HSBC Awards Day, Brunch, Lance, Dean & Argos!!!

On Saturday, Multisport Canada held their annual awards day at Endurosport. I was fortunate to pick up a nice award picture and plaque courtesy of Multisport Canada and Mike Cheliak. It was nice to see some familiar faces once again before the long wait until the start of the race season in 2007. To bad I won nothing in the season ending draw (but I won a Tri All 3 Bike Box last year so I can't complain).

John Salt and Jason Vurma outlined their plans for next year and I can't wait. The Welland race is coming back but to a new location, Bala Falls and the Toronto Island Tri/Du have been added. Lots of other cool plans in store too. These guys run the best race series out there and it is only getting better. I'd like to thank them for running such top notch races because I don't what I'd be doing with my weekends. In fact, I'm going through major withdrawal right now. Check them out at www.multisportcanada.com

I spent most of the time getting the "Rookie" set up with all of her necessary equipment that she will need to compete in Ironman Canada next year. The "Rookie" is a friend of mine that I've known for about 15 years now. She has never done a triathlon before but I somehow conned her into doing Ironman Canada. Yup, she is probably crazier than I am.

Sunday, had a massive brunch at the Hilton Suites hotel with "Goose". Lobster, crab, prime rib, you name it. 4 jammed packed plates later....and I'm stuffed. Oh yeah, toss in dessert too.

And what a great day for sports. My beloved Argos beat Winnipeg to advance to the Eastern Final vs Montreal. Lance Armstrong completed the New York Marathon in 2:59:35, and Dean Karnazes finished his 50th Marathon today in 3:00:36. But here is the kicker, he did 50 marathons in 50 days, and in 50 different states. Now that is nuts. So running 3 hrs in that last one is absolutely incredible.

Maybe one day, hmmm...........

Later
Hoss

Oh yes, congratulations to Scott Curry and Jodi Miller who competed at Ironman Florida yesterday. Scott finished 5th overall (8:45), and Jodi (HSBS Tri Series Announcer) finished the race in 12:45. Great work and enjoy your recovery with some nice pig out sessions.