Adventure Racing is back for it’s 6th year in Huntsville with the Frontier Adventure Challenge, schedule for Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Hidden Valley Resort.  Are you interested in learning more about the sport of adventure racing? Thinking about competing someday? Want to be part of an exhilarating experience? Join us as a volunteer!  A critical element of staging a successful adventure race is a dedicated team of volunteers on-site during the event. These individuals are a much needed source of information for support crews and competitors out on the course, as well as the reassuring and welcoming faces that teams first encounter when they arrive at a checkpoint or cross the finish line.  It’s also can provide you with a rare opportunity to get out on the course and cheer on your family and friends.  Simply stated, we couldn’t do it without you!  To learn more about the Frontier Adventure Challenge, how you can help, the rewards of being a volunteer and how you can register, please visit the web site at http://www.raidthenorth.com/volunteers.html

Canadian Shield erupting from the forest floor…mud bogs that will
swallow your bike…trails that snake through diverse forests sprouting
new green life…maybe sunshine, maybe rain…and 300 other crazies full
of anticipation at the start line.

Grab two friends or strangers, or go solo, and join us on Saturday, April
30 at the Hidden Valley Resort to kick off your summer adventure racing
season, as we take you off the beaten path in the Frontier Adventure
Challenge – Huntsville.

TOP-NOTCH COURSE DESIGN: After their noticeable performances in our 2010
season, we’ve handed over course design to Rob, Lowell & Mike of Team
Six Feet Under. Locals and experienced racers with incredible knowledge
of the area, they’ve put together a course we never would’ve thought
of – great new trails and forest, challenges for both the experienced
and new racer, and more mudholes than you can imagine! You’re going to
love it!

IMPROVED ACCURACY AND RESULTS: We heard your concerns! We’ll be sending
out a test team in the spring to ensure the course delivers. We’ll have
our CPs reviewed by a professional orienteering course-setter. And
we’re introducing SportIdent tracking so your results will be fast and
accurate.

WIN RACE DISCOUNTS: Top teams in each category, and the top solo racer,
are each rewarded with a 50% discount on the Fall Classic in September.

For more details, including registration, check out

http://raidthenorth.com/2011/Huntsville/index.php

If you are interested in having fun while improving your stroke and getting fit, come on out.  Tracey Stone will be on deck to help you achieve your goals. Whether it is improving your triathlon time or competing in the pool or just getting a good workout she’ll be there.

Where: Canada Summit Centre in Huntsville

When: Every Thursday night 7:30 – 8:30 from October 7, 2010 – June 23, 2011

Cost: $285.00

Contact Tracey Stone:

e-mail  –   christmas_tyme@hotmail.com

Phone –   (work) 789-4345

(home) 789-1736

Sounds like it will be a great race.  The family pass to Santa’s Village is worth it alone…nothing like sending your family to Santa’s village and you go for a run!  There is day care provided at Santa’s village…I don’t know if there is a cost or not (maybe Andre can respond….)

Here is a link to the newsletter outlining all the details.

Anyways, lets go out for a jog!

Rich

Six Feet Under: Mike Varieur, Steve Varieur and Rob Horton – ranked 7th in mens, 9th overall with a time of 4hrs 56 min.
Muskoka Bicycle Pro Shop: Fred van den Bulk, Sea Austin and Paul Jorgensen – ranked 8th in mens, 15th overall with a time of 5hrs 39min.
Second Wind: Louise Choquette, Barb Hesk and Monique Charlton – ranked 12th in womens, 63rd overall with a time of 6hrs 20min.

The race route had these teams paddling from Deerhurst across Fairy Lake in the pouring rain, through downtown Huntsville to Avery Beach. From there, they took mountain bikes up the steep Yonge Street hill, past the Rock Ridge Tubing Park and out the Yonge Street trail to Chubb Lake Road then out to a series of quad/snowmobile trails south of Otter lake. They then, dropped their mountain bikes at checkpoint 4 at the intersection of several snowmobile trails, and proceeded on foot to 3 trekking checkpoints in and around various beaver ponds. From here, they got back on the bikes and returned to Deerhurst along East Browns Road. All three teams chose to complete the advanced course which involved finding two checkpoints on the hill north of the Deerhurst pavilion.

