Two days off, one day with yoga and today back to running.  Another very brief training cycle begins in preparation for the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon.  I wasn’t sure what running would feel like today after that awful day of running I had on Sunday.  But today’s run ended up being a comfortable 6k, 3 km of which were under a 5:52 pace. No pain, no stiffness, so it is time to do some work to make sure I am ready for Vancouver.

The fun part about this race will be that there is no pressure.  I have promised myself that any destination races I do will purely be for fun.  Of course if I get out there on race day and feel awesome, I will go for it.  But if I am going to run in a beautiful city I am going to make sure I can enjoy the sites on the run and feel good enough after the run to continue playing tourist.   And who wouldn’t want to enjoy the views when running a course that looks like this:

Ideally next week I will work my way back up to 12 or 14k.  The following week I will aim for an 18k run, then time for a mini taper and Vancouver…here I come!