Lisa Bentley's Blog entry from 12/15/09

End of Season Party

 On the last weekend of November, we had a little end of season party with the local athletes that we coach. Everyone came ready to run. We split into pairs and each pair had one mountain bike. The race is called a Ride and Tie whereby the pair must do the 6 km trail run/ride sharing one mountain bike. So, for example, let’s pretend Dave and I are partners (which we were) – he started the race on the bike and I ran. He biked for a few minutes and then he dropped the bike on the side of the trail and he started to run. Meanwhile, I am running and as soon as I see the bike, I stop running and start to ride and ride past Dave and then drop the bike and start to run. Then he rides. So it is like running intervals with bike intervals thrown in.  Rich and Heather Pady added a baby jogger in for good measure and did not take a mountain bike while Matt did the whole run using Dave’s shoes and clothes. 

The champion team was Jen Cooombs and hubby Mike Amaral – we picked them as the team to beat and sure enough they were on fire. The team of Tyler and Jody were 2nd. The Bob and Bryan squad stole our mountain bike and so they were demoted to 4th! Cracker and I were last but moved up to 3rd after the Bob/Bryan naughtiness but in reality we were  ”the munters” .. but thankfully still ahead of the baby jogging duo of Heather and Rich.  

Then it was back to the house for some chili and to watch the Grey Cup and re hash strategies for next year.

And by the way, the 2XU and Lisa B Sale went off well last weekend. We were able to raise $500 for the Adult CF Clinic at St. Michael’s hospital. Look for a 2XU sale in the spring with jackets, running gear, sublimated bike gear, tri suits and some wetsuits for sale at great prices.