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I've always had a dream of becoming a faster more competitive trail runner. Not for any other reason than the fact that I find it a lot of fun to be in the mix of the lead pack in a race. To be up there knowing that if I have my day I may end up winning but also knowing full well that I could blow up if things don’t go my way. That is the kind of racing that gets me excited. I am not taking the super short stuff like 5-10k’s, but more the marathon - 50 mile distance. These seem to be the distances that I am drawn to. Long enough that you need to have some good endurance but short enough that I can flirt with the red line.

Arriving at Peter’s Place we were warned of a new freshly cut steep slippery connector trail which would take us down to an ATV trail and advised to take it slow so we didn’t end up getting hurt. This lived up to the warning.

Now the fun part begins as we make our was onto the “20k of sweet single track”, I’ve run here lots before and it is beautiful trail… and even though its not the toughest part of the park loop (Jodi was nice enough to leave most of the “torture chamber” out of the course) I knew what we were getting into and given we were 50k into the race I don’t think too many people would disagree with replacing the word sweet with gruelling.

Be warned…. This is a long one, but when you run for a day and a half there is a lot to say!

 There are two ways to approach a goal, you can wait until everything is perfect, or you can accept the cards that you have been dealt and give it a go anyways. Sometimes you may just surprise yourself.