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The province has approved the City of Campbell River’s application for a three per cent hotel tax. The tax, which will be applied to sales of short term accommodation, including hotels, motels, resorts, bed and breakfasts, cottages and cabins, will go into effect on March 1. Mayor Andy Adams said the hotel tax will help take some of the financial pressure off the city when it comes to tourism initiatives. “This tax paid by visiting guests will provide a significant source of funding to support tourism promotion, especially given all the major events planned for 2017,” said Adams in a release. The city is playing host to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention (AVICC) in April, as well as the BC Elders Gathering in July and Tribal Journeys in August. The hotel tax is expected to generate in the range of $250,000 annually which matches the amount the city will continue to contribute each year for local tourism marketing, programs and projects.

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Andrea Knowles, with Tourism Campbell River and Region, shows off some of the new merchandise during the Visitor Information Centre’s grand re-opening last spring. The Visitor centre will be temporarily relocated to the Museum at Campbell River starting in January.

City Manager Deborah Sargent said when the city submitted its hotel tax application to the province in the summertime, that staff included a petition, signed by a majority of hotel and motel operators in support of the tax. The initiative is part of a new five-year tourism strategy developed by the city and its consultants. A new Tourism Advisory Committee, made up of the following members of the public: Clint Buchholz, Harley Elias, Erin Neely, Wayne Nikolaisen, Tom Olsen and Carly Pereboom,

will guide the strategy. Non - vot i ng volu n teers on the committee include Heather Gordon Murphy (representing the downtown business area), Dave Hamilton from the Chamber of Commerce, Dean Prentice, Jonathan Shead and Sukhy Bains (all representing accommodation providers) and Rose Klukas, the city’s economic development officer. Visitor centre on the move As City Manager Deborah Sargent indicated to the Mirror in October, the Visitor Information Centre will be relocated

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One of the community’s major sewer lines will be replaced in the next few years but one councillor thinks the city is making a mistake. The forcemain, which runs along the waterfront from Rockland Road to where it discharges sewage into a collector manhole near the Maritime Heritage Centre, is nearing capacity and putting stress on the pump system. Jennifer Peters, the city’s utilities manager, said the “critical piece of infrastructure” was built in 1972 and “is in need of replacement due to condition and to accommodate growth in the southern portion of the community.” During financial planning sessions earlier this month, council budgeted $300,000 in 2017 for design work, another $6 million in 2018 and $5 million in 2020 to replace the sewer forcemain. But at last week’s Monday council meeting, Coun. Larry Samson said he’s concerned the city isn’t thinking long term. “I have serious concerns,” Samson said. “I have concern that we’re not planning for the future.” Specifically, Samson said it appeared from a McElhanney consultant’s assessment report that the city’s allowance for population growth was too small and that if

Area D, which voted down joining the city in order to get city sewer service, changed its mind, the city wouldn’t be able to accommodate the extra homes. “My concern is we’re putting in a line that is not going to have the capacity to carry us into the future,” Samson said. “Miracles do happen and if all of a sudden Area D decided to join…will this have the capacity to accommodate that growth?” But Ron Neufeld, deputy city manager and general manager of operations, said that in 2008 an original study was done on a new design based on a population growth of 46,830 people. He said that the model currently being looked at was changed slightly but the number of people is similar at 44,590. “So it’s been a very small adjustment to the numbers, although the areas that could potentially contribute are different,” said Neufeld. Meaning that the anticipated growth locations are different now than they were in 2008 when the study was banking on Area D joining the sewer system. Now, the study is focused around potential growth around the Jubilee Parkway area, the area immediately south of Jubilee and possibly increased industrial activity near the airport and Jubilee Parkway, though Neufeld stressed none of those are guarantees. What will change significantly is the concept for the sewer main. Instead of twinning the existing line along the beach, council last week approved a new route along the highway. Peters said the McElhanney report found “significant con-

