August is over - one more month till spring

Weather stayed nice throughout the remainder of August with temperatures between 20-25C. Just as I like it best and great for training. The below is somewhat hard to read but that's what a typical training week looks like (Aug 24-30):

Part of training are the Tuesday night races to which Jeff and I have been taking the double surfski out for the last little while. Below is a shot from the race on Aug 25th. Jeff and I with John & Ben (double surfski) as well as Chris (single surfski) on our wave. We dropped Chris shortly after this photo was taken and beat Ben & John in the sprint to the finish line by a couple boat length. I love winning against men double teams :-).

For more pictures and results check out the Deep Cove website: http://www.deepcovekayak.com/rental-and-lessons/racing/tnr-current-results/?racedate=aug25&raceyear=2009&thetitle=August%2025,%202009%20Results&showpic=aug252009

Another activity was of course blackberry picking - lots of them where we live. And I found a great, easy recipe for blackberry muffins. Very yummy.

The working Fraser River

Urban sunset