Addition to Sally Hansen HD Liquid Crystal Summer 2009 Collection!

I was kindly told by Karen_D that Sally Hansen had added a new color to their HD Liquid Crystal line! While I was a bit disappointed in these, I had to review it anyway. Original post on Liquid Crystal polishes is here.

Hi-Def is a lime green with tons of blue shimmer. I had less problems applying this one, but it also seemed sheerer. Anyway I think it adds a needed color to this collection, and is pretty nice.

Sally Hansen HD Hi Def:

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Jade

Well today is our last day in the two month daily Zoya-Fest I have been throwing. I only have two more Zoyas you haven't seen, Jade and Jo, and Jo isn't swatched. So that's it my dears! For now. Thoughts on Zoya - good formula. Pretty much universally all of their polishes have a good formula, not too runny, not too thick, and their thinner, Renew, works in a jiff for any thickness. It's easy to apply and while I'd like a thicker OPI type brush, the brush is just fine, basically.

I'd love to see more glitters in the future, more of their stunning mattes, more color exploration (they definitely seem to be going that way so I expect a super future). I'd LOVE more large grain shimmer polishes like the Truth Collection! And I would die for a glass fleck collection from them. Maybe a couple holographics in their hottest colors, like Paris, imagine a hot VAMPY HOLO. And a blue glitter like Roxy but medium blue, like say China Glaze Blue Sparrow-ish?

Anyway it's been a hell of a ride. I still have to review their Color Lock System, I already have about 4 paragraphs written but I need to do the wear test over a few days and I have a lot of swatching. I'll try to get to that within a week.

Tomorrow sees the start of July, and a new daily polish! Every Day an Essie starts tomorrow, so join me!

As for my last daily Zoya, I picked a real beauty, a sumptuous red jelly stuffed with red glitter. Jade is delumpscious.

Zoya Jade:

Results from the Bennie Bernard Memorial Run

Results from the Bennie Bernard Memorial Run

6Km Run/Walk

3Km Kids Run

Congrats All!

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Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter Giveaway Winners!!

This was a fun contest! I found a random number picker where you enter names and then it picks one by spinning them in a slot machine after you pull the handle. Cute! The random winner of the Sally Hansen Emerald City polish is Jessamine Pittar! Congratulations Jessamine!

The winner of the Amour Rain Glitter contest was harder to pick. I had some lovely suggestions, like OPI DS Coronation and Shanghai Shimmer, several votes for China Glaze Ruby Pumps (and why not, it's gorgeous!), Nilens Jord, BarryM Blue Glitter and Red Speckle by Santee. Some kind people entered for family and friends. Very sweet! Sally sent a VERY blingy animated entry that tickled me. Comments made about rain glitter were: "sex in a bottle", "all different colours of glitter in one... you can match... with every outfit".

I really liked the entries and it was hard to decide. Some notable entries were:

I would love to win the Amour Rain Glitter because it looks like christmas lights.
-Carolyn

Who doesn't like glitter polish? Let me know and I will glitterize EVERYTHING they own. : )
-Denielle

My favorite is the Ulta Hollywood. The bright red satisfies my inner whore. Plus it is smoother to the touch and doesn't squick me out when I compulsively rub my nails.
-Barbara

But the winner had to be Lynne Rafferty. Her entry:
My favourite glitter polish that I've tried so far is Amour Blue. I am basically a glitter fanatic. I always have been. Glitter, sparkles, shimmer - if it is shiny, I want it. My mom has called me a crow since I was little. Amour Blue is just so dense, so sparkly it's unreal, and I love those big flat brushes that make it so very easy to apply.

Although it does look different, getting lost in the sparkliness of Amour Blue sort of reminds me of the car my parents had when I was little: a ginormous metallic baby blue 1985 Buick LeSabre. I was fascinated by the sparkly car paint in the sun as a kid. I wanted ALL paint to be sparkly like cars! My parents had always told us not to touch the car, a command I took very seriously until one day I could no longer resist the sparkliness as I walked by. Ever the trickster, I pulled my sleeve down over my finger and ran my finger up the side of the car. I had circumvented the rules by not DIRECTLY touching the car! Only some dirt got on my sweatercoat, but that's okay, I could just cut that part off and no one would be the wiser, right? (The thought processes of 5-year-olds.)

The end result of my childhood numbskullery is that the entire arm of the sweatercoat my mom knit for me unravelled because I was a dumbass and cut a chunk out of it to hide the fact that I had Touched The Car *gasp* which was the biggest no-no ever. Mom fixed the sweater, but she did not let that go for years.

And now that I'm back from my tangent, Amour Blue is as mesmerising to me now as that sparkly car paint was to me as a kid. Ooh, shiny!


Congratulations, Lynne, enjoy your polish, and I will see you all very soon with another giveaway!!!

Sally Hansen Emerald City:



Amour Rain Glitter:

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Hope

Zoya Hope is what Mac's new Violet Fire should have been. Big, juicy, shimmery and full of spark. A favorite.

Zoya Hope:

Last Day for Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter Giveaways!

