Athletic Accomplishments and Adventures

National Teams

27	marathons (42.2 km)
107	ultramarathons (longer than 42.2 km)
6	Ironman triathlons (3.8 km swim, 180 km ride, 42.2 km run)
3	Ultraman triathlons (515 km swim, bike, run)

This table highlights some of my more significant accomplishments at athletic events…

Position	Event
1^st	Walk in the Park 50K Kamloops, BC 6 Sept 98 / 2 Sept 2002
1^st	Birch Bay Marathon, Birch Bay, WA 4 Dec 93 / 9 Dec 2000
1^st	IAU 100K World Challenge: top Canadian, Winschoten, Netherlands, 13 September 1997
1^st	Sulphur Springs 50K, Burlington, ON, 24 May 97
1^st	Elk-Beaver 100-km Canadian Championships, Victoria, BC, 2 May 1993
1^st	Sri Chimnoy Ultramarathon (50-mile run) Delta, BC, 14 March 1993 / 15 March 1992
1st	Midnight Sun/World’s Toughest Marathon (42.1K run) Nanisivik, NWT, Canada, 3 July 1989
1st	Seward Park Ultras, Seattle, WA 27 Nov 93 / 30 Nov 02
2nd Canadian	Western States Endurance Run (100-mile trail run) Lake Tahoe, CA, 28 June 1992
1st Canadian	Ironman Europe (3.8K swim, 180K bike, 42.1K run) Roth, GERMANY, 15 July 1990
2nd Canadian	ULTRAMAN Hawaii (10K swim, 420K bike, 84K run) Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 28 November 1990
	Ironman Hawaii (3.8K swim, 180K bike, 42.1K run) Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 6 October 1989

The following are a handful of the adventures I’ve experienced while pursuing my athletic challenges. Ask me about them!

Being the first to run a wilderness trail, taking 44 hours to do it and ending up a movie star
Spending a romantic evening on top of a mountain, shivering under a tinfoil blanket with my climbing buddy and getting a helicopter ride home
A near-death experience at the World 100K run Championships in Japan
Running with the monks in Rangoon, Burma
Hydration in the Swiss Alpine Marathon
Another near-death experience (mine) at the Montreal Marathon
Battered by avocados at the Ultraman Triathlon in Hawaii
A clandestine night time run through a major urban watershed
winning the 2010 Bagger Challenge for summiting 48 British Columbia alpine peaks