cerns with the beach route that introduces significant risk to the project and the future operation and maintenance of the pipe.” According to the report, the original dual forcemain concept, with a seasonal walkway elevated 2.0 metres above mean sea level, has its challenges. “With sea level rise predictions, the walkway would be inundated and unusable for greater parts of the year, until it will likely be predominantly submerged on a daily basis even during the low tide season. This will render the walkway unusable at anytime, and will also make any required repairs very difficult as well,” the report says. Provincial guidelines in place for development within near shore environments provide a median prediction of a one metre rise in sea levels by the year 2100 and as much as 0.5 metres by the year 2075, which is just beyond a 50-year planning life span for critical infrastructure such as the new sewer forcemain. The McElhanney report states that in order to address sea level rise, the city would need to construct a significant embankment, at a minimum of five metres, to allow year-round access to the forcemain pipes. Such foreshore construction, however, is inconsistent with the city’s Sustainable Community Plan which guides development and city growth. The highway route also wins out in a cost comparison. The beach route is estimated to cost more than $14 million, which includes contingency and allowances, compared to going along the highway, which comes with a price tag of more than $11 million.

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The Campbell River School District (SD72) has received word that one of the two grants they applied for in October for bolstering trades training has come through. At the Oct. 18 meeting of the Board of Education, assistant superintendent Ne ven ka Fair told the board the

district was “crossing their fingers” for a grant which would “expand the opportunities for our students to work in the trades.” That grant was to fund the “Shoulder Tapper Program,” which “pairs career coordinators or recruitment specialists with elementary and secondary school students to point them in the right direction with greater mentorship and positive

career input,” according to the government. They received $17,500 from the province’s Shoulder Tappers Program. School District 84 – which serves the communities of Gold River, Kyuquot, Tahsis and Zeballos – received both sets of funding, giving that district $22,500 to put towards trades training. The government says

the awarding of the $5,000 Skills Training Access Grant to SD84 “supports student skillstraining development right at home by bringing mobile training units to the Vancouver Island West School District. Also, throughout the district, schools are offering small skills-training classes to ensure students receive the attention and opportunities they need to succeed.”

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And so, another Christmas. The shopping is just about done (for me anyway, other people I know have long been finished). The charitable campaigns are all but over. We’ve even had a dump of snow. Maybe it will hang around long enough to qualify as a white Christmas...but not likely. So, now it’s that moment that I like. That moment when Christmas “hits.” Up until now there’s all the preparations and things like the annual church Christmas dinner, the work Christmas party, the daughter’s school events, picking up the son from the airport, a visit to the sister-in-law, cards to the relatives, wrapping the presents I’ve already got, finishing the Christmas stocking pole (a Christmas woodworking craft I took on) and...let’s see, oh yes, the capper that puts the lid on preparing for Christmas and announcing that it’s here, which for me is buying flowers for the wife and daughter. I get them last

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MICHELLE MICHELLE HUELLER HUELLER

so that they stay fresh through it all, for me. Taking the time the Christmas week, as I call to bask in the love, appreciate it. the great things we’ve received Once that’s done, I can kick throughout the year and back and relax. A few days enjoying the good fortune of off work and lots of food living where we do. stacked on the That there shelves and in are many in the OUT ON the fridge. We’ve world and in got our games our community picked out and that don’t have everybody knows as much as that, their job for the is a thought Christmas meal that, despite my (mine’s cookpersonal – albeit ing the turkey, modest – proswhich involves perity, is never wrestling with far from my the beast to get mind. I have the neck and gibideas as to how lets out and then to alleviate that hoisting it into but not all the the roasting pan. politicians seem Later, after it’s to want to make cooked, I carve it. them happen. How traditional is that, eh?). And they don’t ask me for my It may seem routine but it’s advice. But we can’t give up. never mundane. I love ChristMany people find the mas. When I’ve completed Christmas season stressful the last “task” I settle in for a and difficult. I’ve never found good relaxing time with my it that way. I’m not sure why. family. And that’s the point of Sure, there’s pressure and

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A time to remember all that is good A LIMB

