Monday, November 27, 2006
A great party!
We celebrated Dad's 70th birthday in style with a big party attended by all the kids, their partners and all the grandchildren, except for Jonathan who is days away from being released from the special care nursery. To add to the fun we had a real snow storm, which happens in Victoria every few years at most! As Uncle Buddy (Geoff) said, if you don't have a white Christmas at least you'll have had a White 70th! We had a 350 slide powerpoint including wonderful messages from the Attwell clan in York, UK and SA.
The Runner in the Family
Everyone knows there is only one runner in the family, and that is Tim! Tim has run the Comrades several times and the following picture is proof. My friend Magnus Verbrugge plans to run the Comrades at some point, he recently completed the Marathon des Sables (www.darbaroud.com). He and Tim would understand each other when discussing matters concerning running such as prolonged pain, a lack of toenails and hallucinating after 10 hours of fun on the road.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Royal Victoria Half Marathon
Well, a first attempt at a half marathon yielded a time of 1:57:38. Not bad, looking to get it down to the 1:50 range before getting more ambitious.
Victoria Cup 2006
The 10th Annual Victoria Cup was held at Victoria Golf Club, for which the trophy is named. We were lucky to have good weather, particularly for the end of October. The battle for the fabled and ugly mug was close with three different leaders on the back 9 on Sunday but in the end Gary Baerg repeated as champion beating Jonty by 2 and Rob by 3 strokes. Next year will we're going to Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.
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