It begins for me, tomorrow. I go into the hospital and begin my pre-surgery preparation. I will be in the hospital for 5 days, though I only need to stay overnight for 2 days. What is ViaCyte? ViaCyte is a company out of San Diego. Their business is stem cell research technology. This particular trial
We left Vancouver around 3:30pm Thursday to make our way to Montana. We drove to Spokane and slept in a cheap hotel, then left Friday morning for Kalispell, Montana. The drive from Spokane to Kalispell was gorgeous! We went through Lolo National Forest between Idaho and Montana to get there. The event itself was in
I knew going in to this weekend that it would be muddy. Really really muddy. It was really muddy last year, and this was my 4th time at this venue. Somehow, when I’m out there, I feel like I made the best and worst decision. “Why did I choose to come here again, in the
What are the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC)? They are an independent organization who hold a world class series of obstacle course races, for which one needs to qualify. Independent as in, they are not affiliated with any particular obstacle course racing organization, such as the Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash, etc. Qualify
After completing my first accidental Spartan Race Super, next on my list was to deliberately race a Spartan Race Super. My race of choice: Spartan Super in Red Deer, Alberta. The first race in my life in which I had to board a plane (but not my last)! I chose this race because I had
Once upon a time in June, I declared that my club mates from Vancity OCR were crazy if they did BOTH races back-to-back on a weekend. And yet, how quickly I became one of these crazy people! It wasn’t something I had planned to do, it just sort of happened… So here I was, about
One of the fun souvenirs that one receives upon completing a race is getting a medal, or being given a race bib. A lot of the obstacle course races give out medals and headbands, and a lot of the road and trail running races give out race bibs. Some road/trail races do give out medals
Another double header weekend was happening in Seattle, and unlike the Beast & Super weekend in Seattle from 2016 that I was at, I did not volunteer on Saturday, the day before my race. I went down to visit a friend in Seattle and raced on Sunday. As much as I love volunteering, what I
I have most of my races already chosen and signed up for, because I wanted to keep with my 1 race per month frequency (which I started in August 2016 by accident). I wanted to select my races well in advance because a) I love being hyper-organized and b) I needed to know that races
A lot of my loved ones, workmates, people I meet along the way, have asked me “How did you get into obstacle course racing?” or subsequently “How can I get into obstacle course racing?” to which, the answers are quite similar. I first learned about obstacle course racing about 5 years ago. The first one