Are you tough enough for the province's highest mountain?

I could complain about the rain, but the clouds cloud my thinking. The sun is more fun but we trot no matter the weather. So we rumourize (?) that snow may again fall but I have faith that we are all wrong! No snow for me! Let's take a road trip to Max Bell Arena for an 8 am journey along the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, the golf course, Beaver Dam Flats Provincial Park, and the Eastern Irrigation District Canal. If that doesn't sound like a trip around the world I don't know what is!

It was great to see our buddy Ken back from India, now on a permanent case. No more India stories, pictures, and winning the obcure race. But we wish him well as he is in Oregon for a marathon this weekend and then Vancouver for a do-over next weekend. The guy just never quits. Hopefully we will all have his energy and enthusiasm for life when we are in our 50's. Good luck Ken!

A belated congrats to our old peeps Evelyn V. and Jill N. and Martin L. all braved the Boston heat and completed the Boston Marathon last week. Hard to believe it was eight years ago I last did this and twelve for my first time. Time does fly but not my personal speed anymore!

And a good old good luck to those of you doing the Police Half on Sunday. Joy, Sadie, and me will be ensuring that the helicopter landing pad will be marshalled and the shortcut (1 km and one hill less...) will be offered to all trotters. Are you going?

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So I was thinking...

We are very excited to announce that, in partnership with BC Parks, we will be hosting the 2012 Mount Robson Marathon on Saturday, September 8, 2012.  The event will consist of full-marathon (actually 46km, about 4km longer than a true marathon) and half-marathon (21.1km) “out-and-back” trail races on the world-famous Berg Lake Trail in spectacular Mount Robson Provincial Park.  There will also be a shorter distance race still to be determined.  In addition to the races, there will a kids’ fun run, live music, BBQ and other activities during the day at the Mount Robson Visitor Centre.

Registrations are expected to open on Saturday, May 12 at 10am, and there will be a registration link on our website at www.mountrobsonmarathon.ca.  There will be a limit of 150 participants in each event.  Entry fees will be announced as soon as possible.

Further details on the event, including the entry fees, will be announced as they become available on our website at www.mountrobsonmarathon.ca, via our Twitter feed @MtRobsonMarathn, and via our email distribution list (please email info@mountrobsonmarathon.ca to be put on the email list if you didn’t receive this message directly from info@mountrobsonmarathon.ca).

Our website http://www.mountrobsonmarathon.ca/ includes detailed information of the race routes.  To see what you missed in 2011, or to relive some old memories, please take a look at our Flickr photo gallery at www.flickr.com/photos/mountrobsonmarathon

Anyone interested?

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And then it occurred to me...I need to train.