It’s still May – and we’re already swimming in Sasamat Lake. After running in the morning in the Terra Nova rural Park, I enjoyed swimming the loop in the lake this afternoon. For my run, I found a new route which runs through the Richmond Sharing Farm - a cooperative garden who’s harvest gets donated to local food banks. For the swim, I stayed side by side with Stan until the dock and then picked up the pace a bit for the rest of the loop. The water was cold for the first 5-6 head dunks, but after that, no problems.

After the swim, we went back to Drew’s cabin for a beer. Beautiful view, relaxing atmosphere, an all round good way to spend the afternoon. Later in the afternoon, Torbin and I headed out to watch the final’s of the BC JR’s Ultimate Champs. Left on the agenda, dinner, then T’s hockey game. It’s been a busy Sunday – a pattern which I expect will repeat a few times more throughout the summer.

run
1h16
Avg HR 138

swim
35min 1 x loop of Sasamat Lake

On Sunday, I headed to Kits pool with my wet suit. I swam for 50 minutes. For about 20min, Andrew let me draft off his toes. It was a good swim. I am a whole new swimmer. My wet suit is so fast. I glide along like a streamlined fish. After the swim, Bronwyn and I went for a 2h15 min run from Kits pool, around Prospect Point, and back. The rain was ridiculous, and at times, even laughable. At the end of it all, we both felt very strong for conquering the elements and the big weekend of training.

Today (Tuesday), I find myself with general aches all over – but nothing in particular hurts. There’s a few new aches in my shoulders from the wetsuit swim. I’ve also got to be a bit careful because it’s easy to be grumpy from fatigue. But really, I’m feeling pretty great.

It was a misty wet morning in Vancouver for the marathon. After a tough swim workout, I jetted down to the course in my car. My plan was do my Sunday run backwards and cheer for folks along the course. In particular, I was looking for my Mum (doing her first half marathon) and my friend June (trying to qualify for Boston). After ditching my car, I ran over the Burrard Street bridge looking out for June. She was looking good coming up to the bridge on her way out to UBC. I could see it was a good day because she was running just a couple of minutes behind the 3:45 pace bunny.

I then ran briskly out to Stanley Park to see if I could catch my Mum. She was racewalking up a storm and so she was probably heading home under the bridge just as I headed out to the Park. You can see from the happy finish line picture that Mum and the racewalkers had a fantastic time. She was “over the moon” when Continue reading →