Merry Christmas to all our readers and advertisers. May you and your families experience joy and happiness during this holiday season. Christmas is a time to reflect on the good and share it with others. Regardless of your religious or cultural persuasion, Christmas is a significant time in the community calendar and all for the right reasons. This is a time of charity, of good works and partying! And what’s wrong with that? So, put the ribbon on the final present. Take the last bit of baking out of the oven. Ice some cold drinks or warm up some hot ones. Put your feet up and relax – Christmas is here! Campbell Riverites have once again answered the call from our regular seasonal charities, and donated thousands of dollars and hundreds of gifts We say: We have given to those in the region plenty of reason who are having a difficult time. We hope things to celebrate in improve in the coming this region year for those who are going through a tough time. You have not been forgotten. There’s more that we can all do and in the forthcoming year, let’s resolve to do more for our less fortunate. Because we are known by how we treat those in need. As a community, we can be defined by that and it’s obvious the spirit in this community is to be seen as one that cares. There’s a lot of work to be done to achieve that level but if we all work together, we can become what we wish to be. Our wishes for the community are simple. We wish to alleviate the plight of the less fortunate. We desire good government and sound policy making. We strive for economic prosperity brought on by sound fiscal management by government, by business and by households. As a community, we’ve had to change over the last few years. We’ve had to learn to make do with less. In the end, it will make us a better community but it has taken its toll. We’ve managed to adapt with a minimum of strife. Sure we’ll argue over policy and direction but in the end, we don’t harbour a grudge for too long and we get back to the business of creating a safe and prosperous community. We’re in this together and together, we’re going to move forward. There’s no other option. So, have yourself a Merry Christmas Campbell River and region, you’ve earned it. Pass the eggnog.

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DEBBIE BAKER

DARCEY WOOD

KRISTEN KRISTEN DOUGLAS DOUGLAS

JOCELYN JOCELYN DOLL DOLL

DEAN DEAN TAYLOR TAYLOR

MARILYN MARILYN KIRKBY KIRKBY

there’s deadlines (four of them at work this week alone) but I find it a good pressure. There’s the rampant materialism of the season and the contradiction between ideals and action in our society but I don’t let it bother me that much. And there are the abusive homes and relationships which do make me fret and wonder how people can be so cruel to each other. But at the end of it all, Christmas is a time to remember all that is good about society. And perhaps strive to fulfill those ideals. We try. You see it all the time. The giving, the best wishes, the socializing, the trips back to the family home. Even out on the bustling shopping trail, people strive to spread good cheer. We’re not perfect but we’re doing our best. And this is a case where I think it’s a matter of reversing Yoda’s mantra by saying “don’t do, try.” The effort is appreciated. Merry Christmas everybody.

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Season’s 3x7 Greetings Rachel Blaney

Wow, those Eagles gave out so much on Dec. 7, we still have donation photos we haven’t published yet. But this is the last of them and, as they say, last but not least. Right: Stacy Marsh of the Hospital Foundation accepted $100 from Franco Sartor and John Warkentin of the Eagles. Below: Jim Linton of the Knights of Columbus accepts a cheque for $750 from Franco Sartor and John Warkentin of the Eagles and Betty Nelson of the Ladies Auxillary.

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Lois Hows accepted $100 on behalf of the Campbell River MS Support Group from Franco Sartor and John Warkentin of the Eagles.

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Considering they are cross country skiers, Andrea Stapff ’s Junior Race team spends a lot of time on roller skis, far from the mountain. “It just goes to show that good athletes and athletes that are committed to performing at a high level, they can come from anywhere,” Stapff said. For the Junior Race Team, the season runs from May to March, w it h c omp e t it i ons starting in December and ending in March. For the younger kids, besides fun outings and training camps in the summer, the season starts in earnest in September. “It’s a hard sport,” she said. “Hard in that the kids work hard.” When there isn’t snow on the ground, the athletes do a lot of running, roller skiing and strengthening exercises using their own body weight. Stapff said some of the other kids go to the gym to do weight training, but, for the most part, the team

Tallon Noble is on Andrea Stapff’s Junior Racer team. This year he is trying out to be on the Canadian Junior Team.

gathers outdoors to train. “The snow falls and

the kids are like ‘okay we are done with dry land we want to go’, it doesn’t

matter if we don’t have the groomed trails yet we will just get up there in skis and play in the snow,” she said. Stapff came from an alpine skiing background. Back in Ontario her parents owned a ski shop and she started really young. As she got older, she got into rowing. With that came a more serious introduction to cross country skiing as she did it for cross training during the rowing off season. Stapff competed internationally and got into coaching. She originally moved to the West Coast for rowing, but as jobs took her further up the Island, and closer to a ski resort, she got back into cross country. While working at the Strathcona Park Lodge, Stapff ’s kids got into cross country skiing, and Stapff started volunteering as a coach. She got the head coach job after the previous coach, who she had worked side by side with, tragically passed away. “That is not how I would have liked for that to happen,” she said.

