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WHOOOOOOO what a week!
Coming off the Epic Swim I was on a super high.
Only to immediately to have my legs kicked out with the cancellation of the Port Hood Triathlon, which was to be my first Sprint Triathlon. GAH.
Yes there are other triathlons and the job now is picking which one it will be, but when you have your mind set on something and it just goes away it is incredibly frustrating. But everything happens for a reason, i hate it when people say that, but you will shortly see why it is true in this case.
Anyway my week went something like this:
Monday: Week2 L2R 5K session 1
Tuesday: 2x750m swims + 13mile ride
Wednesday: Week2 L2R 5K session 2 + 2x750m swims
Thursday: Week2 L2R 5K session3
Friday: Off
Saturday: 13mile ride + 5km run
Sunday: 2x750m swim
I already talked about it in my #cigarSunday post, but had a back blowout on Saturday which i wont rehash here, so it might actually be a good thing that the Port Hood Sprint isnt moving forward as it gives me time to recover from this latest spasm.
So that is the working out part, now for the wedding.
So a couple of absolute awesome people got hitched this past Saturday in Lunenburg/Bridgewater. It was a beautiful ceremony on one of the piers along the waterfront, which is so fitting that these two got married outdoors and near the ocean.
They were smart enough to know that they needed to give me a job to do and asked me to be MC. Now while it was short notice ( the day before) I was able to spend much of the car ride down writing and rewriting up some things to say. Much of which got shot down by my long time editor and critic, and at the end of the day, she came up with much funnier things to say. So I guess Charlie was right, Daphne you are funnier then I am. That hurt.
Things were going great until we stopped for gas and I rolled out of the car the wrong way and BLAP there goes the back.
EEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFFF
I am a little panicked about it, with having to be a helper at the wedding, but we are on a schedule so off we go.
We get to the location of the ceremony a little early so we walk around a bit. My back is screaming at me, but we get to our seats and witness our younger friends take this next step in their lives together. It was such a great moment for them and their families and friends.
A few selfies and we are off to the reception site.
Now I am not going to say the reception site was in the middle of nowhere.....ahhh, well,.......yeah Im totally going to have to say it was in the middle of nowhere. Middle Lahave. I didnt know there was an upper or lower to even have a middle one. ba dum ba cymbol crash.
But it was an absolutely beauty spot, right on the ocean.
It was a church that has been converted into a small reception hall, so all the ambient light is through these amazing stain glass windows.
The meal was outstanding as well, catered by a smaller company so that you have an incredible personal touch with all the components of the meal.
There were a ton of other great touches from the table dressings to the decorations.
Responsible for all this was of course the bride, but the person pulling the strings behind the scenes was the Miss Leah Byrne. Now there may be some of you that read this blog from time to time, know that they only one that could manage Alicia's, wedding to the high standards that are demanded from someone who manages events (Alicia) would be the Alpha Gal that is Leah. As someone that is relatively new to the wedding planning game, you would not be able to tell, Leah had all aspects covered and was on top of all aspects of the wedding and reception from start to finish. It was really great to see the care in which she took with everything. If you are planning a wedding, hire this gal. You will not be sorry.
But nothing compares to the fact that the couple came into the reception to Panama by Van Halen. These are my people.
The MC'ing went fine, nothing was thrown at me in disgust or rage, so it was a win in my book.
Now we didnt stay for the dance, one - it is a four hour drive home, two - we are old, and three - one of our dogs had diarrhea for a week so we wanted to make sure the house was still standing and not taken from us in some dogshitacane.
We slipped out the side door as Rich and Alicia took the floor for their first dance as husband and wife, knowing that Alicia was exhausted and wanted to go to bed, and Rich wanted to party the night away. With that info, Daphne and I laughed all the way to the car, ahhhhhh marriage.
Anyway, it was a fantastic day, so great to see a couple that starting dating 8 years ago, continue to grow together over the years, and take the big step of getting married, and do it in a way that was true to them, respectful to their families, and to themselves.
