike Jerks All-City Championship</a> from <a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/bikejerks">BikeJerks</a> on <a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3856619 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:50:02 GMT Tom elite athlete advantages http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3840105 I stumbled across an interesting article this morning while surfing the net (btw, I also recently was informed that saying I'm 'surfing' the net shows my age - appearantly kids are not using this term) that just touches on the issue of what is and is not performance enhancing in relation to high performance competative athletes.  For no particular reason I've thought recently about the subject and wondered if things are as black and white as we'd like them to be.  For sure if a competitor uses a substance that is banned that's just plain cheating.  Well actually even that can get muddled in gray areas where the athlete says, for instance, that everyone including his sanctioning organization is privately condoning banned performance enhancing drugs while publicly condeming them, so he's effectively being told doing the drugs is both right and wrong at the same time, and the resulting message has more to do with not getting caught.<BR><BR>That whole barrel of monkeys aside I've thought about how elite athletes are obviously born with enherent physical advantages over others and in this day and age they then further enhance those advantages through specialized training, nutrition, all sorts of legal suppliments, and a meriad of other techniques available only to the previlaged.  I caught a glimpes of this in my track and field days when we took things like caffiene and dextrosol pills to push thru hard workouts with a burst of additional energy, had various machines hooked up to our bodies to record various matrices and to tell us how to improve further based on our particular physical make-up, and so on.  At some point I felt a bit like what was deemed an illegal enhancement vs. a legal enhancement seemed somewhat arbitrary.<BR><BR>At any rate, I'm not really trying to draw a conclusion here, nor is the article below, but it was an interesting, quick read:<BR><BR>Taken from <A href="mailto:wanjek@yahoo.com" target=_blank target=_blank>Christopher Wanjek</A><BR>LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/byline/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/SIG=10sog4vj6/*http://www.livescience.com" target=_blank target=_blank>LiveScience.com</A> <SPAN class="fn org"><A href="mailto:wanjek@yahoo.com" target=_blank target=_blank>christopher Wanjek</A><BR>livescience's Bad Medicine Columnist<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/byline/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/sig=10sog4vj6/*http://www.livescience.com" target=_blank target=_blank>livescience.com</A></SPAN> <ABBR class=timedate title=2009-11-18T01:35:55-0800>Wed Nov 18, 4:35 am ET</ABBR><BR><P>While the debate continues over whether Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South African track sensation who blew away the field and took the gold in the women's 800-meter in Berlin in August, is a man or a woman, we soon must confront an even more complex issue: Are elite athlete humans or androids? </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">International Association of Athletics Federations</SPAN> will decide Semenya's fate later this week as it announces the result of her gender test. Semenya will no longer be able to compete as a female if the association rules that a <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_1>hormonal imbalance</SPAN> resulting from alleged intersexuality offers her an <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_2>unfair advantage</SPAN>. </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>But if a little extra testosterone is a problem, what then do we do about the myriad <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/SIG=12dh113ad/*http://www.livescience.com/culture/081222-sports-performance-enhancing.html" target=_blank target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_3><FONT color=#0058a6>performance-enhancing drugs</FONT></SPAN></A> and devises that athletes experiment with to go just a little <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/SIG=120lv85bf/*http://www.livescience.com/culture/090808-human-sprinters.html" target=_blank target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_4><FONT color=#0058a6>longer, faster or higher</FONT></SPAN></A>? </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Such is the topic of two new books from <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_5>Johns Hopkins University Press</SPAN>, "The Price of Perfection," by Maxwell Mehlman, and "Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports," edited by Thomas Murray, Karen Maschke and Angela Wasunna. </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Relative unfair advantage </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Semenya's provocative case can provide a foundation for what is perceived as an unfair advantage. All top athletes, after all, have an advantage over non-athletes. They're bigger, stronger or faster. That's why they are athletes. </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_6>Lance Armstrong</SPAN> allegedly has unusually long femur bones for his height, which gives him better leverage when he pedals. <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_7>Michael Phelps</SPAN> has a proportionally longer wingspan and size-14 feet that bend at the ankle 15 degrees more than most people, turning his feet into flippers. I'm a skinny freak who can't swim. Is that fair? </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>What, then, does Semenya have that other women don't have? To what degree do elite <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_8 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">female athletes</SPAN> have male characteristics in terms of hormone balance and the distribution