::FLORIDA FALL CAMP, etc.::

Greetings from the Pines Resort! Fall camp 2009 is well underway, this year's installment includes; kayaking, a new gym called Flex Fitness (RIP Melbourne Athletic Club), mega-hard causeway runs, and... this photo from Bernard "elbow-grease" Irvin. Check the RTP boat!

::NEW IRUN MAG::
There's a new issue of IRUN magazine on the shelves, and I had the pleasure of contributing once again... so if you're interested click and read! Also, a supplemental 4-part winter training guide for the first 10 clickers!! Okay, vankayak.com doesn't have the technology to control that, and I doubt we'll be hittin' double digits on the clicks so that's a jk... (just kiddin'!)

::AL GORE / DAVID SUZUKI DINNER::
Last week I had the privilege of attending a dinner which included lectures by David Suzuki and Al Gore. Suzuki is a childhood idol of mine, and of so many Canadian kids interested in science and the environment, plus he's wise and rad and funny and he doesn't give a crap what anybody says - original CBC punk rock. Al Gore was iconic, insightful, and inspiring. He is absolutely incredible, actually. Al Gore fought in Vietnam, Al Gore was the vice-president of the United States, and as he humourously puts it, he was the next president, too. Al Gore won an Academy Award, a Grammy, an Emmy, and the Nobel Peace Prize. Al Gore used to throw the discus while he attended Harvard, which was, incidently, the only college he applied to after highschool. He sits on the Board of Directors for a company called Apple, and is a senior advisor for another one called Google.

Al Gore is generous with his time, he took a photo with probably 200 people after the dinner, and he's generous with his books too, cause he gave each of us his new one called "Our Choice - a plan to solve the climate crisis". You can borrow it once I've read it.

Oh yeah, and that guy with me and Suzuki up there is Johann Olav Koss, he started Right to Play, and yesterday the Norwegian Speed Skating team named him as their assistant coach for Vancouver 2010. Congrats Johann!

Check back soon!
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