Meet our new member of the family Kaiya, She was born Jan 13 2012 and we brought her home March 18 2012. She is an Alaskan malamute ( Sled dog ) and is a registered pure breed. Both her mom and dad are champion show dogs and come from a great bloodline which includes her Grandfather who was North American champion! She is registered as Spiritrun Snow Princess and is owned by my daughter Victoria, but Kaiya will be the family dog with everyone taking interest in her welfare. If she turns out like the breeder expects, she might be put in shows to up her pedigree and maybe win a few certificates and ribbons.
Besides puppies, my training has bee spuratic, but was able to get out on some nice 30km rides outside as we have had some nice summer like weather over the past two weeks, I even got out a couple of runs and of course my regular 1-2000m swims. But now we got a weather check and it's been cold the last few days but will be warming up again to normal temps of 10C-14C So hopefully Saturday I will get out on my bike again.
Sorry for the lack of post over the past while, I've just been lazy, and am still nursing my back, But I fully intend to get my ass in gear and start doing more training as my sciatica has been getting better and I've started to do a little running since I do have a half marathon in May to train for. lol
I'm not taking these events serious, I'm just doing it for fun with the wife, oops, I mean with MY wife! I know how women hate that term. lol who is determined to beat me in both of these event, and told me I'm not allowed to do any more run training then what I have been doing! which is non! lol Ok, I said with a smurk, but you still won't beat me!! :)
The Polar bear dip was also covered by our local paper which was focused on Jennifer and her support for her charity. if you look close that is me in the bottom corner watching her twist.
I did the Barrie Winterfest polar bear dip this Sunday and not only did I go in first again, I invited Jennifer Robinson ( Olympic figure skater and 6 time Canadian ladies Champion ) to join me as the first dipper!! and I was also one of the last dippers as I went in for a second dip at the end......I also raised some money for RVH Cancer center and my 52km Lake Ontario swim in Aug 2013. ....It was a good day! :)
I had my camera on a tripod while I went in and one of the lifeguards was standing in the way blocking most of the view.
Here is the you tube link of the video I made.
Oh! And, I made the Barrie 6pm news clip for the fifth or 6Th year in a row for the polar bear dip! Wooo! ...Albeit it was like for 3 seconds or so this time, and the focus was on Jennifer Robinson doing her double twist into the water! .....Damn! If i thought about it, it would have been cool if I thought of doing a double twist in sync with her, being the springboard diver I am!
We are getting a new pup! A breeder friend of mine Jennifer Remazik, who breeds Alaskan Malamutes at http://www.spiritrunmals.com/ (which are dog sled dogs) and also shows and races her dogs, had a new litter and I made the mistake of showing the pictures of the pups to my daughters and Joanne! Well Joanne and i are on board about not having another dog after Amber our beagle died last May, but the girls and specially Victoria went nuts about getting one of these dogs! So Joanne and I gave in on the condition they pay for the dog, plus buy the food and care for the dog, specially walking the dog every day, as these dogs need lots of outdoor running a there are bread as a working dog whether it is pulling sleds or hiking trails carrying back packs etc. The are a magnificent dog and very strong and intelligent and need to be well trained.
So as it stands, this will be Victoria's dog, which Melissa will finance until Victoria pay her back, Ahem! lol...... but the dog will still be the family dog as Victoria and all my kids for that matter still live at home.
The girls will be going up to the breeder, Jennifer at http://www.spiritrunmals.com/ weekly to check on the pups as we won't be able to bring one home until they are fully weened and they learn a little socializing from the mother dog, as well as the Jennifers other dogs to teach the pups how to behave with no biting and intermingle etc.
There are 6 pups in this litter 3 males and 3 females, and we will be getting one of the females, but not until Jennifer decides on her choice of keeping any of the dogs, so we can't pick ours yet for a few more weeks and we won't be able to take our pup home till the first week of April at the latest, hopefully sooner.
Pups after about a week
Video of pups at two weeks, eyes open, starting to walk around and talking....
The funeral was nice and Elizabeth Farkas Wilson has been laid to rest. It was also nice to see some old faces and talk of old times, to bad our reunions are only at funerals or wedding.
Now time to focus back on training....
So lets see? were did I leave off? ....
Oh Ya! riding my bike on the trainer, which is sitting in the middle of my living room. Yee Ha!
Still no rec pass,so no swimming. It's only been a month! I won't lose much fitness?
Still to cold to run outside! for me! So no running......When will Winter end!?!?! ..even though it's been a mild winter with not much snow. Hehehe
Woo Hoo! it's almost Feb and only six weeks until Spring!!! It won't be long before I get the bike out on the road again, and maybe do some running to!
I miss swimming. I hope Joanne get a job soon so she can renew our rec pass! So I can get back into the pool....How will I be able to swim across lake Ontario if I can't practice my swim? ...I guess I'll have to do it the same way that I did my Ironman, without allot of training and being stubborn like a mule! Ya! thats it!!
I just got word my God mothers oldest daughter Elizabeth Wilson Died today! She was only 60 years young. The funeral will be on Thursday Jan 26.
When my parents emigrated from Hungary to Canada in 1956 they met on route with another couple Teresa and Alex Farkas and became best friends ever since.
When my parents got settled and working steady in the early 60's, bought their first house in North York, a suburb of Toronto, The Farkas's also bought a house around the corner from us just because their friendship was that strong! Both my Brother and I grew up with Liz and Katy, Liz's younger sister. I have great memories playing with Liz and Katy as a kid.
My heartfelt condolences go out to Ed Wilson, Liz's husband and family! ...Dame! this is sad. RIP Elizabeth Wilson (Farkas) : (
My posting here will be sporadic until I finish my new journey to swim across lake Ontario
You can follow me on my new web page Josef's journey continues, where I will be posting my weekly adventures and training from now on until my Lake Ontario swim in Aug 2013 Here ...http://josefsjourneyswimacrosslakeontario.blogspot.com/
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