@Lee6 Hmmmmm, that blue cake looks like an insta-eat! How are you, Lee? (Apart from melting, that is.) #SummerRunning

Celebrated the solstice with an unofficial urban ultra. 52km on multi-use pathways and urban trails. Super fancy aid stations (convenience stores and coffee shops) with a variety of nutrition options! Met a coyote as my watch was syncing this morning. Saw a turtle laying eggs. Four ravens. So many gold finches! Ran on a new trail and excited to go back. Good day!
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I have discovered that the towing harness I use for sled pull runs in the winter does a fantastic job of pulling a bicycle and pacer when they have tired of pacing me on my long run. I imagine this is what huskies feel like pulling a sled on wheels for the first time! So much fun!

Beautiful evening for a run! I am enjoying the warmth!

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Elevation run on single track is my happy place! Humidex of 34 and I was glad for the shade. 504m elevation. Beautiful run! #GetOutside #TrailRun #TrailRunning #UltraTrail #Run #UltraRunning #SummerRunning #Trail #UltraRunner #LongRun #LongRunDone

Well, hello taper!
I spent a lot of time on the #StruggleBus this weekend. So much negotiating ("another 500m of elevation and you can message the crew" or "see how you feel in three kilometres"). Saturday was my altitude day, 75 laps of the sledding hill. So glad I am done with the sledding hill for the season!! Sunday more distance, laps of the research farm. These grapes were ripening on the fence encircling the farm. 70% of race day kilometres and climbing over the weekend. The legs are good to go! While I am grateful for the mental and emotional preparation that laps provide, I'm looking forward to racing across actual mountains and not doing laps like a hamster on a wheel!
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Beautiful day! Got to see "my" egret.
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Another double long run weekend in the books. Beautiful weather both days, not too hot, breezy. Beautiful skies and lots of lovely blooms! I appreciate on the second run how easy it is to slip into that meditative state, my brain and body are already primed from the day before. One more week of build and then onto taper!
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After the rain. Another doozy of a thunderstorm today, three hours of booming. Got in an easy trail run after the sky cleared.
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There's always one keener ready to kick off before the others! You can hold your horses! It's only the end of July!

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The crew met me on the hill after I finished my 1200m elevation (3937 feet) so we could have a walk together. Nice way to shake out the run! So chilly! 18C!! Six weeks out from race day and this was the coldest temperature I've run in all July! Good run, felt strong. #LongRunDone #Elevation #UltraTrail #DogWalk #DogsOfMastodon #UltraRunner #GetOutside #SummerRunning #HillRun