Slornow's and Wannabefaster's Summer Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 37)

Nancy-could not get the link to work.

Melissa/Jason-good luck tomorrow.

Yes, I'm here... high and dry -- quite thankful that we bought a house up in the hills!  Though our internet was knocked out for 24 hours hence the lack of posting.  (the horrors!)   Family is fine although my wife's nephew and his wife live in the mandatory-evacuation area -- fingers crossed about their house.

The impact on the affected areas (downtown core and surrounding neighborhoods, other towns in the area particularly Canmore) has been quite shocking to see.  Nearly 100,000 people evacuated from their homes, the Saddledome (NHL hockey arena) is flooded up to row 17, the zoo is having to move animals, highways are destroyed... wow.  The Banff Marathon was supposed to be today, but was cancelled.   I flew in from Houston yesterday afternoon and got to see an aerial view of the flood -- quite a sight.  The worst seems to be over in Calgary, but lots of rebuilding -- and still plenty of downstream communities that still are under threat.

Today was the first day in a while with some sun -- you should have seen all the cyclists on the road!!  I went out last night for a short ride, but got caught when the rain started up again.  Will try again tonight.

Melissa -- best of luck tomorrow -- do it for Alberta!

Jason -- I practically grew up in Mont-Tremblant -- that was my family's go-to ski hill so I spent many winters there.   Hope you're getting a chance to enjoy the area before the race.

Nancy -- way to go!   Race report race report race report...!

Dave -- good luck (or way to go -- can't remember if you were racing today or tomorrow)

Scott.

Melissa is off, and she's done with the swim -- 1:04:49 -- holy cow!  

I think at that speed, she's creating a wake behind her 

Melissa is over halfway through the bike. She is a strong swimmer and showed it today.

Looks like the pros just went off in Jason's race.

Going to be a long day for me.....both races are showing distances in KM for bike and run. Not fair for me to have to do math on the weekend trying to calculate km to miles.

Nancy -- yes, Jason Adams.  Finished the swim in 37:xx.

Randy -- consider it payback.  The mentor group has lots of km hounds (Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, etc.) -- you're only going through the same mental ju-jitsu that we suffer every day.     

Besides, it sounds so much faster... last night on my bike, I hit a top speed of 71.2 -- I bet most of you mph folks would be scared to go that fast!

He blistered through the first 10K or so!  

Thanks for all the updates guys! I don't have easy access to the IM site so it is really helpful to be able to check here!  Go Melissa!  Go Jason!

I have another friend doing IM C today -- so much to catch up on!

Jason is done -- and holy cow, did he ever blister through the final split!

6.1 km in under 20 minutes -- must have been super motivated to crack the 5 hour barrier!  Final time is 4:53:58.  Congratulations Jason!

Melissa is halfway done her marathon, and seems to be pretty steady so far -- just under 2.5 hrs for the half marathon -- only another HM to go!