UBC STORM THE WALL Campus wide men's Finals

Today was our third and last time to Storm the Wall. Team Wu Crew defied the odds twice to make it to finals only to be disqualified in our last five seconds of the race. There is a rule only two team members can be at the top of the wall at one time. I was the last person to climb over and when I was on top we had three guys on the wall, one too many. We went down in style true European Trash style. My bathing suit was utterly discussing and it complement my entire teams getup. We went down in UBC REC history as quite possible the worst dressed. The pictures will tell the story, I am sure them will be floating around the internet.

Today was the Semi-finals for Storm the Wall. Thank goodness my first class was cancelled this morning because I was feeling a little under the weather after last nights UBC's Annual Big Block Athletics Awards Dinner and subsequent after party at the Capric Night Club. We managed to beat our qualifying time with a solid 14:16 finishing time.

STORM THE WALL 2006

Today was Strom the wall. What the event entails is: swim 225m, sprint 450m, cycle 2.5km, run 1km and then STORM THE WALL. There are teams of five and each person does one leg of the race and then everyone climbs over the wall. The team I was on was made up of Eng. Fizzers and our team name was Wu Crew. The team name originated from the summer of 2004, went we were all in Wuerzburg Germany, I was visiting when Evan, Peter and Colin who were on co-op. Bob was also on the team he was on co-op in Hannover Germany the same summer.

Team Members: Evan Morris, Peter Eugster, Colin Enderud, Bob Lai, and Matt Harriman (me!)

left to right: Bob, Evan, Matt, Pete, Colin

Me teaching the team how to stretch.

Here's us climbing the wall today:

Matt going up the wallPete going up

*cough fatass* Evan going upColin on my back going up

Bob going up

Team time: 14:37. Not bad at all considering we are all out of shape. We sure had a blast storming!

Semi-final tomorrow! Hopefully we can beat our time! :)

I just found this picture of Evan on Bob's Page. It came with no description? I guess this is what fizzer's do with their free time; make tinfoil shields for their glasses. At lease there are two open beer cans in the background. Looks like it was another very productive day in the penthouse.

Hexathlon??

Six years in the making I finished my sixth UBC Triathlon. My very first triathlon was the UBC Triathlon in 2001 and my last, for now. I have not missed a year ever since 2001, 2002 2003, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006; I have all the t-shirts to prove it!

This year was different from all the other years because I hardly trained at all. I swam for the first time this year last Wednesday and I put my race bike together the night before the race. I had not ridden it since the Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii last October. I think my lack of effort was very evident in my race time however I would have to say it was my most relaxed race ever. I strongly believe you get out what you put in to something and since I put nothing into training, except race walking which did not help much, I was happy to finish and had lots of fun seeing people from last summers race season.

Taking life a little less serious for once is doing me some good, finally I am focusing more time I use to spend training studying and I am making some waves in my school work for once.

Year	Div	Time	Picture
2001	Sprint	1:28:32
2002	Sprint	1:31:29
2003	Sprint	1:35:29
2004	Sprint	1:31:15
2005	Olympic	2:16:03
2006	Olympic	2:28:10

UBC Athletics
Okay laugh all you want, I have officially started competing in the all time most ridiculous sport Race Walking. My inaugural race was on Sunday along the Galloping Goose Trail in Victoria. I had a few preconceived notions about the sport and I was right you look really stupid when you race walk. The best part about the event is when UBC digs into their deep pockets and decides some of their money is mine and paid for my trip. This is what I am willing to do to get varsity athlete status, walk and take the ridicule from my triathlete friends. I won, ha!

Beginning of a Mid-term Week

It finally hits me...Today is MONDAY and all the time I spent pretending to study during reading break has caught up to me and now I am in a study cramming panic!! Oh well, only three more mid terms in the next 36 hour. This is the beginning of a very long week, with little sleep expected.

"Sport is the one language that knows no boundaries and sees no distinctions. It unites cultures, transcends values and defies convention. When words fail, a game can speak."

Best place to study at UBC

Here is a cool virtual tour of what the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will look like once it is finished.

This library is one of the newest structures on campus and for the most part is completely undiscovered by most students. Instead of studying in the old 1960's Woodward Library that more resembles a concrete jail I would much rather lean back in my arm chair and crack the books in the Learning Centre with its 25m high windows and appreciate what $60 million dollars can build!