Back in the saddle

Or, to be more precise... back on the roads. What I'm about to tell you is all Tony's fault. He was training with us for the Seattle marathon, but waited too long to sign up for it. When he tried, it was sold out. No point wasting all that training, so he decided to sign up for the Royal Victoria Marathon on Sunday, 11 October. Well, that got others talking. I said I'd do the half and cheer him on. I've done the half a few times and the marathon once. (It was my first full.) When the group got together for a Wednesday night post-run tailgate party, Rainy & Joe mentioned that they were doing the Vic full. Mike said he'd like to do it. So did Dan. I'll cut to the chase - I'm signed up for the full marathon. Now, "signed up" is different from "doing" it. I'll have to see how the training goes. Tony has been following the schedule for first timers on the Victoria marathon website. Unfortunately, he's already at something like 25km. So much for a break...

So, we'll be at Eileen Dailly this Sunday at 7:3oam for a 15km run. Next week is 26km or something like that. I may or may not map our runs, but I'll try to post our adventures every week.

Happy running.