On July 10th, 2011 I raced the Desert Half Ironman in Osoyoos, BC. My family was not able to make the trip with me so I did a solo weekend in Osoyoos. Special thanks to the SAA members who cooked me a fantastic pre-race dinner and Barb (@Kelownagurl) and her family for adopting me on race day. Thanks to both groups, I have some photos of myself on race day.
In general, this is a very hilly course on the bike and a relatively flat run. The weather was perfect given that Osoyoos can be 40C at this time of year.
Final time: 6:42:34 (the women started 7minutes after the men)
After my minor breakdown at work on Friday, I set off on Saturday for Sechelt. I have run the April Fool's Half Marathon two times and this was my third time. It never fails to be hilly and hard. Sunday morning I started off at in Gibsons ready to run to Mission Point Park. I took it very conservatively knowing that I would be adding another 15kms on at the end of the 'race'. I crossed the finish line, collected my medal, filled my water bottles, ate a piece of bagel and a bite of banana and kept running west. I do not recommend running your longest run before a marathon in Sechelt if you are not used to hills. That place is full of 12-15% grades both up and down. At the end of the day, I ran from 9:17am - 2pm with a few quick breaks to refill bottles, eat gels and take few rocks out of my shoes. After a shower and some real food, I was back on the ferry to North Vancouver. Reward: Whit...
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