RIP Mr Gordie Hockey

June 10, 2016 Maurice Leave a comment

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— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 10, 2016

The icon of hockey is gone. Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey is dead at 88. My father never was much for sports heroes, but Gordie Howe was the exception. He took great delight in the farm boy from Saskatchewan dominating the hockey world.

Gordie took care of himself, and this tweeted pic from Bob McKenzie of TSN shows off his physique. No wonder you didn’t mess with Gordie!

Unlike Ali who transcended his sport, Gordie became his sport – he became the temple at which we Canadians bowed to our hockey gods. We have lost a legend.

Where is his first statue going to be erected?

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No surprise

June 9, 2016 Maurice Leave a comment

Saw how Vancouver was declared the second most beautiful city in the world, beating out other world class cities like Venice (3rd), Paris (10th), and London (12th) .

The only other North American city in the top ten was San Francisco (8th). No other Canadian city made the list.

Just another accolade for the city ranked number 3 in the EIU’s world’s most livable cities list, and the number 4 spot in the Mercer’s Quality of Living rankings.

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The Best Getter

June 5, 2016 Maurice Leave a comment

The Best Getter is a race in the MEC Racing series, an inexpensive way to enjoy a good workout. For a measly 15 bucks you get to run your choice of 5k, 10k or half marathon distances, all with chip timing, well marked courses, and friendly supportive people. Afterwards there are free massages, free hydration and free snacks.

I was super thrilled with my run, especially considering how poorly I ran yesterday in the Run for H2O. I knocked over 5 minutes off my time from yesterday – admittedly a poor run by me, but still I ran the 5k in 32:15 and had a nice sprint to finish up strong. And for me that IS a personal best on a chip timed, measured 5k.

I really want thank Pam, not only for giving up her sleep to come with me, but for all the videos and pictures she takes! But more importantly, I was going to weasel out of this race because I ran (unplanned) in the Run for H2O yesterday, and we got up a little late. It was at her urging that I got my ass on the grass, and I’m really glad she did!

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Where there is water, there is life

June 4, 2016 Maurice Leave a comment

The Run for H2O events fund raise to complete projects around the world to bring fresh drinking water to communities that do not have easy access to water. They chose to run through our community this morning, so I when Bailey and I saw everyone lining up, we figured it was a cause we could support. The park where Bailey and I are standing in the photo is literally 3 minutes from our front door.

The video tells the tale of need, but the logic for running the race in our neighbourhood is terrific I think. We’re a new community on the water, so bringing water to another community just seems the right thing to do.

Pretty shocking way to have to live your life right? So we hurried home and changed into running clothes and got back over to support this great cause.

Bailey was a big hit there – everyone wanted to come over and pet her and she put on a heck of a show for everyone! See how she helped one of the young ladies checking people into the race?