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My training for the Vancouver New Year's Run got slightly of track over the last 2 weeks. Fighting a stomach bug just couldn't get me excited going out in wet trails. Then I missed Dom's Go Home and all all my mid-week runs last week...

Tired of the old power bar? Guilty of diving into the cookie box one to many times? Here's a treat that serves the need of endurance athletes, yet is chock full of good stuff. Hey, it event passes Dom's vegan taste test...

Training for the Vancouver New Year's Fat Ass 50 is going well. Yesterday we tackled 3h on the course. Starting at Kits Point we headed west passed the pool and the old tree trunk on the beach, followed Point Grey Road to Jericho Beach. This used to be my home turf and running along the groomed gravel path always felt decadent. The views are magnificent with the the waters of English Bay stretching to the North Shore Mountains. At Spanish Banks we left the beach and clambered uphill into the trails of Pacific Spirit Park.

Getting serious with my plans to run the Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50 and to not neglect my midweek runs, I couldn't find an excuse this morning for not heading out.

It was raining, really hard. The roads were flooded and the trails looked like giant mud puddles. Our furnace had broken down the day before and I was slowly turning into an icicle. Moving could only be good!
 

Setting out for my morning run.  The problem with the routes in my neighborhood is, that unless I am willing to run on the road, there is a lot of up or down involved.  Nothing just easy rolling or flat. 

It is official. I am committed to tackle the full 50km on at the Vancouver New Year's Day 50 Run. Pat is in and Rhonda and Cheryl have expressed interest in joining us slow pokes. As Rhonda put it, "a 50K on New Year's Day would be an excellent way to spent the day....as in, I'm never in a hurry to finish and don't mind extending the time in an activity I love."

 

 

 

The following article was published in the New York Times Sports Section about Jesper's World Run: NYTimes article on Jesper's World Run - Run Around World Tries a Man's Soles By IRA BERKOW Published: October 25, 2005

 

For the past few days news of Jesper finishing his World Run have dominated the ultra running news and various forums.

I have followed Jesper's progress ever since receiving an email from his friend in Australia, Phil Essam, asking to support Jesper on his way through Canada.

At first, his note ended up at the bottom of my inbox. I was thinking, how am I supposed to help this guy. He is probably a bit strange. I have a family, a job and very little free time to begin with...I am not able to drop everything when he runs into town.

Listening to the torrential rains the night before Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch Run was not encouraging. I was trying to get excited about running for 3 hours soaking wet, cold and miserable. In principle, I like running in the rain, feeling the rain drops on my face, jumping through the puddles and getting all nice and warm in the shower afterward.

How many running families do you know? I can think of quite a few in my neck of woods and I'd like to bet so do you. Coincidence, lifestyle, genetics?