Carthew Summit and Alderson Lake

Akemi and I attended the wedding of Ryan and Teresa, held in Waterton Lakes National Park.

East End of Rundle

It had been 4 years since I last went up East End of Rundle (or EEOR, as it is commonly called).

Windy Peak Hills and Hailstone Butte

These two destinations are across the road from each other, so it seemed like a good idea to tick off two targets in one day.

Beautiful Century, Nanny Goat

Every spring, it seems to rain more than it did the year before.

Mount Burke

I have a love / hate relationship with the Copelands.

2011 Scotiabank Calgary Marathon

Ran a marathon yesterday. Training had gone poorly due to an ankle injury right around the time I was supposed to do my longest training run. My longest training run had been a bit over 17km, so I was quite unprepared (ideally, would have been around 35km).

The intention was to complete in 4 hours, and up until the 30km mark, I was on pace to be pretty close. That's when the wheels fell off and I literally limped the rest of the way. Both calves and hamstrings started cramping up and I had to stop several times to stretch them out.

The course was fantastic, and it was great being able to run on Memorial Drive and Shaganappi Trail. The Shaganappi hill next to the Children's Hospital was great. Running through Varsity was a bit uninspiring as it was all through residential areas. I like running on long, open stretches. It would be nice if the course went back to the University of Calgary.

These were my split times:


10k - 57m30s
Half marathon (21.1k) - 2h01m43s
30k - 2h56m43s
Full marathon (42.2k) - 4h36m41s

My chip time was 4h36m39s.

Feeling okay today. Limping a bit, but I expect to be fully recovered by Wednesday at the latest.

Taylor Lake

The original plan was to try for Fairview Mountain, but a scouting mission the day before convinced us otherwise.

Crowfoot Pass

Rain rain go away ...


Simpson Pass

Back in February, when I was planning the trip to Egypt Lake shelter, one discussion that came up was the possibility of having to take an alternate route up to Healy Pass due to avalanche hazards along the southeast face of Mount Bourgeau.

Mount Black Prince

Spring skiing means early starts, north aspects, and crusty trailbreaking.