Favorite Tunes Today

Maybe you don't really want to know this but...it seems like a very BLOG thing to do so...here are my favorite MUST hear tunes today. These are songs/artists I have been playing over and over on my iPod when I am driving around all day or on my way for a bike ride etc...they pick me up and keep me bopping along regardless of the weather or what life throws my way. Go check them out on itunes...

Xavier Rudd. Can't believe I just discovered this guy...so great! Cross between Paul Simon and Ben Harper

The Shins. Old school euro sound that is light and mellow...love it in the car.

Kings of Convenience. Same idea but more Grapes of Wrath meets Jack Johnson somehow.

Garden State Soundtrack...anything here goes and you will find the Shins and KOC on this starpick of mine...always a classic.

And for those high energy fixes needed for vacuuming and cleaning windows...

Nelly Furtado's new disc. Promiscuous...Man Eater...etc...c'mon you can admit it is growing on you:)

What are your fav's for high energy?? email me: elmhealth@shaw.ca

S

1 Week to Persevere...

Rain Rain Rain! That is fall for you and it is time to get wet and go jump in some gooey mud puddles! Nothing makes you appreciate that hot shower and steaming mug of tea more than a good romp out in the rain. Don't be afraid...you won't melt I promise! Just grab the right gear and be sure to have some warm dry clothes in your car (and dry shoes) and you will be so happy to got out and played in the rain this fall!

Only 1 week to go until our annual Perseverance Trail Run: October 28th, 2007, Sunday 11:00am race start at Miners Park in Cumberland. This is a fundraiser for the Cumberland Community Forest Society...help us help them purchase and protect the forest for the future!! You appreciate nature...you like to walk, hike, bike in the trails...you want to preserve these special green spaces for the future so...please get involved! This is a joint venture with ELM and Extreme Runners and we are very passionate about it as you may have guessed by now. So, check out this link and hopefully we shall see you in Cumberland next Sunday!http://www.elmhealth.com/PerseveranceTrailRun.html

Sarah.

A Sad Day...

Denis Fontaine (left) and Richard Juryn at the MOMAR

The adventure racing community has lost two well known racers this past week. You have seen the news stories by now and have heard about the 2 men that lost their lives near North Van last week in a tragic kayaking accident. I have just learned their names and suddenly realize that I knew them...Although I did not know them personally, I had met Denis many times at races over the past years and he is impossible to forget...constant joker, always laughing and stirring up the pot. He will surely be missed by everyone he met in the racing community. Such a tragic loss.

"A dynamic life is a constant struggle against complacency."

MOMAR Pics

Kim and Tony looking serious...

ELM Gals plotting their course...

Kayak Bike Transition...cheering fans make me giggle...

Crazy Super Trooper Dudes...

Jeremy from Riding Fool comes 3rd!

This was a set up...they made me do it!

My Favorite Things...

Yuki...our 'son' who accompanies us on all of our hairbrained adventures, puts up with canoes, kayaks, up to his chin mud and protects us from the wild beasts of the west coast bush. Such a good boy:) Recently retired from a career in the mountains training for avalanche rescue and cruising the slopes, Yuki has lived up to his Japanese name...Snow Warrior.



Tesu...our brat of a cat who we love to hate and love to love. 90% angel and 10% pure diablo...we gave her the Japanese name for...'Trouble' of course. From just a few weeks we could see we were in for a bumpy ride but she has definately made us laugh as much, if not more than, cry over the past few years. Best advice was the spray bottle...

Photography...if I couldn't train another day I would turn 100% to my second passion...photographing nature and it's inhabitants...I hope you enjoy my photos as much as I enjoy taking them! Here is a shot titled: Balance. This was our homework assignment in this months 'Chicks who Click' course that I am taking with Karen McKinnon...check out her website for more inspiration...http://mckinnonphoto.squarespace.com/display/ShowJournal?moduleId=1378999&SSScrollPosition=247

Cheers,
Sarah.

Late Summer Recap...

Things have been busy busy around the ELM office since fall programs started in September so I have not had a chance to update the blog other than my MOMAR tales. We had a fun end of summer, start of fall and I wanted to share some of the highlights with you all...so here goes

Our summer trail running clinics wrapped up at the end of August with some wicked hill sessions in Cumberland and out at the Dam...here are some pics of our summer participants!
Adventure Running & Yoga-Fit...

Womens Only Trail Running at Nymph Falls...

Biking has been super fun this summer with my fantastic new Giant from Mountain City Cycles... Sunday Rat Ride...how many rats does it take to move a log???...

Then, of course, there was the GREAT NORTH of Manitoba where we spent a weekend in 'A Tourists Paradise' The Pas, Manitoba...

Flatland is an understatement...

Home via Lake Louise for a spectacular hike above the lake...

And the grand finale...2 weeks at our favorite surf spot...'secret' surf spot, that is.

Ciao for now...

S