Don't forget to enter the Amour Rain Glitter and Sally Hansen Emerald City Giveaways! http://tinyurl.com/nupcdv

I'll pick the winner tonight at around 9:30 PST!

Islanders capture track medals - Connaughton claims silver, bronze; McCormack triple jumps to a bronze at nationals

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=264949&sc=99

Islanders capture track medals

Connaughton claims silver, bronze; McCormack triple jumps to a bronze at nationals

The Guardian

TORONTO — Sprinter Jared Connaughton of New Haven missed gold by a whisker Sunday at the Canadian track and field championships on the weekend.
Connaughton, the defending champion, was beaten by .07 seconds in the 200-metre final.
The silver medal was added to the bronze he won Saturday in the 200 metre.
Another Islander is also bringing home a medal.
Souris native Kurt McCormack claimed a bronze in the triple jump Sunday.
Brian Barnett of Edmonton won both the 100- and 200-metre titles, making him the first male to win both sprints since Nicholas Macrozonaris in 2003.
Barnett won the 200 metres in 20.71 seconds on the wet track at Varsity Stadium, leaning in at the finish to edge Connaughton.
Sam Effah of Calgary was third in 21.02.
Connaughton won the event last year with a championship record and personal best time of 20.34.
In the qualifying races, Connaughton finished first in 20.95, while Effah was second in 21.03 and Barnett was fourth in 21.20.
McCormack also ran in the 200-metre qualifying, finishing 23rd overall in 22.85.
Gerry MacAdam of Charlottetown finished 27th with a clocking of 23.24.
In the triple jump, McCormack had a best jump of 15.02 metres to finish in third place.
He also had other jumps of 14.55, 14.26 and 15.01.
The top-two finishers were Jacob Zorzella (15.14) and Sean Jestadt (15.09).
In the qualifying jumps, McCormack was fourth with a 14.81, behind David St. Bernard (15.29), Jason Goetz (14.88) and Jestadt (14.82).
Saturday, Connaughton finished third in the 100-metre final in 10.462, just edging out Effah for the bronze, who was timed in 10.469.
Barnett won with a time of 10.28 while Hank Palmer of Montreal was second in 10.40.
Connaughton was also third in his semifinal heat in a time of 10.41, finishing behind Palmer (10.33) and Barnett (10.39).
The Islander had Canada’s best 100-metre time of 10.15 last year.
Barnett, Connaughton, Effah, Palmer and Anson Henry are all members of the Canadian 4x100 relay that finished sixth at the Beijing Olympics.
The championships also serve as the qualifying meet for next month’s world championships in Berlin
Only four athletes met the qualifying marks over the four-day event that they needed for the world championships — 100-metre hurdlers Perdita Felicien and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Sultana Frizzell in the women’s hammer throw and shot putter Dylan Armstrong.
The men’s and women’s 4x100 relay teams have already qualified.
Athletes have until July 24 to reach their qualifying marks, and Athletics Canada was hoping to send a team of about 30 athletes to the meet.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/06/29/pe-connaughton-toronto.html

P.E.I.'s Connaughton just misses 200-metre gold

New Haven's Jared Connaughton picked up two medals at the 2009 Canadian Track and Field Championships. (Courtesy Athletics Canada)

Jared Connaughton of New Haven, P.E.I., missed a gold medal by 0.07 seconds Sunday at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Toronto.

Connaughton, 23, the country's defending champion in the 200 metres, won silver in the event. He also brought home a bronze in the 100 metres.

Edmonton's Brian Barnett won gold in both the 100 and 200.

Another P.E.I. athlete, Kurt McCormack of Souris, won bronze in the triple jump on Sunday.

Connaughton finished 14th in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 and was a member of the sixth-place Canadian 4x100 sprint relay.

In August, Connaughton heads to the world championships in Berlin as part of the relay team.

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Beyonnce

Zoya Beyonnce is a kind of rose/bronze duochrome with gold shimmer. It's very pretty and fun. I love polishes with something special in them like this. I don't see any reason Beyonnce couldn't be worn at work as well as be super hot out on the town. My picture does not do it justice.

Zoya Beyonnce:

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Faith

Faith is a dark rose with blurple shimmer. It's quite pretty.

Zoya Faith:

The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay Unveiled

http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/news/news-releases/

The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay: a 10-day celebration of extraordinary achievements Starting point, steel blue torch design,
official uniform, and relay’s emblem unveiled

Jun 25, 2009

Vancouver, BC — Three days after the Olympic Flame is extinguished on the West Coast, a new flame will light in Ottawa — in the heart of Canada’s national capital — sparking the official start of the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay on March 3, 2010. The 10-day inspirational journey will illuminate the extraordinary achievements of Paralympians and celebrate the endless possibilities of the human spirit through sharing the message of courage and determination embodied by the flame.

The relay, supported by the Government of Canada, will involve an estimated 600 torchbearers and visit several celebration sites, which the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) is actively working on and will announce at a later date. The Paralympic Flame will travel to BC Place in downtown Vancouver for the opening of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games on March 12, marking the first time Canada has hosted a Paralympic Winter Games. Tickets for all Paralympic events are on sale now at www.vancouver2010.com.

