The Week That Was

Well, well. Another week at All Canadian Fitness. Having more fun than anybody should have on a regular basis, we continue to change lives and figure out ways to push the limits of everyone we work (and play) with.

Eric Spearin, our football project, leaves for Montreal this weekend to play for Concordia University. This kid worked his a** off and will have a great training camp. Go for it.

Rob Braley, an old friend of All Canadian Fitness, returned from British Columbia as a National Champion! Rob led a local Burlington team to the Canadian Softball National Championship! 8 games in 4 days set a grueling pace, but the boys were up to it.

Rhona Waxman has returned from a trip to Scotland and has picked up where she left off before her holiday cracking everyone up every time she comes in for a workout. I really don't know how anyone can work so hard and laugh so much at the same time!

Speaking of hard work, Sheila (the Superhuman) and I finally completed the entire Navy Seal Challenge described below. Wow. Wow. Wow. Now THAT is a tough workout. In the process, however, Sheila ran her Personal Best Mile time of 6:49! Two weeks ago, she did it in 7:00 so a very nice improvement in a short period of time. Oh yeah, her shoe starting coming off 3/4 of the way into the mile. A little gentle "prodding" got her to continue and actually speed up with a blown tire. Not bad for a human.......

It has been so awesome getting back into running after having knee surgery last November that I have set a personal goal of running a mile in under 6 minutes. Back in my college football days, I had a personal best of 5:22, so anything in the 5:50- 5:59 range would be cool. I have no idea if it possible, but, I'll figure it out.

Besides Rob Braley, we have two other clients competing in National Championships this week. Kim Cullen and Kayl McCann are both going for the National title in "Dog Agility" Racing. Much tougher than it sounds, agility competitions include the task of controlling your dog at the same time that you tear around the obstacle course that your dog is running through. They have been training like crazy at The Studio and our fingers are crossed for both of them.