Month: November 2021

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Marie is back, and so is the Santa Shuffle

One of the sure signs of Christmas in the Fraser Valley is the annual Salvation Army’s Santa Shuffle and over a decade the person at the head of this cornerstone community event is Marie Lashley. Marie has had another active year, not only as the race director but as a very enthusiastic runner herself. In our chat we find out about her local adventures over the past year, as well as this year’s Santa Shuffle.

The event is going to be held virtually and will be on December 4th and 5th. One of the exciting things about this year’s event is that all participants will be getting a technical running shirt. Here’s a chance to help out the community via your contribution to the Salvation Army and build up your family’s Christmas cheer as we head into a very special time of year. 15 minutes of Bing approved yakkange starts with the click of the button below.

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Fitspeek 144: Jamie Imai V.3.0

Exactly 100 episodes later, we check in with the dynamic Jamie Imai from Mission. When last we chatted, Jamie was attempting her first aqua-run. Since that time the whole world has changed and so has Jamie.

She can now add ultra-marathoner to her resume. After spending almost 30 seconds being bummed out because of Covid, Jamie started taking her adventures off-road on the mountains around Mission.

She found a like-minded group of fearless females and she found herself (that’s a story in itself) on the start line of her first ever trail ultra marathon back in September.

She took the challenge seriously. With meticulous preparation and consistent training, she was ready to go when the gun went off. What happened over the course of the next 11 hours and 55 minutes is the stuff of legend. Soggy shoes, blown legs, and missing pickles are all part of the story. A great story of overcoming adversity starts with the press of this button below!

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Fitspeek 143: Stronger than steel, sweeter than honey, faster than Hades.

This week on Fitspeek, we spend 45 minutes with one of Canada’s premier endurance athletes, Kelowna’s Meaghan Hackinen. This unstoppable athlete was prepared to go to California this fall to defend her crown as the World 24 Hour Female Time Trial Champion, then Covid struck! No, not her, but her boyfriend. She had to isolate after that and was unable to do the race.

With all that training done, and after all heath precautions were honoured, she wanted to see what she was capable of, so she found a route, did some planning, started riding, and then______! You’ll have to give the show a listen to find out what happened.

Fortunately these were about the only 2 things that did go wrong for Meaghan this year. In addition to improving her riding on the road, Meaghan (like many of us) found gravel and decided to take on one of the most demanding races in the province, the BC Epic 1000. Not that it was only 1000 K long, it was also held during that oppressive heat dome that we had back in early July. Hear about Meaghan’s conquests and more by pressing that button down here!