“The Paralympic Games are about celebrating unbelievable athletic performances and triumphing repeatedly over adversity. The flame — and the Paralympic Torch Relay — is a powerful physical reminder of this, of how a dream can spark a personal and emotional transformation in the pursuit of excellence,” said Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), who participated in today’s announcement with a host of dignitaries. “I know in 2010, Canadians will give a warm welcome to the flame wherever it visits, and be great hosts to the world’s finest Paralympians.”

As well, for the first time the Paralympic Torch Relay will have its own unique emblem. The 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay emblem — “Spark Becomes Flame” — shows a human figure with its arms raised and joined, much like a candle’s flame. Contained within the arms is the glow of the fire within everyone, symbolizing the moment when imaginations are ignited and dreams are born. The design was created by Vancouver 2010’s in-house design team.

“We felt it was important for the Paralympic Torch Relay to have its own emblem because of its special ability to shine its own light and reveal amazing stories of courage and perseverance in our communities and at the Games,” said John Furlong, VANOC’s Chief Executive Officer. “To honour the remarkable achievements of Paralympic athletes, we are planning extraordinary relay events that will inspire and garner attention for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Movement.”

The March 3 lighting ceremony in Ottawa will have a uniquely Canadian flair; the Paralympic Flame has no ancestral home, hence each Organizing Committee has the freedom to choose a lighting method and celebration significant to the Host Country. The details of the ceremony will be revealed this fall by VANOC, along with the torchbearer selection process and the relay celebration stops en route from Ottawa to Vancouver.

“The Government of Canada is proud to present the Paralympic Torch Relay, and we encourage all Canadians to follow the flame from the relay’s start in Ottawa to its exciting homecoming in Vancouver,” said the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport). “The Paralympic Torch Relay will spread the Paralympic spirit from coast to coast to coast and celebrate the talents and achievements of our great Paralympic athletes, who are an inspiration to us all.”

Over 1,300 athletes and officials from more than 40 countries will take part in five sports (alpine and cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, wheelchair curling and biathlon) during the 10-day 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler next March. The big international sporting event comes just 12 days after the region hosts the Olympic Winter Games.

“The Paralympic Torch Relay will bring the spirit of competition and triumph that our Paralympic athletes personify to communities across British Columbia and Canada,” said the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of BC. “We’ve already witnessed how truly incredible these athletes are and how fierce the competition is when we hosted several Paralympic sport events at the 2010 venues earlier this year. British Columbians are excited to host Canada’s first-ever Paralympic Winter Games and to share in seeing the dreams of our athletes come true right here in their home.”

At the news conference today with Sir Philip, VANOC also unveiled the torch and uniform design for the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. Brad Lennea of Whistler, BC, a retired member of Canada’sPara-Alpine Ski Team and a Paralympic Torchbearer in Beijing, and fellow skier Karolina Wisniewska of Vancouver, BC, carried the distinctive steel blue torch, inspired by the Canadian winter landscape and the lines etched on ice by winter sports.

The one-metre-long torch, designed by Bombardier, has an ergonomic, curved and modern design and features the emblem of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, a red maple leaf air intake cut-out and an engraving of the Games motto With Glowing Hearts/Des plus brillants exploits. It also has robust technology created by Bombardier’s aerospace and transportation design teams to weather the extremes of the Canadian winter. The torch can be operated in temperatures ranging from -50 C to over 40 C, through rain, sleet, snow and wind.

The Paralympic Torchbearer uniform, which seamlessly blends in with the torch design, is steel blue in colour and accented with bright bursts of blue and green on the jacket’s left arm. The uniform, designed and produced by the Hudson’s Bay Company, consists of a jacket, pullover pants, toque and knitted red mittens. The uniform is a commemorative keepsake for torchbearers.

The uniform also features the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay emblem on the chest and the IPC symbol, known as agitos, on the back. Silver reflective elements, including “Vancouver 2010” on the right jacket sleeve and right back pant leg, have been added for prominence and visibility.

Further information on the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay, including photos of the torch and torchbearer uniforms, is available online at www.vancouver2010.com/torchrelay.

Fulton Campbell - A hot, humid run - Happy Birthday Doug

It was 25 degrees humid and no wind and mostly cloudy.

The Fulton Campbell Memorial Run at Montague school.

The first 10km of the half marathon I started walk and break because the climate too hot and humid and back on track at 12km mark of race to soak the cap and drink.

I passed 8 runners from before Poole's Corner and end of the race.

Jamie Nickerson won the race and Rebecca Pike for the top female.

Jamie biked from Charlottetown. Scott Clark biked from Summerside, got to race after start and finish 12th. More people biked to the race.

Adam Lamb won the 5km race and Laura Smith for the top female.

I finished in 2:01:25 and came in 46th out of 72 runners.

