Ok, I clearly have a LOT to say about the marathon. Bear with me, I’m almost done.
This part covers the before and after the marathon moments.
When I got up on race day the LAST thing I wanted to do was eat. My stomach was churning and I literally thought [...]
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Marathon – Part 2
My First Marathon
I did it! My first marathon!! After months of training, weeks of stressing and a serious attack of nerves the morning of I did my first marathon – and it was FANTASTIC!
My goal was to do it in 4:30 (but I was worried I was going to take more like [...]
My First Half Marathon!
Today I did my first ever half marathon! I have been training to do a half for awhile now – aiming for the Fall Classic run at UBC in mid-November. That one is a nice, flat, road race – doable I thought. Devin had other ideas…a couple of weeks ago he sent [...]
Race Report: Buntzen Lake Trail Run
It was the last trail run of the season, and the last in the 5 peaks trail running series for this year. I have to admit I’m a little sad that the season is done, as gruelling as the runs are and as much as I stress about them I really love doing [...]
5 Peaks – Mount Seymour
I was really really nervous leading into this race. It was my first time tackling a 5 peaks course and I knew that the mountain course was going to be hilly and that it was going to be tough. True to “pre-race form” I spent the week before the race psyching myself out, convinced I’d [...]
