April 22nd

7.00pm: Another mile long train bisects Canmore, I am on my way to pick up Jamey before our Bow Valley Soccer League meeting in Banff. I am running the Rose & Crown FC team this year - earlier I did a particularly severe boot camp, 300+ Firemen Steps were brutal!

April 21st

7.45pm: Jimmy Tenga thumps home a penalty for Canmore Utd in our 6-1 defeat of the Collegiate. OK it is men against boys, but the school coach, ex-Charlton midfielder Gavin Peacock is testing his team out prior to their upcoming season. They are a very talented bunch of lads & with Gavin's coaching they will have an excellent chance of winning the trophy this year. For our part, we had a good run out in sensational weather - I think it hit 25C today. An enjoyable game, but the mosquitoes!! Man!!

April 17th

11pm: First game of the season today for Canmore United, I felt good - all the gym work paying off but half way through the second half I got a dead leg, fouling an opponent & as the day wore on I could hardly walk - agony!! Thank god for acetaminophen lurking at the back of the medicine cabinet, as I had burned my way through every other pain killer in there!