Thursday, August 5, 2010

July Photo of the Month

And the winner is......Mike Morello for this months edition of photo of the month contest. He took this picture in Waterton National Park, Waterton Alberta on Canada Day.





















Here are some great July photos that were submitted


















Kathleen O'Neill

















Janet Bain




















Michael Gaudet

















Bob MacInnis
















Peter Pierre



















Hailey Lambe

Monday, August 2, 2010

Canadian Death Race

Sporting Intentions would like to congratulate Kim Bailey, Marian Grant, and Doug MacEachern on their recent finish of the toughest running race in Canada......
http://canadiandeathrace.com/home.html "The North Face Canadian Death Race" this 125 km course takes racers over three mountain passes and 17,000 feet of overall elevation change. The race starts and finishes in Grande Cache, Alberta.

They each competed in the solo division and finished the 125km race with the following times.

Marian Grant - 20h:21:26
Doug MacEachern - 21h:15:34
Kim Bailey - 22h:33:14

Yes that's correct folks HOURS: MINUETS: SECONDS

Next time you see any one of these three amazing Island athletes please give them some much deserved congratulatory words, for they have completed an amazing feat that many of us will only read about.

Congrats Kim, Marian, and Doug!