chris on August 9th, 2009

…is probably not what you think.
I run about twice a week, three times if it’s leading up to an organized run (TC10K or something similar), which I don’t do that often. I don’t run as often as I would like considering how much I enjoy it. I rationalize not running by telling myself that the […]

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chris on June 21st, 2009

I have good reason to feel grateful and blessed to be a father and to have two wonderful, healthy children, and I do. Then every year around this time my family (children and wife) remind me again just how very fortunate I really am.
The day started out with a delicious breakfast of waffles, fresh fruit, […]

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chris on June 17th, 2009

Kudos to Team West Coast for putting on just a magnificent event on Sunday.
This was the first youth triathlon we attended and the first our daughter participated in and we all had a wonderful time.The weather was perfect, the facilities (uVic) were top notch, and the event was supported by a very large team (about […]

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chris on April 16th, 2009

On April 26th our family of four will run the Times Colonist 10K in beautiful Victoria BC. Actual runners will be myself, my wife and our 8-year old daughter. Our 4-year old son will be enjoying the race from the comfort of the jogging stroller, which we will take turns pushing.
Kudos to Charriot for making […]

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chris on September 26th, 2008

Hana and I ran the Metchosin 5K race recently. It was her first official race.
She ran it in under 35 minutes and we came in 79th and 80th respectively. Not bad for an 8-year old.
79 8/12 F0112 34:36 735 Hana B.
80 1/3 M3039 34:36 732 Chris B.

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chris on January 23rd, 2008

This is one of my favourite pictures of Hana down in Sarasota, FL. We had some good times down there.
Hana on the rocks.

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chris on November 10th, 2006

Maki made my favourite meal; lasagna with real ricotta cheese and grape cherrys from our garden and blueberry cheesecake for dessert. The Japanese recipe, light and airy, mmm good!
And the most wonderful part was the beatiful birthday card Hana made for me. Once I figure out how to post images here I’ll do so.
So happy […]

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chris on October 26th, 2006

I’ve been planning to get this blog thing going for a while and wanted to get the first post right. Not sure just yet how far to open the kimono so will ease into it and see what happens. The reason I find Dooce interesting, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this, is that […]

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