It was a great start to Canada Day on Wednesday morning when Jo agreed to join me for a roadtrip to Pemberton to take part in a really fun community race called the Spud Run. Hmmmm, run for 2lbs sack of potatoes, sure, why not! Pemberton sits in the valley surrounded by amazing peaks and mountains. I knew the course was going to be dead flat and oh how right I was. However, needing to bring some speed and leg turnover back into my life, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for a good tempo run. I have been going hard since the weekends Comfortably Numb race, logging lots of runs and bike sessions.
Now, the coolest thing about the day for me was that Jo, my #1 support crew, my solid rock in life and my best friend wanted to come do this as her first race ever!!! I was so stoked for her although I cautioned her, say yes to racing with me once, and you will never hear the end of it!
Hot and muggy with an 8:30am start, the supposed 7km, low key event got under way. 42mins later, I crossed the finish line of what was actually a 10km race. This was good enough for 1st place for the woman and a yummy jar of Pemberton honey for winning!!! Jo finished in the top 20 - how AWESOME is that!!!! She is a racer at heart :) I also got to meet Thomsen D'Hont, one of our special youth members who will be joining i2P in Baffin Island this September! Thomsen took 1st overall - it's that lung capacity as a skier!!! Well done!!!
To finish it all off, I biked back to Whistler with super tired legs and Jo drove my car back! We concluded with breakfast at the Wildwood! What a great day!
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