I managed to regain my slightly sub-one hour/10K pace with a 47:27 finish. We went with our small informal running group and met up before the run for appies at Chris and Jenn's air B&B, then again for brunch after the event. The weather was perfect; it was sunny and quite warm with even the partially full moon still hanging in the western sky. There had been a really cold wind the day before, funneling through the downtown core. We had thought we'd not brought warm enough clothes at that point.
We managed to do the whole trip car-less. It was door-to-door via transit buses and walk-ons on a BC ferry; about 5 hours each way. Which is interesting as driving probably wouldn't have shaved off much time when you consider how early one needs to arrive in advance at the terminal for a car crossing. Coming home we cut it a bit close by disembarking from the Victoria bus and walking directly to the ticket kiosk mere minutes prior to the ferry sailing.
And plus...I could sleep on the bus and the ferry! And boy, did I need the rest! It's been crazy-busy the last month: the East Van 10K, the 3-day Galloping Goose bicycle trip with Jeff followed immediately by a 7 a.m. Tuesday flight to Kelowna for work, the next weekend jogging 10K with our running group followed by the rest of the day moving furniture while Shauna was away in Winnipeg...on and on. Actually I was even in Victoria earlier this same week, on Monday, for a building review; flew in via Harbour Air.
Shauna tells me I even slept through what she described as a "marching band" below our hotel window the night before the running event. And I normally require almost complete silence to get to sleep and stay asleep.
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| Our room with a view. We were right across the lane from "Rebar" restaurant, which, coincidentally, is where we dined. |
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