Notes from Bastion Ross

Dear Bastion

It was an eventful week last week and things don’t seem to be slowing down for a while. A lot of people were down in Victoria for the Half Iron and they came up with some excellent results including some by half iron newbies. The best overall result was by Team SKS of Sheila, Kim, and Sharon who won the female team title. Bill and Julie Benson placed sixth and second in their division and Team Frontrunners finished fourth in their division, 27th overall. But there were over 15 in total who gave their all with a number of top ten finishes. Three or four used it as a warm up for this weekend’s ironman at Couer d’Alene. Pray for them. There is also the popular short tri at Qualicum Beach this weekend. Look in the results page on the website Sunday night to see how everything went down. There was also the awe inspiring Kusam Klimb last week and an incredible showing by Gary Croome who finished 8th overall and Mike Mullaley who finished first in his division.
The July Nanaimo Gutbuster is a definite go, so you can train for that and not have to worry. They are always looking for volunteers, so if you can spare some time and like to spend it outdoors making others work, contact Dan Brady at danbrady@shaw.ca. There is going to be a concert afterwards featuring Blue Rodeo, Powder Blues Band, David Gogo, Rubber Soul featuring Billy Hicks and a number of local bands so it is shaping up to be a primo weekend. I am looking in to getting a run of Mt. Benson organized, if it is feasible to safely get up it, for Canada Day which is on a Saturday this year. I’ll get back with the results.

Thanks,
Ross