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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Running in the Family!

Cousin David Attwell is proof that madness runs in the family! He and brother Tim have both done the Comrades and have earned the physical and psychological scars that go with this run! Time will tell whether the Canadian cousins can pay homage to this feet by completing the marathon. Here we have David with 12 very long km to go! The people behind look like some sort of march of the dead; David has a look of determination, likely to stay ahead of this macabre bunch!

Monday, November 27, 2006

Happy 70th Birthday Dad!

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.

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.

More of the VC 2006

Happy Hallowe'en

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.

Andreas' Party

We had a little party for Andreas' birthday featuring a pinata and a lot of bourbon.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Jonathan

Jonathan is doing well and is getting visits 2, 3 or 4 times a day from his parents, sister, admiring grandparents, aunts and uncles. He spends most of the time sleeping, but every once in a while we have a chance to see him awake with his eyes open. Kristen is also doing really well and is happy to be home.