“He was an amazing guy and a great coach.” But the program had to go on. Now, almost three years later, Stapff is coaching an athlete who is going to Soldier Hollow, Utah to try out for the Canadian Junior team. “He’s a rock star,” she said. At nordic ski competitions there are two categories of races, sprint and distance. In

each category there are different age groups, and different distances. Stapff said the 5-yearolds might sprint 200 metres and the 17-yearolds might sprint 1.2 km. As for long distances, Stapff said her racers have done 30 km. “The racing and the training that they do to be able to sprint and do distance is a lot,” she said. “They work really hard for a bunch of young people, which

is really cool, which is one of the things I like about it.” Now that there is snow on the mountain the kids can set aside their roller skis and get back to what they love, playing in the snow. Stapff herself prefers cross country skiing because it is self propelled and gives her the chance to enjoy the scenery, though she does want to do more downhill skiing.

Andrea Stapff (blue vest) coaches the Junior Racers Stathcona Nordic ski team. The team trains May-March, running and training on rollerskis during the dry season.

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Recently, the Nootka Marine Adventures Peewee B Tyees celebrated a 10-4 win against Cowichan Valley. The team has been working hard this fall, and really came together at Brind’Amour Arena, with goals scored by Jaxson Irving, Nic Lapierre (2 goals, 1 assist), Kessler Frazee (2 goals, 2 assists), Tighe Frazee (1goal, 2 assists), Cole Macintosh (2 goals, 1 assist), Carter Banman and Thomas Nelson. Assists also from Ryan Newton and Liam McKinnon. Next game is a home game vs. Cowichan Valley Thursday afternoon at 3:15 p.m. at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.

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December 19 Standings

December 14 Standings

QTR What’s On Digest 57.0 Leeson Lake 47.5 Clippers 37.0 Storrie Creek Golfers 36.0 Boston Brutes 28.5 Alley Cats 27.0 Da Bears 23.0

YTD 289.0 287.5 376.5 308.0 322.5 278.5 297.5

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Teams Quarter Won YTD Split Happens 42 50 *The B.U.F.F.S 36 76 Canada Plus 34 68 King Pins 32 64 Awl Tec 28 52 Friggin’ 10 Pin 26 56 *Screaming Eagle’s 24 64 *Spare Talent 24 64 Ryan’s Pizzeria 18 42 Quarter Winners: 1st = * 2nd = ** 3rd=*** Team Scr Game Canada Plus 727 Team Hcp Game The B.U.F.F.S. 911 Team Scr Series Canada Plus 2095 Team Hcp Series Canada Plus 2572 Scr Game Men/Women Hcp Series Men/Women 687 Robert Rodgers 242 Ken Wilson 752 Maylene Inrig 223 Maylene Inrig Hcp Game Men/Women Most POA Men/Women Robert Rodgers 263 Ken Wilson +75 Maylene Inrig 272 Maylene Inrig +140 Scr Series Men/Women Robert Rodgers 602 Maylene Inrig 605

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Friday Night Mixed 10 Pin Bowling

