It's that time of year!

Hey everyone, it's that time of year to start thinking and planning for 2013. 
What is it you want to achieve in 2013?
What are you happy with from 2012?  Did you do what you set out to?
Any goals or targets you might not have met?

It's a good time to start looking at the calendar and consider what events or activities you want to participate in.... especially with vacation picks going on!



A short list o events for you to consider:
IAFF Hockey Tourney- end of March??

Run/Endurance-
Spartan Race- 5k obstacle course (Aug 17 in Calgary)
Airdrie Mayor's Run- 5/10k (first weekend of June)
Edmonton Fire Off Road Triathlon (Early to Mid June)
Xterra Off Road Triathlon
24 Hours Of Adrenaline (Mountain Bike Race, good for corporate and competitive teams!)

Tons of Runs and triathlons


Power/Strength-
Powerlifting (Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift) meets (typically Jan, July and Oct dates)
Olympic Weightlifting (Clean and Jerk, Snatch) meets (Jan, Mar, May, Aug, Sept.... bunch of dates)

FF Combat Challenge (Nice blend of job related activities and strength/anaerobic conditioning)
Events in Alberta:
June 8-9 (Ft. McMurray)
June 15-16 (Brooks)
Aug24-25 (Edson)
Sept 4-8 (Edmonton- Canadian Nationals)


If you know of any other events worth noting let me know- like charitable sports events, as I will start compiling a list on the blog for ppl to check out.

The more heads up we all have and the more awareness of events the better chance we have of ppl coming out- me included!

Take a look through the links and see what each has to offer, therre are many different types of sports/events out there to get active, not just running!

If you need any help getting ready for any event or goal let one of our friendly neighborhood Fitness Committee folks know, hopefully we can help you on your way!

Spinathon

Through DC Rabel an invitation was issued to the department to participate in a fundraiser for a local family who is dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis. Thanks to Brad, Local 4778 entered a team who participated in the Spinathon (see the link below for more info) while wearing bunker gear.

DC Rabel received this note of thanks from one of the organizers after the event and included the pictures listed below.

"Hi Garth...you have  a great  team of folks there...they all did their hour in full gear!!Amazing work from everyone involved!"

www.airdriespinathonbenefit.eventbrite.ca

 They raised $250 to participate - thanks to Brad, Rina, Cale, Todd, and Ryan for riding!

Rina has provided even more pics!

Shoulder Press

Came accross this post on 70's Big dot com, sweet site with great content!

(For full content of the post check out the link, great info on pressing and some faults/fixes in the internal/external rotation.)
http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/09/3-press-fixes/

Spartan Race

Don't miss the last post from Mike, it had some good info on VO2 - but pics of Spartans is equally important.