15-17 May 2009 - a bit late...

Route: Dan & I did our long run on Friday instead of Sunday since we were at the cabin in Birken. We drove into Whistler to run on the trails around the Village (see map for more detail). We started at Meadow Park Sports Centre, went around Lost Lake (it's not really lost cuz we found it), through the Village, past Alta Lake, Nita Lake and Alpha Lake. We retraced our steps to Alta Lake and then ran on Alta Lake Road for a bit - there was some construction at Rainbow Park, so we couldn't run on the trail there. Passed a bear having lunch beside the road. Luckily it wasn't interested in us since we didn't have much left in the tank at that point. Ran back into the trails and headed back for a loop around the Whistler Golf Course and then back to Meadow Park. Distance: My GPS and my very rough mapping of the route say we did 26-28km. But, we're sure we did at least 30km given the time we were out.

Weather: sunny, sunny, sunny.

Sunday: Unlike Dan & I, the Sunday group did complete the full 32km. Suzanne and Trish did bike support while Debbie, Tony, John, Dom, Joe, Kanta and Rainy ran. Kelly, Leah, Joanne and Ernie started with the group and turned back at 30 minutes. They ran from Home Depot, along the bike route, down 6th to Main, around False Creek to Jericho and back. From the look of this picture, they had amazing weather too.

Coming up: Tomorrow is a "short" run of about 12-15km. The following week is our last long run (yippee!). We will be meeting at 7:30. I'm not sure if the location has been decided or not.