Here I am after yet another long break from blogging. Hopefully I can manage to stick with it this time. Since you last heard from me I’ve finished my courses at school and gotten involved in way too many extracurricular activities, from school-related committees to more exciting endeavours… like triathlons!

Vancouver is an extremely fit city. Everywhere you look you see joggers, cyclists, and hikers. Somehow, the ultra-fit Vancouver lifestyle must have managed to rub off on me because when my friend Leah asked me to enter the UBC mini triathlon with her in March, I said “ok”! The mini triathlon (400m swim, 10k bike, 5k run) got me hooked and I made a rather limited attempt at training before entering a sprint tri (800m swim, 20k bike, 5k run) over the May long weekend. Despite rainy weather and my lacklustre training record, I had a great time doing the race. I managed to finish it AND I didn’t place last in my age group, so I met my two main goals.
Now I’ve jumped into training a bit more seriously and have got a calendar full of events planned for the summer. I’m even doing a 10k this coming weekend! I’m a pretty awful runner (the swim and bike sections of the triathlon are much more fun in my opinion) so this 10k is going to be a huge challenge for me.

Here’s my summer sporting itinerary:

June 4th – Sandcastle City Classic (10k run)
June 11th – Conquer the Point (5k run)
June 25th – Scotiabank Vancouver 5k (5k run)
July 1st – VOWSA Canada Day Challenge (2k open water swim)
July 22nd – Abbotsford Triathlon (sprint tri)
August 6th – Bridgetown Triathlon (sprint tri)

I saw Wynne’s post about the HBC 10k and was keen to add that to my list as well, but it turns out it’s on the same day as my open water swim. And I’d definitely much rather swim 2k than run 10k.