Santa shuffles ... and shuffled he did

A very successful inaugural Santa Shuffle was held earlier today amid glorious sunshine and almost balmy temperatures in Brackendale, followed by a hot brew at The Bean.

More Shuffling Photos

Squamish 50/Relay/21km .. Aug 11, 2012

After a one year hiatus, the signature trail running event is returning in 2012 with a few changes.

First, there's an option for a 50 miler for solo or relay teams. Second, there is a 21km solo option. That's it.

Some pricing: $US75 for solo 50 entrants, $35 for 21k-ers. These are prices til the end of December. The start, for the 50miler, appears to be near The Spit with the finish downtown.

http://www.squamish50.com/index.html

Promotions

First 50 participants to register and pay in full (solo or relay) will be entered to win!

• UltrAspire Surge running pack (value $115)

First 100 participants to register and pay in full (solo or relay) will be entered to win!

• Montrail Mountain Masochist trail shoes (value $120)

Titans Tweet

As requested .. you can now follow our 'tweets' .. @squamishtitans .. 

It's all part of the social networking learning curve as we reach out in as many ways as we can. Thanks for the suggestion Patrick.

Inaugural Titans Santa Shuffle

The first annual Titans Santa Shuffle...let's make it happen! 

Tossing around the idea of next Sat or Sun (Dec 17th/18th) at 9:00 am, meet at The Bean in Brackendale in your best Christmas pajamas for an easy group run/shuffle followed by coffee at The Bean. 

See the discussion begun by Kathryn on FaceBook. 

AGM News: New Board

A new board was elected last night.

First we want to send out huge thanks to four long-serving executives for their tireless efforts the last few years. The club has never been stronger than it is today.

Our departing from the board executives are Vicki Haberl, Sara Hamilton, Rich Rawling and Heather Sidsworth.

While departing from the board, Rich has set himself a March deadline for a revamp of our website.

New to the board are Richard Avedon-Savage, Andrew Clegg, Dekek Gagne, Nicole McRae, Yi-khy Saw and Leah Stadelmann. Volunteers are key to our success.

And finally the executives who are transitioning from 2011 to 2012 include Graham as president, Kathryn who become vice president and membership director, Roger, Susanne and Tim. 

As a result, the 2012 board has expanded by two to 11 people. 

WANTED: 5km Run Coordinator

We are looking for someone to put up their hand and 'run' our "It's not a race 5k" Series in 2012.

What we'd like is to expand the event to at least six timed efforts from four last year.

Roger is open to discussing and advising on what he did this past season.

We'd like the first one to be held in late January so don't hesitate or this opportunity may be lost.

Coach Troy on the 'off-season'

Coach Troy Jacobson offers some insight into your off-season training

Published Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Off-season. What in the world does that mean anymore for an Ironman triathlete? Is there such a thing as an off-season nowadays ... or does one phase of your training blend into the next, so it seems like there is just one continuous in-season? Confusing, right? Well, I'm going to confuse you a little more as well as, hopefully, give you some clarity at the same time.

Originally from: http://ironman.com/training/coach-troy-jacobson-offers-some-insight-into-your-off-season-training utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ironman%2Ftopstories+%28Ironman.com+Top+Stories%29#ixzz1g6okGHRc

Test of Metal - local registration tonight

A reminder Test of Metal locals sign up is tonight starting at 6pm. There are 200 spots available. 

A local is defined as someone who lives between Furry Creek and Darcy, BC. 

If you miss out tonight, general registration is on January 1st.

Registrations will only be accepted on-line through the Test of Metal website at
www.testofmetal.com

For those of you who can not get enough racing in Squamish, there are four other great races ahead, Orecrusher in May,  Gear Jammer and Flow (downhill) in July and Just Another Bike Race in August.