More Photos
Deborah's PEI RoadRunners Photos

Official Result: 46th out of 72
Half-Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute, 25 seconds

Fulton Campbell 2008
Fulton Campbell 2007
Fulton Campbell 2006
Fulton Campbell 2005
Fulton Campbell 2004

I working at UPEI Track as volunteering for Canadaian Jr. Track and Field Championships in July 17-19.

Happy Birthday Uncle Doug!

Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance, inclusion, awareness

Connaughton keeps on running

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=264668&sc=99

Connaughton keeps on running

The Guardian

TORONTO — Jared Connaughton of New Haven had the fourth-best time in the men’s 100-metre qualifying heats Friday at the Canadian track and field championships.

Connaughton, who competed at last year’s Beijing Olympics, raced in a time of 10.73 seconds to advance to today’s semifinals.

He ran Canada’s top 100 time of 10:51. last year.

Oluseyi Smith of Ottawa ran 10.65 for the fastest qualifying time Friday.

Hank Palmer of Pierrefonds, Que., was second in 10.66, while Calgary’s Sam Effah was third in 10.68.

Semifinals and final are today at 4:40 p.m. and 6:40 p.m.

Islander Gerry MacAdam finished 31st overall in the heats in a time of 11.64.

Connaughton is the defending 200 metres champion and that event will go on Sunday, with the qualifying heats at 2:15 p.m. and the final at 4:35 p.m.

CBC Television will broadcast the nationals live today from 5:30 p.m to 7 p.m. AT.

(www.athleticsca/toronto2009)

Don't Forget Emerald City and Rain Glitter Giveaways!!!

Don't forget to enter the giveaways, Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter! Open to everyone, just send me an email at polishmayhem@gmail.com.

http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/sally-hansen-emerald-city-and-amour.html

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Mikka

Mikka is a deep burgundy-purple with, for a nice change, a silver shimmer. Very sophisticated and classy!

Zoya Mikka:

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/The-Truth-About-Hydration-in-the-Heat.htm

The Truth About Hydration in the Heat

By Matt Fitzgerald
For Active.com

Most articles about exercising in the heat are all about hydration. But did you know that drink fluids during exercise in hot weather actually does very little to prevent the body's core temperature from rising? It's true, and the studies prove it.

For example, a 2007 study from the University of Exeter, England, found that fluid consumption did not prevent a rise in body temperature or improve performance in a half-marathon running event. This was the first study to monitor internal body temperature continuously throughout a real race, using high-tech sensors that runners actually ingested the night before the race, which took place in hot and humid conditions.

Runners consumed as much or as little fluid as they wished during the race, and there was a high degree of variability in drinking rates. Runners replaced between 6 and 73 percent of body fluid losses over the course of the run. Researchers found no correlation between the amount of fluid runners consumed and their body temperature or performance. Thus, they concluded that drinking fluid had no effect on body temperature or performance in this context.

However, there is another way to interpret these results. Evidence from other recent studies suggests that the nervous system regulates body temperature and performance during exercise in the heat through a mechanism called regulatory anticipation. Essentially, the brain allows the body to work hard enough--and only hard enough--to reach his highest safe core body temperature, which is more or less the same in all humans.

Therefore, as long as they are working at maximum capacity--as one does during a race--runners competing in the heat will reach the same core body temperature whether drinking has a cooling effect or not, because inasmuch as it does have a cooling effect, the runner's brain will simply allow him to run a little harder so that he still reaches the same body temperature.

But, if this is so, wouldn't the authors of this study at least have observed a performance benefit to hydration? The answer is that they probably would have observed a performance benefit if they had looked for one within individual runners (by having each of them run the race twice--once without fluid consumption and once at the runner's natural rate of fluid consumption), but instead they looked for a general correlation between drinking rate and performance in the general study population. Presumably, however, each runner instinctively consumed fluid at the proper rate to maximize his individual performance.

This speculation is borne out by a more recent study performed by researchers at the University of Cape Town South Africa. In this study, cyclists performed a time trial in a hot environment on several occasions, consuming fluid at a different rate in each. The authors of the study found that the rate of fluid intake had no effect on core body temperature, but it did affect performance. The cyclists performed best when they drank at an "ad libitum" (freely chosen rate).

So while drinking while running in the heat will not cool you down, it will speed you up. Specifically, drinking during hot-weather runs will keep your blood volume at close to normal levels, which in turn keeps your sweat rate high. And since oxygen is delivered to the muscles through the blood, maintaining your blood volume through drinking also enables your heart to deliver more oxygen per contraction, so you perform better than you can if you allow your body to become too dehydrated.

How much should you drink? Studies such as the one above suggest that you should simply drink according to your thirst. Drinking more will neither keep you cooler nor improve your performance; but it will increase your chances of suffering from GI distress.

By far the most effective way to prevent your body from overheating while running in the heat is not to drink a ton of fluid but simply to slow down. But your brain, through its anticipatory regulation mechanism, will strongly encourage you to do this anyway, at first by making you feel uncomfortable at your normal pace and then, if necessary, by simply refusing to allow your muscles to work as hard as you want them to.

