This Saturday is coming at us like a freight train. I figured it would be a good idea to run the course before I host the run so as to note any last minute hiccups.
I had made arrangements to visit a friend in Duncan, and after my January 28th. run to Mill Bay run the only thing that was bothering me was the bloody highway section...
Does anybody know what the trail bars were at the turnaround of the Fat Ass 50K from the table run by Gottfried? They were in a blue foil package which I stuffed into my pocket meaning to hang on to so I would know what they were, but I must have thrown it out with my gel wrappers. They were some kind of a mashed fruit product, maybe with seeds and nut mashed in there too. I got a great amount of energy out of one bar and it seemed to sit really well in my stomach.
It's Sunday morning at 9:00. I'm just coming off a cold. Still feeling it, but it's shaping up to be a crisp, sunny day and I really want to get back on the running program. My buddy Troy calls, "Want to go out for an hour on the snowshoes on Cypress?" Humm. That sounds not too aggressive and just about what the doctor ordered.
Last weekend I scoped out the route of the 
