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	<description>Life is wonderful in Victoria; cycling, gardening &#38; raising our kids</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What I Like Most About Running&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is probably not what you think.
I run about twice a week, three times if it&#8217;s leading up to an organized run (TC10K or something similar), which I don&#8217;t do that often. I don&#8217;t run as often as I would like considering how much I enjoy it. I rationalize not running by telling myself that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glendale Gardens 30th Anniversary Speeches</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you weren&#8217;t able to attend the Glendale Gardens 30th anniversary celebration, here are the speaking notes from both Roger Charles (Executive Director) and Joanna Drewry (President).
Roger Charles (Executive Director, The Horticulture Centre of the Pacific)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
12 months ago I had never heard of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific or the Glendale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glendale Gardens turns 30</title>
		<link>http://www.viclife.com/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I attended the 30th anniversary celebration of Glendale Gardens, which is also home to the Pacific Horticulture College.  I have been visiting the gardens every couple of months for the past few years and had no idea it had such a rich history and vibrant back story.
The event was well attended (admission was free) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Footbutter anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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As I walked around the lower bowl of the festival the most wonderful scent caught my attention and lead me to the Rocky Mountain Soap booth where I met co-owner and manager Kazuyo Iga.
Franchise opportunity
Kazuyo worked in the Banff location for four years when in November of 2007 her and husband Scott decided to open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea from the Road that is Silk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who lived in Japan for eight years and regretfully never attended a Japanese tea ceremony, I was happy to attend the tea ceremony hosted by Silk Road Tea at the festival today, in the very authentic tea room.
The tea house was founded and built by TAKATA volunteers and is use exclusively for Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ground is Level and the Coffee is Organic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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I love coffee and I really love organic coffee (just read my Twitter profile). So I was happy to stroll up to a line of stainless steel urns full of direct, organic, fair trade, dark roast coffee under the Level Ground Trading tent.  Once the cheerful folks behind the coffee bar filled my cup, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daughters Be Good to Your Fathers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victoria Youth Triathlon 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TC 10K - Livestream via Blackberry</title>
		<link>http://www.viclife.com/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metchosin 5K</title>
		<link>http://www.viclife.com/?p=60</link>
		<comments>http://www.viclife.com/?p=60#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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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