This mechanism is no failsafe, however. During exercise in the heat, it is possible for the brain itself to overheat, causing this protective mechanism to fail and opening the door to heat illness. So, to avoid this dangerous situation, take all the usual precautions such as avoiding exercise during the hottest part of the day, wearing appropriate technical apparel, and heeding warning signs such as dizziness, lightheadedness and cessation of sweating.

PEI In Motion - Training for the PEI Marathon

www.getinmotion.ca

The PEI In Motion running clinic started last week.
We run Thursday night and Sunday long runs.

Every second Thursday we do intervals at Stonepark Track.

* Here our PEI In Motion photo album *

"PEI In Motion Running Groups and Clinics" Facebook Group

New Haven’s Jared Connaughton will be running the 100- and 200-metre events - Canadian track and field championships and world trials

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=264421&sc=99

Runner's world
New Haven’s Jared Connaughton will be running
the 100- and 200-metre events

CHARLES REID
The Guardian

The beat goes on for sprinter Jared Connaughton.

The New Haven native will run in the men’s 100- and 200-metre races at the Canadian track and field championships and world trials, which started Thursday in Toronto.

This after he finished sixth (10.51) in the 100 metres at the recent Festival of Excellence in Toronto, won by world 100-metre record holder Usain Bolt (10.00).

Heats for the 100 metres at the nationals start today at 1:30 p.m. while the semifinal and final are Saturday at 4:40 p.m. and 6:40 p.m., respectively.

The 200 metres is on Sunday. Qualifying starts at 2:15 p.m. and the final is at 4:35 p.m.

Canadian titles and spots on the 2009 world championships team are up for grabs.

Connaughton, the defending national 200-metre champion (20.24), has run only one 200-metre race this season.

He said he has focused more on the 100 metres this season while pushing the 200 metres away, but not too far.

“It’s one of those races that just comes to me. It’s an organic race,” he told The Guardian this week from the Charlottetown Airport. “I have the (200-metre and 100-metre) pedigree, but it doesn’t mean I can breeze my way through.”

The 100 metres won’t be a breeze at all.

Connaughton’s 4x100-metre relay mates from the 2008 Beijing Olympics — Pierre Browne of North York, Ont., the defending national champion (10.19), Anson Henry of Pickering Ont., who finished last in the Festival race (10.57), and Hank Palmer of Lasalle, Que. — are also on the bill.

Connaughton, who had Canada’s top 100-metre time of 10.15 last year, won’t predict a winner’s time in his events.

Experience for international hoopla (the Olympics) and waiting to run (two false starts at a rain-soaked Festival and a half-hour power outage in the starting blocks of a 200-metres event in Guadalupe earlier this year) has taught him patience and the spotlight might not be such a hot place to be.

“It’s tough to tell time because every track is different. Weather changes a track pretty quick,” he said. “I can’t say it’s not tough. Rain is my kryptonite. You can’t control the uncontrollables (or) get caught up in the other crap that goes around. The celebrity, the press conferences, that’s not me.”

After Toronto, Connaughton is scheduled to compete in Halifax on Wednesday and then expects to attend a series of meets in Europe over the summer, leading to the world track and field championships, Aug. 15-23, in Berlin, Germany.

Kurt McCormack

Souris triple-jumper Kurt McCormack, a sophomore at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, is also competing at the nationals.

Event qualifying starts at Saturday at 1 p.m. and the final is Sunday at 3 p.m.

He finished 10th overall in triple jump last year with a jump of 14.40 metres in his first Canadian senior meet.

Dickinson State is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

McCormack had a personal best of 15.29 metres at the NAIA national championship in March.

CBC Television will broadcast the nationals live on Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. AT.

Live results available at www.athletics.ca/toronto2009

More Claire's/Icing Polishes

Claire's Yel seemed to be a big hit so I thought I'd mention a few more Claire's and Icing (a sister store) polishes. Claire's and Icing are in most malls in the USA, and polishes are usually buy one polish at $4.50 and get one 50% off. they also sell small sets of mini bottles of polish and single mini bottles separately. The formula varies but is generally fine and not hard to use.

I already reviewed some Claire's 3-in-1 polishes here, and Claire's Yel is here.

Claire's website: http://www.claires.com/

Icing Website: http://www.icingbyclaires.com/

Icing Roger That:


Icing Awkward:


Claire's Fabulous:


Claire's Meg Peg:


Claire's Blue Crush:


Icing Steamy:

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Renee

Renee is another one of those hot pink neons my camera just cannot cope with. It has a decent formula, easily thinned down so you don't get that nasty neon clumpage, and packs a lot of color. It's one of the Summer 2009 La Di Da Collection, and one of the prettiest in that Collection, I think!

Zoya Renee:

Mark Arendz - Training season underway

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=263195&sc=110

Training season underway

Photo courtesy of Molson Canada

MARK ARENDZ

The Guardian

The 2009-10 training season started with an awesome spring camp. A week of, I want to say, pre-summer skiing at the Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley. A spring camp like this I had never experienced.