of muscle fiber and mass? And where do you draw the line? </P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>I, Robot </P><P></P><P></P><P>If the sex topic isn't complicated enough, let's move on to where most athletes have been moving for sometime - to the realm of superhuman and robotic capabilities through biological, chemical and technological enhancement. </P><P></P><P>According to Melman in "Price of Perfection," most people today, if they chose, can improve their eyesight beyond 20/20 perfection through surgery; improve concentration and memory through various drugs; increase muscle mass by at least 40 percent through various chemical concoctions; and surgically reshape their body beyond recognition. </P><P></P><P>While this might sound like a vain pursuit, the impetus for such technology has been to make people healthier. Who could criticize a procedure to enable a blind person to see or a person with dementia or <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/SIG=12504oauk/*http://www.livescience.com/health/090922-depression-medication.html" target=_blank target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_9><FONT color=#0058a6>depression</FONT></SPAN></A> to think more clearly, for example? </P><P></P><P>Similarly, in the near future, most people will be able to alter their body at a genetic level. One goal in medicine is to make treatments more personalized, and this will entail altering the genetic constitution of your body to cure cancer, heart disease, diabetes and the scores of other chronic conditions that shorten lives. </P><P></P><P>So, when does this <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_10>good technology</SPAN> cross the line? Should <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_11>LASIK</SPAN> be banned for the athlete wanting an <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_12>unfair advantage</SPAN> to see more clearly? </P><P></P><P>Super-conditioning a reality </P><P></P><P>As relayed in "Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports," there's trouble on the horizon. <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_13>Barry Bonds</SPAN> and steroids is just the tip of the iceberg. The technologies mentioned in Melman's book - such as <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/todaystopathleteshumanorandroid/34124842/SIG=11uqoqori/*http://www.livescience.com/technology/top10-bionic-tech.html" target=_blank target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_14><FONT color=#0058a6>bionic body parts</FONT></SPAN></A>, chemical supplements, genetic "doping" and privileged access to equipment and training facilities - will be so pervasive that governing sports bodies will be unable to agree on what constitutes natural and fair. </P><P></P><P>In a series of essays written by academics, many of whom were elite athletes, "Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports" examines the nature and history of competition and the world of the athlete, from trainers and doctors to the sponsors and even governments who control their fate. The editors hope that their frank presentation of the issues from various perspectives will inspire intelligent discussion about the radical changes in sports upon us now. </P><P></P><P>Both books delve into the complexity of the performance-enhancement topic with athletic dexterity, and the depth of issues will surely leave your head spinning. But if you're genetically inferior like me and are prone to <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1258548593_15>vertigo</SPAN>, there's medicine for that now. </P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3840105 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:12 GMT Scott Late Fall Bike Ride with Brian - Video http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3785396 I thought my plans for a ride this past Saturday with Brian D. were snookered when I got called in to fly short-notice to cover for a flu-sick pilot (H1N1?), but as it was the training flight was short.  By mid afternoon I was geared up, Brian had arrived with his mtb and some of the late fall chill was warmed up.  I was dealing with a little cold myself, but I thought a spin would be good prep for the CX Provs the next day ... silly me!<br><br>No snow, but it felt like snow was in the moist air of a brisk NW breeze.  Funny time of the year for riding ... not frigid, but the body is just acclimatizing to the cooler temps and the moist air makes it feel colder.  I find myself 'looking forward' to the dry cold of winter!?<br><br>Rode through Woodhaven Park, where Hal was conceiving his cunning race route plan for the CX Provs ... gotta love that "Whorl"!  Simple ride through Ass Park, Forest, to Fort Whyte and back.<br><br>Check out my latest vid:<br><font size="3"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1pIpZZ4GYs">Late Fall Bike Ride with Brian - 31 Oct 09 </a></font><br><br><object width="746" height="413"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFN5w8F_AgwPatP_wEO2crRGc9Hdfxvraiw="><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFN5w8F_AgwPatP_wEO2crRGc9Hdfxvraiw=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="746" height="413"></object><b><br><font size="2"><br>Good riding, good chatting ... good times!</font></b><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3785396 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:06:02 GMT Tom deanna's summer photoshoot http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3771934 We've posted earlier on Deanna's summer photoshoot at evestudios.ca but I didn't get around to putting together a quick little slideshow of some choice shots until now.  Of course we already have the two large posters that resulted from the shoot hung in the gym, but below are additional shots, some sporty, others not as much, but all good:<BR><DIV style="WIDTH: 640px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><EMBED src=http://w304.