Best of luck to you Alicia and Rich
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
Coming off the Epic Swim I was on a super high.
Only to immediately to have my legs kicked out with the cancellation of the Port Hood Triathlon, which was to be my first Sprint Triathlon. GAH.
Yes there are other triathlons and the job now is picking which one it will be, but when you have your mind set on something and it just goes away it is incredibly frustrating. But everything happens for a reason, i hate it when people say that, but you will shortly see why it is true in this case.
Anyway my week went something like this:
Monday: Week2 L2R 5K session 1
Tuesday: 2x750m swims + 13mile ride
Wednesday: Week2 L2R 5K session 2 + 2x750m swims
Thursday: Week2 L2R 5K session3
Friday: Off
Saturday: 13mile ride + 5km run
Sunday: 2x750m swim
I already talked about it in my #cigarSunday post, but had a back blowout on Saturday which i wont rehash here, so it might actually be a good thing that the Port Hood Sprint isnt moving forward as it gives me time to recover from this latest spasm.
So that is the working out part, now for the wedding.
So a couple of absolute awesome people got hitched this past Saturday in Lunenburg/Bridgewater. It was a beautiful ceremony on one of the piers along the waterfront, which is so fitting that these two got married outdoors and near the ocean.
They were smart enough to know that they needed to give me a job to do and asked me to be MC. Now while it was short notice ( the day before) I was able to spend much of the car ride down writing and rewriting up some things to say. Much of which got shot down by my long time editor and critic, and at the end of the day, she came up with much funnier things to say. So I guess Charlie was right, Daphne you are funnier then I am. That hurt.
Things were going great until we stopped for gas and I rolled out of the car the wrong way and BLAP there goes the back.
EEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFFF
I am a little panicked about it, with having to be a helper at the wedding, but we are on a schedule so off we go.
We get to the location of the ceremony a little early so we walk around a bit. My back is screaming at me, but we get to our seats and witness our younger friends take this next step in their lives together. It was such a great moment for them and their families and friends.
A few selfies and we are off to the reception site.
Now I am not going to say the reception site was in the middle of nowhere.....ahhh, well,.......yeah Im totally going to have to say it was in the middle of nowhere. Middle Lahave. I didnt know there was an upper or lower to even have a middle one. ba dum ba cymbol crash.
But it was an absolutely beauty spot, right on the ocean.
It was a church that has been converted into a small reception hall, so all the ambient light is through these amazing stain glass windows.
The meal was outstanding as well, catered by a smaller company so that you have an incredible personal touch with all the components of the meal.
There were a ton of other great touches from the table dressings to the decorations.
Responsible for all this was of course the bride, but the person pulling the strings behind the scenes was the Miss Leah Byrne. Now there may be some of you that read this blog from time to time, know that they only one that could manage Alicia's, wedding to the high standards that are demanded from someone who manages events (Alicia) would be the Alpha Gal that is Leah. As someone that is relatively new to the wedding planning game, you would not be able to tell, Leah had all aspects covered and was on top of all aspects of the wedding and reception from start to finish. It was really great to see the care in which she took with everything. If you are planning a wedding, hire this gal. You will not be sorry.
But nothing compares to the fact that the couple came into the reception to Panama by Van Halen. These are my people.
The MC'ing went fine, nothing was thrown at me in disgust or rage, so it was a win in my book.
Now we didnt stay for the dance, one - it is a four hour drive home, two - we are old, and three - one of our dogs had diarrhea for a week so we wanted to make sure the house was still standing and not taken from us in some dogshitacane.
We slipped out the side door as Rich and Alicia took the floor for their first dance as husband and wife, knowing that Alicia was exhausted and wanted to go to bed, and Rich wanted to party the night away. With that info, Daphne and I laughed all the way to the car, ahhhhhh marriage.
Anyway, it was a fantastic day, so great to see a couple that starting dating 8 years ago, continue to grow together over the years, and take the big step of getting married, and do it in a way that was true to them, respectful to their families, and to themselves.
Best of luck to you Alicia and Rich
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
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