Aslan?!?!?! Is that you?!?!
...and you brought Mr.Tumnus! What a pleasant surprise!
...
...i should probably explain.
The past week went really well - we ended up taking the Saturday off, as Emily was not feeling well. that and it was her birthday, so a very happy 20th to Emily- even if it was spent monitoring health.
That being said i was feeling pretty gross too, and it gave us both a little extra time to recover from injuries - Emily with her blisters, and my left knee was threatening to become a problem (it has in the past), so the time was well spent, and we began Friday mornings run fresh and ready!
The weather had other plans, of course.
Second Friday in a row where we woke up to some substantial rainfall. Did that deter us? HA!
We set out at shortly after 7am and went up past Argyle, into Varley Park and to the Lynn Headwaters trails. This past week we added wearing packs so that we can adjust to having those with us as we run, because we will need to be carrying a lot of things with us in July! As we continued on in the trails, we could help but notice more and more leftover snow around us, and before we knew it, we were now doing a resistance/core-training run as our feet sank fully into the damp, heavy snow!!! All this being said it was quite beautiful to run through, even as our feet became oversized popsicles.
This being the reason for the Narnia reference earlier - we couldn't help but think we ourselves had run through some giant wardrobe into a completely different land than when we began. 8:15 we turned around and went back to the roads, meeting some lovely energetic dogs along the way who wanted to train with us, and down Dempsey then back the way we cam for a grand total of roughly 24K or so, arriving at the store at 9:25am, to the encouraging greetings from Keith and Peter!
We both made sure to stretch well before heading out, and we prepped for another run this morning at a respectable 6am!!!
Personally I had a rather violent energy crash later in the day yesterday, accompanied by a hearty helping of nausea, which almost took me out of commission for today. Toughed through it, realizing that most - if not all - of the reasoning behind the crash is likley due to the fact that i must change my old nutrition habits. While i ate a fair bit by anyones standards, i must now eat more! (What a shame!)
Forced myself out of bed this morning, and it didn't disappoint!
Emily and I met up on a thankfully dry and mild morning (hooray!) and headed out shortly after 6, this time going more based off of time than a goal distance, which is what we will be doing more of from now on!
We ended up taking a similar route to our very first run 2 weeks ago, and demolished our old distance, following the Seawall past Park Royal, Ambleside Park, and Dundarave, eventually turning around after reaching the road, and the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre!
Oveall a great run once we got going, the first few K were a bit tough as my body realized "okay, we're doing THIS again?!?!", but we hit our stride fairly quickly, and we got to watch the sunrise as we ran along. a very calm, serene (and thankfully snowless) morning.
After all that we got back to the store after 2 hours and 15 minutes, and roughly 25K, which means that in 2 days we knocked out just about 50 Kilometers! It's really cool to think of it that way - makes the prospect of Fat Dog feel more possible with each passing week as we add time and distance!
Made sure to east more, and more often today, and while i do feel understandably tired, it's great to feel miles better than i did yesterday, which makes me really happy.
Now we get to look forward to next week, and the plan now is to look into fun things like playlists for music during the race!
Now i must go and stretch....
Motivation Level: 9.5 out of 10
Animals sighted: dogs galore!
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