Happy Halloween

Hi !

Today us North Americans celebrate Halloween. Here are some pictures of Makaiya and others dressing up. Makaiya sure collected a lot of Candy.

Bye for now.

Doug

New range finders!

Hi!

I have caught a cold. Bummer!

I do have some new news. I bought a couple of range finders for getting distances from Gate to gate. I can tell you the exact distances. You can then get a feel for what the feel is like for certain distances.

Bye for now.

Doug

Atlantic Lobster feast

Hi !

I hope all of you are doing well.

Our family had a good weekend. My my ex ski racing friends in Penticton had a party. They ordered in fresh Lobster from the east coast. We were all to bring a dish and a bottle of wine each to share with all. Probably 60 people were there in total. My friends family actually owns a winery so there was lots to drink. The meal was fabulous! We also had a dance party which was very fun. I haven't danced for years!

I have been very active with Makaiya. Bike riding, playing catch, climbing, gymnastics, and some circuit training. We have both enjoyed it very much! I did not have much time in the summer to do things like that with her.

Bye for now.

Doug

Sunday home work day!

Hi All,

It was a cool but sunny day here in Kelowna. Makaiya, Chrissy and I worked outside, cutting the lawn, and raking up the first fallen leaves of the season. We take all the leaves to the city dump. the dump has special area for all waste. Lawn, and compost, waste construction wood, metal, plactic , glass, paper, and so on. The plastic, paper,and compost is free. The other cost money to drop off. If you have a normal size truck full it usually costs $6 Canadian. Of course we have a our normal pick up once a week at our house.

Later we all went for a bike ride on the green way. It is a walking and biking path that runs beside Mission creek. It is great for a easy run or bike ride. Relatively flat.

I Purchased a range finder for Accel's pole setting. I will let the group know what distance we are training each session this winter.

Bye for now.

Doug

Hi From Doug

Hi!

My life has been pretty much work , work ,work! I am now on the 8th floor of the apartment building I have been working on. 2 more to go. I will be able to finish it off by the time I leave for Japan.

I am very driven to perform and want to share a few things I have noticed in myself. Over the summer when I did not have a clear time when I wanted to finish the unit I took much longer. When I Had a clear goal of when I wanted to finish I made it happen. I worked with more urgency, I was more organized ( I have a step by step preparation plan for each unit). The first unit I did took me 2 and a half days. Now I am down to 1 day. Although, that is pretty much no breaks over 9 hours. I like pushing myself. Continually see how I can make things better.

The same should be done with your training and racing. Set goals and make a plan to make sure it happens. The more you prepare the better chance you have to reach it. And push yourself to always reach a new personal bench mark of excellence.

Bye for now.

Doug

PS The pictures are of the buiding I am working on and of the next one they are building. They are using steal studs in them. No wood.