Vacation Time Yet?

As evidenced by the last several posts all being from the boss, I haven't had much to say on here lately. I'm pleased with our progress towards being marathon ready, but over 100 miles of running in March has left me feeling a bit weary, for sure. That said, we've finally put in the last of our builds with the 20-miler on Sunday and it's now time to start easing it back a bit. This week will be a shorter and easier 3-hour run (read: not at "full of beans" pace like last weekend!), with the following weekends backing off to approximately two hours and one hour.

I think we're ready though. I'm anticipating the course being quite difficult with all of its hills, but we've put in enough work on the local hills to account for that. By the end of Sunday's run I understood what KC had told us about wanting the downhills to end, as coming off of Burrard bridge I'd have paid a lot of money to be going uphill instead of down! I expect running in the crowd to be fun though, as the collective energy is one of the things I always enjoy about racing.

In other vacation news, our favourite B&B up in the Okanagan has decided not to host anybody this year. They were worn out by the end of last summer, understandably, from all the efforts they put in. Unfortunately, that leaves us now with no place to stay during our planned trip to race in Kelowna and stay through the week to watch Ironman the following weekend (whole trip: August 22 - 31). So, our plans may have to change a bit. However, anyone interested in potentially splitting a rental place during that period should give us a call ASAP. The week will be all about relaxing with some wine, some good bike rides, and some good friends.