Jericho beach, party for Erika, and a nice surprise

So, I missed yet another group run this weekend... 


I think there was supposed to be a run in Portola Valley, but I opted to get on a plane on friday evening, fly to Vancouver and hang with my peeps.  It was Erika's 29.758904^th birthday party. You see, Erika's birthday is too close to to Christmas so she never gets a good party.  Paul got her good.


I got to see most of the Vancouver crew, and my GOD is there a lot of breeding going on in my particular group of friends.  Randy & Lindsay have Wyatt (less than a year old), Craig & Dawn have Alexandra (less than a year old), Troy & Anne have Austin (less than a year old), Jason & Jenny have 2 kids.  I was honestly afraid to drink the water at the party.... so I drank plenty of beer.  Seems pretty reasonable. 


Anyhow, one of the best things about coming to Vancouver for the weekend was the opportunity to stay at Tyler & Erin's place in Kitsilano.  In between the torrential downpours of the weekend, I got to don the sneakers and run out along the magnificent coastline of Vancouver.  It's nice to be from a place like this.


Anyhow, here's the run route.

I'm really digging runkeeper.  It's an iPhone app that tracks my route, pace, etc.  I'm sure this run will have cost me about $40 in overage fees from the bastards at AT&T.


Oh yeah, one of the fantastic things I discovered last night.... For ESPN's 30th anniversary, they're doing 30 documentaries.  One of these documentaries is on Terry Fox, who as aforementioned is one of the greatest people in Canadian history (along with Tommy Douglas).  Steve Nash, thank you for creating a documentary on one of my heroes.  Check out Into the Wind, premiering tonight in Canada on TSN2, and in the states on 9/28.  ESPN's 30 for 30.

Steve Nash and Ezra Holland take a look at the story of Terry fox and how he motivated the world by running across Canada in 1980 despite having his leg amputated three years prior when we was diagnosed with osteosarcoma.

That's all for now.  Watching about 4 games simultaneously with Craig and Randy right now.  I'm looking forward to getting home tonight.


Dave