It was a week of simply enjoying skiing with not a care in the world.

A typical day started out at 8 a.m., by heading down from Whistler to the Olympic Park, about a 25-minute drive. We get there and there was slight nip still in the air, but during the 20 minutes of getting ready with boots and skis, the sun was already warming everything up. The first 30 minutes was pretty stretchy, everything was pure ice, so an added thrill now accompanied the already fun, high-speed technical corners. The snow soon warmed up to an ideal surface. It is every skier’s dream of racing on snow like that. This lasted maybe another 40 minutes and then it started to get granular and slow, but still amazing.

A focus of the camp had a shooting aspect to it. So we worked a lot on the pursuit course and transition into the range. Another bonus of the camp was that I was able to watch the Swedish national team train. To see how aggressive they skied in certain sections, the tempo and the technique, to me, was a true learning experience. To watch, arguably, the number one and two sprinters in the world train, there is hardly anything that can beat that.

We made our way back to Whistler around noon. Then it was to the patios of Whistler for lunch. Enjoying great food, with the best of company and soaking up the bright sun in shorts and a T-shirt in April, nothing beats that. Every afternoon was filled with some recovery and a run on the local Whistler trails. And the whole camp was like this (with the exception of one day, where the wind picked up and it was a little cooler).

Though, all good things must come to an end! It was back to Calgary and back to school (two spring courses at the University of Calgary) and dry-land training.

June began with a great technique and biathlon camp in Canmore. The weather threatened to make it ugly, but held out for us. The camp was very demanding and rewarding at the same time. And to be honest I have never felt so physically and mentally exhausted after a camp, then this one. It proved that there are limits and we played (dangerously close to) crossing those limits.

The remaining days of June will be spent finishing off my courses and continued training, which consists of running, cycling, roller skiing, and strength, for the next little while. Then for July it is off to Canmore for a month of, I hope, great training.



Mark Arendz

The Guardian

Email: markushook@hotmail.com

A native of Springton, P.E.I., Mark Arendz is preparing to compete for Canada in the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games March 12-21 in Vancouver, B.C.
Arendz will provide Guardian readers with updates on his training and highlights of his participation in the games.

Photo courtesy of Molson Canada

Another Month of Zoyas! Zoya Emanuelle

Emanuelle is a reddish rose color with gold shimmer. Very understated.

Zoya Emanuelle:

This weekend's Races - Fulton Campbell Half Marathon & 5 K and 5th Annual Bennie Bernard Memorial

2009 Fulton Campbell Half Marathon & 5 K
Saturday June 27,
Points Race (Half Marathon only)

Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.
Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Montague Consolidated School, Princess Dr., Montague (Find it on the Map)
Sponsor: Stewart McKelvey Law Firm
Contact: Kimberley Bailey 902-368-9019 dkbailey@pei.sympatico.ca
Special Instruction or Notice: The Half marathon is a Points Race. The 5K run is not a Points Race. Neat entrance
gifts, post race BBQ with all the trimmings, door prizes drawn. Great value for your
dollar.
Fee: $10 for 5K, $20 for Half, free for kids under 16. All proceeds of the Fulton go to 2 families with children with special needs and 1 group of "Youth Can Do" students.
Course Description: The Half Marathon starts at MCS and proceeds through a residential area. The run
then goes along the Montague River, towards Knox's Dam. Onto Queens Rd and then Union, the race become more rural. Take a right hand turn onto Rte #3 which will take you to Pooles Corner, hang a right onto Rte 4 . Bells Hill is just ahead! The race continues straight into Montague, at the intersection turn right onto Queen's Road, continue and then turn left at Princess Dr. Back at the School. The 5K race finishes on the Union Rd. Hilly, challenging...a little something for everyone!! Scenic and hilly.
Map (5K is the first 5K of the Half-Marathon)

Fulton Campbell 2004 ~ Fulton Campbell 2005 ~ Fulton Campbell 2006 ~ Fulton Campbell 2007 ~ Fulton Campbell 2008

Photos from the Fulton Campbell 2004-2008

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2009 5th Annual Bennie Bernard Memorial
Sunday June 28,
6K Run/Walk and 3K Kids(10 & under)

Starting Time: 1:30 pm
Registration: 12:00 p.m. at Palmer Road Church (Find it on the Map)
Fee: $5.00
Fundraiser: Parish Fundraiser
Contact: Randy Allain (902)882-3467 rallain@pei.sympatico.ca
Special Instruction or Notice: The 3K kids run is a 1.5K out and back with safety for all participants #1 priority
of the organizers
Course Description: Out and back on Route 155, Thompson Road Palmer Road-Nice run and event for
all family members

2007 Bennie Bernard Memorial Run

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Brookvale trail run #2
(training for the August 2nd Brookvale Ultra Trail Marathon)

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Shawn

For anyone interested in running the trails again, or missed the first time out, we will be going on Sunday, June 28 at 7am leaving from the nordic center.
We had a great turn out the last time and everyone seemed to be having lots of fun.
Again bring lots of water, and maybe some food and be ready for a 3hr run
(Find it on the Map)

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Sloane

I'm not quite sure I have to do anything about Zoya Sloane but show you the picture. It speaks for itself.