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/5e29bd12.pbw width=640 height=480 type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode="transparent"> </DIV> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3771934 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:07:28 GMT Scott 5 year old body builder http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3761821 I'm not sure what I think about this (I mean that literally - I don't know what to think, good or bad) but I stumbled across a brief video this morning of a 5 year old body builder.  He's actually surprisingly cut, though much of that would have to do with the crazy-low body fat.  I was struck by his delts though.  BTW, what's with the news anchor's snide remark about body builders saying it takes years of work for them to look like they do?  What's under the shirt of yours there body? My guess is nothing <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"><br><br><A href="http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/vid/16297552/" target=_blank><a href="http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/vid/16297552/" target="_blank">http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/vid/16297552/</a></A><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3761821 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:21:15 GMT Scott CX Prov. Championships http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3759498 The Prov. CX championships are this coming weekend, in arguably my favourite cx venue: Woodhaven Park.  Here are the posters sent in by Hal:<br><br><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/olympia/provincialsposter.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/olympia/soupandbread.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3759498 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:36:27 GMT Scott Whittier Park CrossTastic race http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3758871 Well I didn't really intend to go and watch the CrossTastic race yesterday because I wanted to get my own ride in (and the race season has progressed too far for me to rationalize paying for a license at this point) so I headed off to the Assiniboine Forrest on my Karate Monkey around the same time instead.  The trail conditions had other plans though - the ground was so slick with greasy mud that trail riding was pretty much pointless, so I got back on the road and figured I'd ride to Whittier park to see what was going on.  <br><br>When I arrived the b race had already begun but I managed to ride a lap of the course beside the taped off competitor's route just to check it out.  Not my kind of course.  I'm not knocking it at all (kudo's to Gary Sewell and many others for another great event) but lots of long stretches and corners that you can carry tons of speed into is exactly the kind of course that kills me.  From a spectating perspective though it was the greatest race even because as far as I can recall it's the only one I've been too locally that offered free hotdogs, chips, etc., to anyone!  Mmmm, good.<br><br>I didn't come prepared to take pics and had almost no power in my blackberry so I could only snap one shot of Graham before my battery entered the red zone, so here it is:<br><br><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/wittier.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3758871 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:13:13 GMT Scott Wiebe Jessica Watson - an inspiration http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3737867 I don't know how many people in this hemisphere have been following the story, but I've been tracking Jessica Watson's attempt to become the youngest person (at age 16) to circumnavigate the globe by sailboat since I stumbled across an article on her a couple of months ago.  She actually only set sail on the weekend after months of prep.  There's been some controversy about someone as young as her being allowed to make such an attempt but for my part she seems prepared, skilled, and experienced, and I applaud her attempt.  <br><br>Though the sort of boating I do is very different, and the scale can't even be compared, I think there are some parallels.  For one I find that every time I hit the water for a paddle I'm confronted with an unexpected, absolutely breathtakingly beautiful moment in nature.  Sometimes it's a fish that suddenly jumps over the bow of my boat or a huge blue heron that glides through the air just feet away from me, other times it's the morning fog lifting from a glassy lake or a hidden white sand beach that appears around a coastline corner.  In yesterday's entry on Jessica's blog she described an unbelievable scene, which I've pasted below.  To go directly to her website you can <A href="http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/" target=_blank>click here</A> (from her site you can find a link to her blog).  The entry inspired me to plan a final paddling day trip to Lake of the Woods this weekend.  Can't wait...<br><br><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/jessica.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A href="http://youngestround.blogspot.com/2009/10/blues-and-pinks.html" target=_blank>"Blues and Pinks"</A> </H3><DIV class=post-header-line-1></DIV><DIV class="post-body entry-content">Today's been a quiet one out here. For a while again this afternoon we were completely becalmed again. I expected that it would frustrate me making so little progress but I really enjoyed the chance just to take it easy and start on a book between tweaking the sails. It's been so long since I've had anytime just to take it easy for a while and the freedom was amazing. No deadlines, nothing to rush off to, I can eat whatever I like whenever I like, no one to send me off to bed! It was pretty special this afternoon when the sea glassed right out, it was as if you could see right to the distant blue bottom apart from huge schools of jelly fish floating past. We even had a couple of dolphins drop in to say hi. The other unexpected visitor was a small plane who circled around overhead, just when I thought I was finally by myself!