Creating a "Virtual" Reality

The Virtual Job Search Coach comes on board!

I'm happy to announce that I'm currently working with Stacey Taylor at Virtual Job Search Coach ahead of the 2015 season!  One of my Resolutions for this year has been to improve the skills necessary to better represent my current sponsors and demonstrate to prospective businesses that I can do a great job of promoting them through my racing, and I've connected with the right person to help me in this endeavour.  

Stacey is committed to providing "exceptional service to clients through relationship building, assessing client needs, analyzing their challenges and creating personalized solutions."  Values like this, and the level of commitment Stacey brings to her work, are a perfect fit in my support group.  Looking forward to taking my sponsorship skill set to the next level in 2015!

You can find more info about VJSC at www.virtualjobsearchcoach.com.  

Here we go!


Only a week into 2015, and despite a record snowfall here in the Thompson/North Okanagan it feels
like the year is already gaining momentum. The cold and snow certainly influence one's training, but
I'm of the feeling that the harsher the winter, the sweeter the spring, in life and in triathlon.

It doesn't hurt that I've had some great people to train with, both in Vernon, where Tara and I were visiting family over the Christmas Holidays, and Kamloops, to which I'd return for work every few days.  The end of December and first week of January included a few sessions with the Vernon Master's swim
club and Melissa Spooner's Endurance Health and Fitness crew (amazing what some Christmas "end
2014 with a bang!" sessions  and whatever new set Coach Bruce wants to test on his Lane 1 lab rats
will do for you).  Now that we're both settled back in Kamloops, we're getting up to the Tournament Capital Centre to train with the new Master's/Triathlon program run by Patrick Waters of Waters Wellness Consulting.  So the long and the short of it is I'm running out of excuses for large swim deficits next year!

Speaking of teams, the 2015 sponsorship map is starting to take shape. RB Piping, the Starting Block
and Save-On Foods are on board for the New Year, as is Saucony, who I'll  be representing as part
of their Hurricane program. I'm looking forward to linking/posting some of the great things my
sponsors get up to throughout the year. For example, Jim at Save-On usually has 4-5 community
initiatives on the go....at once. This Christmas season included helping out at Upper Room Mission
(serving lunches in the parking lot after a burst water pipe forced a building closure), Carolling for a
Cause (set up outside the store on Dec 10th, benefitting United Way), and Vantage One Credit
Union's Gobble Giveaway. It's easy to stay motivated when your sponsors are working and giving so
tirelessly.

On that note, time to get swimming. The Vernon Master's meet is coming up quick on the
18th, with the Kamloops Indoor Gran Fondo and the Starting Block 10k hot on it's heels in early
February.  That should calm the race cravings down until the Tri pre-season gets underway in March!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years. Some great things are about to happen in 2015!!