Zoya Sloane:

Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter Giveaways!!

I've heard quite a bit about Sally Hansen Emerald City. Yep, another green! I've heard it is extremely hard to find. Well some good news! Looks like Sally Hansen rereleased it with a bunch of other colors in a sort of old color revamp. I found it in Walgreen's in a display with a bunch of other polishes, all with new sort of titanium look caps, a black metallic look. I also found a couple with white tops. The metallized cap is mine, but YOU can have one of the white tops!

Just email me at polishmayhem@gmail.com with your name and ask to be entered in the drawing! I will hold it next Monday night!

But since this is another green and I had already had another contest in mind - this week we have a double giveaway!! I am also giving away a new bottle of Amour Rain Glitter thanks to my dear friend Rebecca! All you have to do is email me at polishmayhem@gmail.com and tell me YOUR favorite glitter, or why you don't wear glitter nail polish! My favorite response will win the bottle!! I will also announce the winner for this Monday, with the Emerald City winner.

This time the whole world can enter. So start those emails comin' and good luck!


Sally Hansen Emerald City:



Amour Rain Glitter:

Another Month of Zoyas! Zoya Odilia

Zoya Odilia (Odeilia on Zoya's site) is a sort of rose with a touch of brown in it. It's really a great color in person, and would go well in a lot of situations. Really pretty.

Zoya Odilia:

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Anthea

Anthea is a red with gold shimmer. Zoya calls it a duochrome copper rose, but I don't get that. It is pretty though.

Zoya Anthea:

Another Step Closer to a Dream....

fingers crossed....

Islanders on the Run - This Weekend at The Johnny Miles

www.johnnymiles.ca

Full Marathon

3(Place) - Mark McCosham - 2/26(Div. Place) - 2:53:09*
4(Place) - Leo McCosham - 3/26(Div. Place) - 2:53:27*
13(Place) - David Forsythe - 3/19(Div. Place) - 3:16:14*
29(Place) - Ken Taylor - 13/26(Div. Place) - 3:33:59
30(Place) - Mark Victor - 14/26(Div. Place) - 3:34:15
35(Place) - Pam Power Mckenna - 2/6(Div. Place) - 3:38:38*
40(Place) - Francis Fagan - 10/19(Div. Place) - 3:41:05*
41(Place) - John Van Ekris - 16/26(Div. Place) - 3:42:21   
43(Place) - Michael Shea - 12/19(Div. Place) - 3:45:07    
46(Place) - Jackie Chaisson - 1/5(Div. Place) - 3:47:24
54(Place) - Karen Moore - 4/12(Div. Place) - 3:52:46*
56(Place) - Paul Burnley - 20/26(Div. Place) - 3:53:20 
57(Place) - Brenda Benson - 3/5(Div. Place) - 3:54:52
65(Place) - Carolyn Rowe-Turner - 6/12(Div. Place) - 4:00:09
67(Place) - Elaine Burkholder - 6/6(Div. Place) - 4:00:25*
87(Place) - Pam Montgomery - 9/12(Div. Place) - 4:21:54 
88(Place) - Cheryl Tanton - 10/12(Div. Place) - 4:21:54 
90(Place) - Jennifer Galle - 5/5(Div. Place) - 4:31:47
91(Place) - Cathy Vaniderstine - 11/12(Div. Place) - :33:17
92(Place) - Debby Hughes - 12/12(Div. Place) - 4:33:19
94(Place) - Lianne Murray - 6/7(Div. Place) - 4:38:09
96(Place) - Dianne Pye - 8/9(Div. Place) - 4:40:22

Full Results

Half Marathon

52(Place) - Brodie O'Keefe - 10/19(Div. Place) - 1:36:56
115(Place) - Sandy Carson Mcguire - 6/72(Div. Place) - 1:44:39
137(Place) - Beth Ellen Brown - 6/29(Div. Place) - 1:47:35   
138(Place) - Lynn Meredith - 3/43(Div. Place) - 1:47:11
175(Place) - Lisa Doiron - 12/72(Div. Place) - 1:51:29        
176(Place) - Kimberly McNeill - 18/84(Div. Place) - 1:51:30
178(Place) - Mike Murrins - 30/58(Div. Place) - 1:51:09
183(Place) - Judy West - 5/43(Div. Place) - 1:51:38
189(Place) - Loretta Van Ekris - 14/72(Div. Place) - 1:52:38
196(Place) - Eva Strongman - 23/84(Div. Place) - 1:53:37
207(Place) - Jo-Anne Shea - 7/43(Div. Place) - 1:53:53
214(Place) - Rick West - 10/21(Div. Place) - 1:54:49
223(Place) - Kim Horrelt - 19/72(Div. Place) - 1:56:17
265(Place) - Paul F Johnston - 60/72(Div. Place) - 1:59:28
276(Place) - Sandra Gregory - 3/5(Div. Place) - 2:00:39
277(Place) - Dorothy Gregory - 13/43(Div. Place) - 2:00:39
321(Place) - Elaine Chessman - 17/43(Div. Place) - 2:05:58
325(Place) - Paul Chessman - 43/58(Div. Place) - 2:06:03
333(Place) - Magan MacDonald - 24/29(Div. Place) - 2:07:16
336(Place) - Tracey Clements - 49/72(Div. Place) - 2:06:53
377(Place) - Rose Murphy Cheverie - 23/43(Div. Place) - 2:12:27
380(Place) - Jennifer Kearney - 26/29(Div. Place) - 2:14:06
393(Place) - Erin Peterson - 27/29(Div. Place) - 2:16:35
394(Place) - Matthew MacKay - 48/58(Div. Place) - 2:16:35
410(Place) - Sherry Rooth - 75/84(Div. Place) - 2:18:44  
445(Place) - Cheryl Delaney - 70/72(Div. Place) - 2:55:35  