November 16 Standings Team Name WK QTR Standings LW QTR(2) YTD Bowlderdash 30.5 196.5 Bailey W. Stars 2 26 26 276.5 N.I. Comm 24 24 245 Aztec 7.0 162.5 CR Floors 21 21 242 Living On A Spare 20.0 161.5 Chances 20.5 20.5 280.5 C&C 23.0 161.0 Lucky Strikes 18.5 18.5 241.5 Auto King Royals 23.0 158.0 2nd Storie 14 14 239 Chucking Awesome 22.0 154.0 Bailey W. Stars 1 12 12 282 Whatever Works 26.0 153.0 Rockin’ Rollers 8 8 257.5 Alvin & Chipmunks 33.0 144.0 TEAM A Spare I Guess 24.5 133.5 High Scr Game Bailey W. Stars 1 711 The Gimps 11.0 116.0 High Hdcp Game Bailey W. Stars 2 921 MEN High Scr Series Lucky Strikes 1972 High Scr Game Ray Stormo 235 High Hdcp Series Bailey W. Stars 2 2546 High Hcp Game Ian Lenting 288 INDIVIDUAL High Scr Series Robert Rodgers 597 High Scr Game Iona Wheatley 231 High Hcp Series Ken Nagata 731 High Hdcp Game Iona Wheatley 272 WOMEN High Scr Series Leona Williams 570 High Scr Game Mary Berkenstock 229 High Hdcp Series Lorrie Herman 703 High Hcp Game Mary Berkenstock 301 MOST POA Leona Williams +60 High Scr Series Marian Atkinson 574 1st Quarter Winners – Chances 2nd Quarter Winners – Bailey Western Stars 1 High Hcp Series Marian Atkinson 760 TEAMS Thursday Seniors 10 Pin Bowling High Scr Game Auto King Royals 731 December 15 Standings High Hcp Game Auto King Royals 1019 1972 QTR YTD High Scr Series Alvin & Chipmunks Team QTR YTD Team 2756 Class Act 16 151.5 The “EH” Team 11 134 High Hcp Series Bowlderdash 10 157 FIRST QUARTER WINNER - A SPARE I GUESS Quinsam Auto 14 141.5 ATF Strikers 147 Amigos 13 146 Spare Shooters 5 2 138 King Pins 12 169.5 Hopefuls Saturday Youth 10 Pin Bowling 101 Flyers 11 139.5 Happy Wndrs 1 Team High Game scr Team High Game hdcp Team High Series scr Team High Series hdcp

ATF Strikers Class Act ATF Strikers Class Act

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Doug Ellis Ray Smith Bill Schoen Ray Smith Herb Baines

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Lorrie Murphy Lorrie Murphy Mary Berkenstock Mary Berkenstock

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December 12 Standings Men’s Team Scores CC #2 - 9 vs Riptide #1 - 3 CR Legion - 7 vs CC #1 - 5 Eagles #1 - 7 vs Freddies #2 - 5 Freddies # 1 - 6 vs Riptide #2 - 6 Mens Teams G F A Curling Club #1 13 99 57 Quadra Legion 11 91 41 Finning/Eagles #2 12 89 55 Riptide #2 11 74 58 CR Legion 11 71 61 Curling Club #2 11 70 62 Freddies #1 11 64 68 Eagles #1 12 55 89 Freddies #2 13 48 108 Riptide #1 13 47 109

Ladies Team Scores Riptide -9 vs Eagles #1 - 5 CC #1 - 8 vs CR Legion - 6 Eagles #2 - 7 vs CCs #2 - 7 Ladies Teams G F A High Scores Curling Club #1 13 121 61 Donna Young Curling Club #2 12 94 74 Angie Pagani CR Legion 12 82 86 Cristi Idiens Eagles #2 10 77 63 Bev Ruttan Riptide 12 72 96 Lesley Super Eagles #1 13 58 124 High Out 140s Tracy Scaife Christina Martin Marni Fee

December 15 Standings GOLDEN CRYSTALS THURSDAY P.M. SENIORS (Over 50) Team 2nd QTR Team 2nd QTR Dolphins 25 Stingrays 15 Dogfish 24 Croakers 14 Gobies 20 Grunts 12 Groupers 20 Flounders 10 WEEKLY TEAM SCORES Points Over Series Average Grunts +230 Hi Scratch Game Grunts 962 High Scratch Series Grunts 2561 INDIVIDUAL SCORES Pins Over Average Game Men Del Price +89 Ladies Karen Price -157 Pins Over Agerage Series Men Tino Milan +104 Ladies Karen Price +213 High Scratch Game Men Del Price 274 Ladies Karen Price 329 High Scratch Series Men John Fozzard 677 Ladies Karen Price 729

160 138,113 135 133 127 125,123 120 114 111 129

132,128 114 112 101 101 78 72

December 17 Standings

Highest Handicap Series: Ayden Belanko Highest Handicap Game: Ayden Belanko Most Pins Over Average Series: Male Ayden Belanko Female Devon Rogers CTF AWARDS EARNED: Ayden Belanko Ayden Belanko Devon Rogers

