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Getting Closer to race day

I feel like I've been on a long road to arrive at this training point.  Perhaps I should back up a bit and explain a little.  I've been running off and on for years now.  In January I decided to run the Vancouver Half Marathon, my buddy Manish brought it up one evening at dinner.  I thought about it for a few minutes and agreed to do it.  This could be fun.  I also figured it would be a good personal goal.

 It feels like a long road to get to this point.  Winter sucked, I really didn't like running in 20-degree temperatures, bur.  Then I was sick with that terrible cold that was going around, that laid me up for a few weeks.  But with the race coming up quick I laced up my shoes and got out there, a lot!  I pushed myself every week to extend my runs farther and farther.  I'm finally at a point where I can run 11.5 miles and not feel like I killed myself.  I'm slightly sore after my big runs but not enough to bother me.  It's not the full 13 miles but it's close enough, my last long run I felt like I could keep going if I had water.  Temperatures are mild again, it's not raining every day, I lost a little bit of weight, and I feel like me again.  I'm ready.

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