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May 10th, 2013Pentathlete versus Nature
I don’t have a picture of the bee that stung me on the starting line. The bee lived, but...
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May 7th, 2013Top of the mornin’ to you Buda!
The condition of being ‘in competition’ always breaks me out of the normal routines and ways of living, in...
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May 4th, 2013DFW Summer Reading
I came across this tweet (see below) because I was paying attention to another quote, one from a(n) (in)famous...
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Apr 15th, 2013Pony Club Hall of Fame
With gratitude and surprise and more gratitude, I am being inducted into the Canadian Pony Club Hall of Fame!...
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Mar 25th, 2013Whealthy Cities
Listening to Slate political gabfest the other day, I enjoyed hearing an audience member ask: ” What in your...
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Mar 10th, 2013High Performance Lecturers
This year has meant the renewal of school patterns like the delightful experience of belonging to a smart ambitious...
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Feb 22nd, 2013UPDATE:
The word “update”, wiktionary tells us, is a mashup of the words descended from the MIddle English for ‘From...
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Oct 21st, 2012Klein Attitude
One afternoon this past July Chris handed me waterproof video camera equipment, which he normally used to capture mountain...
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Oct 4th, 2012Maximizing Fun
From a recent trip, the purpose of which was to have a sword fight on the roof of the...
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Sep 17th, 2012Sexathleticism [Pent + 1]
The last few weeks after the Olympics have included some of the best times of my life. I am...
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Aug 13th, 2012The team behind the team: open letter
Thank you to the wonderful people who’ve been supporting us, the team of athletes, when we needed you and...
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Aug 1st, 2012Sit Down Fencing
Explainable perhaps because it is still such a young entry, the Olympic Women’s Epee Wikipedia page is conspicuously silent...
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Jul 28th, 2012Who is Dana Kavalis?
http://www.masseycollege.ca/alumni/westofbathurst/westofbathurst120723.html
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Jul 27th, 2012Woo-bloody-hoo indeed!
If you want some meanderings on the meaning of competition…Check out all three parts of my interview with the...
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Jul 9th, 2012Almost almost sorta Famous
My best friend Anne and I have been rehearsing for the world stage for awhile (seen here cozily tucked...
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Jul 2nd, 2012Thank you splangy, thank you diggity dawg, thank you waffle iron…thank you
Holy Comoly! http://www.indiegogo.com/lasergun?a=804353
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Mar 30th, 2012Latin Spiez
One of my favourite competitions each year takes place in Spiez, Switzerland. (See Spiez Report here). This weekend, however,...
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Mar 27th, 2012Clean Air Champions
Do you care about air quality, the future of our planet and the health of everyone on it? Do...
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Mar 26th, 2012Training in Buenos Aires
Thank you to the Argentinians, to Daniel, Alejandro, and all the polo horses.
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Mar 17th, 2012Gratias FAC
I know what you’re thinking, but it is Not Forest Appeals Commission. Not Firearms Academy Canada; not Financement Agricole Canada;...
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Mar 7th, 2012
Penting Nation
Check out this article published today with photos and videos written by JER for Eventing Nation: http://eventingnation.com/home/2012/03/jer-pentathlon.htm
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Feb 17th, 2012Budapest Homeland Defence!
Budapest Honvéd Fencing Club is the only building I know that attracts international fascination from...
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Jan 21st, 2012Hors d’oeuvres and Shooting @ The RIZ NORTH
Guest featuring Murray Foster of “Great Big Sea” and “The Cocksure Lads” Saturday 21 st January, 2012, 6.00-8.00pm at Riz North,...
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Jan 19th, 2012Thank you Mr. Alma and Aperam
I received hometown support from Aperam, the leading industry catalyst in stainless steel and specialties…they are passionate, agile and ingenious....
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Jan 17th, 2012Southlands Riding Club Rocks
This week three Canadian pentathletes and one Mexican pentathlete team up for an intensive riding skills camp in lovely...
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Aug 24th, 2011Thank you CAN Fund!!!
Without CAN Fund, I would be a recreational athlete. I could not afford the costs of being an elite...
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May 11th, 2011I (heart) Rome.
Fencing victory in Women’s Individual Final in Rome: Finished in a solid 12th position.
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Aug 11th, 2010Women’s Final at the World Championships in Chengdu
That’s me in the black cap with the red maple leaf (fastest start/furthest left): thanks to my swim coaches...
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May 11th, 2010Oh-God-Save-the-Queen-and-Canada
Bronze medal at the World Cup in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
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Jan 11th, 2010Adopt an Olympic Hopeful!
Example of benefits I can offer to my sponsors: - company logo recognition on team apparel at high profile...
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Aug 28th, 2009Simply Bar helped me have a Successful World Championships
I couldn’t be here without help from Cathy and The Simply Bar:
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