Full Results

10K

122(Place) - Szarina Gauthier - 6/83(Div. Place) - 52:00  5:12
183(Place) - Alexis Clements - 14/83(Div. Place) - 55:31  5:34
232(Place) - Bria Brown - 20/56(Div. Place) - 57:56  5:48 

Full Results

Congrats All!

Another Month of Zoyas! - Zoya Jacy, Zoya Eve and Zoya

I posted so much past few days I didn't want falling by the wayside that I didn't do my daily Zoyas! So today you get three!

Zoya Jacy is REALLY nice. I liked this one especially. It's a slick dark berry creme with purple shimmer:


Zoya Eve is a hot bright red with a HUGE amount of purple shimmer:


Ah, too bad Paris didn't get her own post. A beautiful shiny vampy red jelly. Utterly chic and soooooo sexy:

Deltaware 5K

It was sun and cloud and 19 degrees.

The Deltaware 5km fun run in Charlottetown.

Gord from UFIT do the warm up.

There was head wind on the boardwalk.

Kris Taylor won the race and Rebecca Walker repeat for the top female.

I finished in 20:32 and came in 27th out of 175 runners.

Next week I going to Montague at Fulton Campbell half marathon.

More Photos
Deborah's PEI RoadRunner Photos

Official result: 27th out of 175
5K in 20 minutes, 32 seconds.

Deltaware 2004
Deltaware 2005
Deltaware 2006
Deltaware 2007
Deltaware 2008

"Hey.... What does your shirt say...?"

(Kara Grant & Alex Bain in Bilingual running shirts)



Good Luck to all PEI runners
at Johnny Miles!


Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance, inclusion, awareness

Zoya Truth and Dare Fall 2009 Collections!

I am VERY happy with these polishes. Rich jewel tones are exactly my style, and I love these. The formula is Zoya's usual one, it's decent and easily controllable if you don't overload your brush. These needed only two coats for full coverage, both shimmers and creme/jellies. They were easy to apply and beautiful.


Let's start with the Dare Collection. These are six warm dark shades mostly based on purple. These are supposedly cremes, but I think they are mostly jellies. There is one shimmer, Ibiza, a midnight blue. These apply easily. I added a bit of Zoya Renew to Ciara, but most were fine without thinning.

Envy, the green is a very dark jungle type green. It has a bit of brown in it, it kind of reminds me of a rubber tree plant. I think the green fans will really like it, though it is NOT a Nars Zulu dupe. I would have preferred an emerald green more in keeping with the other jewel tones, but Envy is pretty.

Zoya Envy:


Zoya Ibiza, the midnight blue sapphire, is the only shimmer in this collection. It's an understated shimmer but is noticeable:


Zoya Ciara is a juicy berry shade:


Zoya Demi is a rich warm purple with some red in it:


Zoya Pinta is a deep glowing royal purple:


Zoya Vanessa is the red of the bunch, but it has some blue in it, so it is somewhat like a garnet or a raspberry:




The Truth part of the double Collection is just flat out stunning. It is all shimmers in warm coppery reds, gold and pinks, and not only is it heavy on the shimmer, but it also has flecks like microglitter in there for big spangle effect shimmer. Not only that but I bet there is aluminum powder or something in there to make them a bit metallic. WOW these are HOT. Maybe a tad more color range would have been nice, I can't help imagining how beautiful Envy would be with this shimmer, and maybe a blue not as dark as Ibiza. But I'll settle for these.

Zoya Penny is a lovely coppery gold:


Zoya Kalmia is more a true copper with plenty of gold shimmer:


Zoya Salma... what can I say. My picture cannot do it justice. It's like Kalmia but redder, and i swear I see a faint dark pink and gold duochrome on it sometimes. It's simply stunning and I wish I could capture it better:


Zoya Isla, a hot burgundy red:


Zoya Anaka, a deep magenta full of big flecks of shimmer and a blurple shine to it that complements it beautifully:


Zoya Drew, a pinky mauve with tons of shimmer that I expected to be meh about but turns out to really like a lot:


If you are like me, you'll want them all! I hope I helped make your selections!