<BR>I've already discovered that a tidy cabin means a happy Jessica. I can only relax when everything on deck, in the cockpit and down below is in its place and ready for the unexpected. Right now the sun's setting and the sky's turned a shade of pink, exactly the same as Ella's Pink Lady , very pretty! So I might get the camera out before finding something to eat (I'm thinking sweet and sour lamb and then pancakes), getting Ella's Pink Lady ready for the night, then calling in for evening skeds.<BR><BR>Jesse </DIV> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3737867 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:24:17 GMT Scott new updates to personal training pages http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3734244 <P>I recently received some feedback that the formatting changes I made to the certified personal fitness training pages weren't easily viewable using some browsers and/or resolution set-ups, so I've edited the pages and reposted them.  Feel free to check them out <A href="http://www.thetrainingcoop.com/trainingcooppersonalfitnesstraining.htm" target=_blank>here</A>, and if you notice any formatting issues by all means let me know, though I trust everything is fine now.</P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3734244 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:33 GMT Scott Wpg Bike Shorts Film Festival - My Video Submission http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3733727 Well I finally got it done ... as requested by organizers of the <a target="_blank" href="http://biketothefuture.org/events/archives/2009/08/23/bike-shorts-film-festival-2009">Winnipeg Bike Shorts Film Festival</a> (20 Oct at the Cinemathique), I made a new biking video remix that they will be playing at the festival ... cool - yes ... scary - yes!<br><br>I'm glad I took the time to put this video together though rather than just giving them one of my previous ... I had fun making this one and I think it captures biking in Winnipeg in all seasons and conditions ... therefore the song choice and title:<br><br><font size="3"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uAUz-M5vM">Biking Winnipeg - Under The Same Sun</a></b></font>:<br><br><object width="660" height="525"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/80uAUz-M5vM&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/80uAUz-M5vM&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="525"></object><br><br><br>Cameo appearance of Scott and lots of Lori (of course!).<br><br>Enjoy!<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3733727 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:44:30 GMT Tom Altona CX race http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3732847 Earlier this week I was actually thinking of 'racing' in Altona (for real) in part because you don't need an MCA license to race it and I haven't purchased one this year, and as the calendar gets shorter and shorter it's becoming less and less appealing for me to spend the money on one, but instead I decided to enjoy a nice motorcycle ride down the Altona to spectate.  I took some pics of the A race but they didn`t all turn out - I discoverd that if I use the zoom on my bberry the pics suck.  So, if you`re looking at these pics and there are none of you I`m sorry.  I tried to get a pic of everyone racing but I`ve only posted the ones that turned out.  Here they are:<BR><BR><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center></P><DIV style="WIDTH: 480px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><EMBED src=http://w304.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/0e4b5242.pbw width=480 height=360 type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode="transparent"><A href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target=_blank target=_blank><IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif"></A><A href="http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/scottwiebe/?action=view&current=0e4b5242.pbw" target=_blank target=_blank><IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif"></A></DIV><P></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left>Kudo`s to everyone involved in putting on the event.  It again looked like a definate highlight of the cross season.  Congrats also to Graham who looked like he had a pretty good race out there.  Must be the bike.</P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3732847 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:14:37 GMT Scott Half Marathon PR http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3717325 Hey all, I haven't been on here much but Mark keeps me up to date on all your paddling, cycling, and gel-patching escapades. I'm always thoroughly impressed and inspired.<br><br>I just emailed Scott about training and realized I had forgotten to tell him about my Thanksgiving half marathon! So here's a little Twitter-style race re-cap from my Ottawa Fall Colours Marathon on Sunday:<br><br><b>Chilly morning, wind whipping the last vibrant leaves from the trees. Bright sunshine over a rolling course. Raced with two friends from Kingston, ON, and we all achieved personal bests: My goal was to break 2 hours, and I finished in 1:51:35, at an 8:30 min/mile pace. Previous best? 2:15:00.</b><br><br>I love that this whole site is basically devoted to shameless self-promotion. It assuages some of the guilt from doing the same on other (lazier) social networks! The whole shebang of pics, including ones of our friends, is on Flickr if you're bored. I'm in a white shirt and sunglasses: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoasthurrah/sets/72157622578377244/"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoasthurrah/sets/72157622578377244/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoasthurrah/sets/72157622578377244/</a><br></a><br>Jen<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=108704">TheTrainingCoop.com Main Board</a> http://thetrainingcoop.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3717325 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:09:56 GMT Jen