Congratulations to all teams, particularly Muskoka Bicycle Pro Shop and Second Wind as this was their first race!

Photos of the Frontier Adventure Challenge.

On Sunday, May 2nd, many teams from Huntsville competed in the High School Adventure Challenge. While the official results haven’t been posted, unofficially, the Hoya Girls team comprised of Holly Jones, Robyn Klinkman and Sarah Johnstone placed 1st in their category! Congratulations girls!

Photos of the Highschool Adventure Challenge.

Thanks to all volunteers and to local athletes who participated in this great annual race.

Starting this Sunday, there will be a Learn to Run program being run through HEAT.  There have been some people that haven’t signed up to become HEAT members because they think that you have to be an “Endurance Athlete” to be a member of HEAT.  Au contraire mes ami(e)s.  One of the goals of HEAT is to draw people together and utilize this website as a way of facilitating exercise/endurance get togethers through the forums (see forums and register here for the forums so you get updates!).

This program is designed to be for people who are not runners and are interested in getting into running.  The whole program takes 13 weeks and is very gradual working through a walk-run program to a more sustained run.  It is time based and not distance based, and are designed to help people get a gradual introduction into running.

We hope that before each of the runs (as long as there are topics…) that we will have a local runner come and do a quick run talk to the participants and then

At the end of it all there will be a fun run for everyone involved as well as any other HEAT members that want to partake…probably some social thing afterwards too.

If you know of someone who would be interested in this activity, let them know that we will be meeting every week at the River Mill Park Pergola (thing with chairs) at 9am.

However, for the first week, we will meet at 5 Lorne Street (right by Huntsville Public).

Hence, the first week is this week.  So, MAY 2ND AT 9AM AT 5 LORNE STREET NORTH. Map: http://bit.ly/c4w3rq

Go to the “I am going running” for more details under the “Learn to Run” posting.

If you have questions, email me at rich@heatitup.ca.  Otherwise, see you on Sunday!

Rich

The only thing on my mind after Jennifer Brockett’s fast paced 2hr spin class was Food! 4 of us arrived at 8:15am, men on one side, women on the other, ready to take on her 2hr challenge. We weren’t 10 minutes in before the sweat puddle under my bike began to form – by 1hr it was spreading in all directions. Yeah it was a little gross, but strangely satisfying as you could monitor my effort level by the drip rate from my handlebars. No shirking in the back corner mister! After the class I read the notice in the change room asking members to use a towel on the cardio equipment – oh well.

Thanks Jennifer and Kym for opening the gym early this morning and for pumping out the rock and roll greats to keep us “motivated” for 2 hours.

If you missed this free spin class, don’t worry there are lots of other free classes at Motivations this coming week:

Wednesday 14^th April – Yoga for runners, 5:15pm

Thursday 15^th April – Pilates, 5pm

Friday 16^th April – Yoga for Athletes, 6:15am

Call 789-9435 or email motivations@bellnet.ca to reserve.

Rob.

Lorraine at Motivations Fitness has kindly offered four free classes to registered HEAT members coming up in the next couple of weeks.  Please call Motivations (789 9435) or email them at motivations@bellnet.ca to register for one or more of the classes:

Saturday 10^th April……………………..Two hour  Endurance spin ………….8:15am

Wednesday 14^th April……. …………..Yoga for runners ………………5:15pm

Thursday 15^th April …………………….Pilates ………………………….5pm

Friday 16^th April ………………………..Yoga for Athletes ……………. 6:15am

Signing up for one or more classes: Please make sure that you sign up at least 48hrs before the class

If you have to cancel for some reason: Please be courteous and call or email them if you aren’t going to make it.  It might mean that someone on the waiting list could get into the class.  Their phone # is 789-9435 or they can e-mail us at motivations@bellnet.ca.

Happy training….gotta love the sunshine!!!!!

Rich

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