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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 8 Week 8: Get Ready for the Taper Two weeks to go until Seek the Peak - is everyone ready? With the start line inching closer, it’s time to start thinking about the taper - the time in a training program when we focus on less running and more recovery. It sounds like a dream for many, doesn’t it? Tapering allows your body to recover and regroup

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 7 Week 7: Arriving to the Start Line Injury-Free As I was climbing the Grouse Grind this weekend, I felt a slight pain in my right knee and thought of the worst. Was I feeling an injury surfacing? Thankfully, after a few more minutes of climbing, the pain disappeared and I returned to normal. With the countdown beginning for Seek the Peak (three weeks

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary The final countdown:  what you need to know Seek the Peak’ers - the final countdown is here! With less than one week to go until race day, it’s time to get prepared and stay relaxed ahead of June 14. All of your hard work and training is behind you, and you’re now ready to put it to the test. So what do you need to know for race day? The Grouse Grind For

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week Two Seek the Peak participant Nicole van Zanten is documenting her weekly training leading up to the big day. Have a read of her second training diary entry below:Week 2: Breaking The Route Into Three Pieces In Week 2 of the Seek the Peak training program, the recommended weekend run route is to begin at Cleveland Dam, tackle Nancy Greene and head

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Getting the Bees Ready for Spring We recently did our first full check-in with the bee hives after a long winter's rest!Since October the bees have been on their own at a low-land site in the Fraser Valley staying warm.  They produce extra honey near the end of the season to see them through the winter.  The Queen's lay special worker bees that will live longer than normal but stay in the hive

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Get Off the Beaten Path with O2X  #risehigher on July 11, 2015 Technical. Rugged. O2X is 838m (2,750 ft) of elevation gain over 8 km.Registration is open for O2X Summit Challenge - a primal trail race for runners tackling a professionally designed course. Starting at the base of Grouse Mountain, racers trek across multi-pitch rock scrambles, rivers, steep glades, streams and other naturally

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 6 Don’t forget the stairs…We’ve entered the 30-day countdown to Seek the Peak. Are you ready? Quick check-in for this week as my training weekend revolved around the Grouse Grind and Nancy Greene, where I was once again reminded just how many stairs there are on this route. As you climb through Capilano and onto Nancy Greene, the grind of the race

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Thanks for a Great Winter A Look Back as Winter 2015/16 Comes to Close. What a great winter! With strong snowfall, great grooming and lots of clear days, as skiers and riders winter 2015/16 will go down as one of our favourites. We didn't limit the fun to skiing and riding, though. New for winter were the Sliding Zone and stunning Light Walk. Snowshoers and skaters also reveled in a wonderful

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 3 Week 3: Nancy Greene Way and Cross-TrainingLast week I made reference to three mental and physical challenges that runners will be faced with during Seek the Peak, the most challenging of which is Nancy Greene Way. That is a personal opinion of course, and mostly because I recently completed the climb for the very first time. Ouch! This portion of

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Don’t Delay, Y2Play is 70% Sold! Y2Play sales over Spring Break have been swift and we’re now at 70% sold. Get your Y2Play pass and enjoy great spring skiing through April, including a chance to watch contestants strut their stuff at next weekend’s Red Bull SlopeSoakers Ultimate Slush Cup event. When the snow starts to fall again, pick right up where you left off as your Y2Play pass includes all

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