VIJHL Standings

693 250 +93 +72 130 game 325 Series 500 Series

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High Scores Mike Downey Brian McCabe Don Teed Rick Yarjau Karl Bro Steve Saunders Ryan Hood John Hamstra Tom Jones High Out Mike Arndt 140s Karl Bro Dave McKirgan Roy White

PLAYER NAME

88 55 90 62 91 9 12 89 58 71 77 18 43 15 7 22 44 8 14 4

Colin Blake Christian Brandt Kobe Oishi Click Aaron Brewer Mitchell Williams Carter Hikichi Josh Harvey Zach Erhardt Max Daerendinger Sheldon Brett Trevor Bottomley Reid Wheeldon Dawson Frank Dylan McCann Brett Kinley Brayden McCartney Aiden Sutherland Mateo Albinati Logan Cursley Dayton Keith

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30 31 10 28 19 23 28 25 28 24 30 26 3 27 22 18 20 19 21 12

20 13 19 7 10 8 6 4 11 5 2 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 0

GP 23 17

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SO SV% 3 .913 0 .884

North Division Team GP Storm 31 Buccaneers 31 Glacier Kings 32 Generals 31 South Division Team GP Cougars 34 Braves 31 Wolves 30 Islanders 31 Panthers 31

W 23 19 17 9

L 8 12 12 20

T 0 0 1 1

OTL 0 0 2 1

PTS 46 38 37 20

W 23 19 12 10 6

L 8 9 15 19 22

T 0 1 2 1 0

OTL 3 2 1 1 3

PTS 49 41 27 22 15

CR Adult Volleyball League December 19 Standings A DIVISION Rank 1 2 3 4

Team Kathunk Net Results Duck or Pay Young Guns

W 9 6 3 1

L 1 3 6 9

+/91 0 -79 -62

Win % 90 67 33 10

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

B DIVISION Team GP W TNT 2 2 BooYahs! 2 2 Bump It Up 2 2 Bumpin Uglies 2 1 Snoop Dogs 2 1 Air Strike 2 0 That’s What She Set 2 0 Sunnyvale Hithawks 2 0

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Time just keeps moving forward, despite the fact that I need it to slow down for myriad reasons. It not only continues relentlessly, but it seems to speed up when I least expect it. I set a goal this year for riding mileage. It wasn’t way out there and if I commuted to work part time, rode to the group rides regularly and squeezed in a bit of road riding it would be well within reason and easily achievable. Our trip to California in January had me way ahead of schedule right out of the gate. The set training plan for BC Bike Race kept me way ahead of schedule up until July. With 5.5 months left in 2016 I had completed more than 70 per cent of my goal and the weather was looking good. Easy, Right? Then a bunch of tasks popped up on the priority list well above riding. It

Opinion appeared my life was getting complicated. Kids’ schedules are tough on parents’ schedules. Working at a bike shop in late summer and early fall is hard on free time. Record rain falls are hard on motivation, but, all the while, I had it in my head that I was well past the half way mark and I could still hit the goal. With two and a half months left I was 900 km away and got myself

back in gear. After a couple big weeks on the bikes it was looking good again, but then time sped up. I don’t even remember what happened, so we’ll just call it “life.” So I am writing this on Dec. 20, winter officially arrives later today, but the snow hit hard two weeks ago. I am 233 km away from my goal and the trails are unrideable, the roads aren’t much better and I work retail at Christmas so free time is less than plentiful. It’s now, when time is so tight, that I remember all the days I found a reason to shortcut my rides. Riding home with that spare hour and instead of hitting a few more trails, I would head home as quickly as possible because I had a chore. Instead of stretching out the group ride a bit, we would head back to the shop for a beer. Instead of riding the long way to work from Rhyley’s school in the

mornings, I would take the shortest route because it was cold. Wow, cold? Did I just actually admit that? In hindsight, these were never reasons, they were bad excuses, all of them. Now, over 11 days, I have to force in 233 km of riding. All those times I shortened a ride instead of squeezing in a few more pedal strokes would have added up to more than 233 km, but instead, I went from way ahead to way behind. Time just keeps moving, life just keeps happening, and excuses, well, are just excuses. I heard a great quote this year. “You can have results, or you can have excuses…but you can’t have both.” Gonna be a tough 11 days, but no more excuses, time to try harder!

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