Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Staying at the right end of Vancouver this time so couldn't pass up an iconic Vancouver run - Stanley Park. Wouldn't normally do something this long the day after a race week but didn't want to miss the opportunity. Like my last visit, you couldn't really see the mountains, but now it's because of light rain and low cloud (a wind change on Thursday finally cleared out the smoke), which I think the locals are happy about. (They'll be happier if the rain gets to where the fires actually are, but it probably won't in useful quantities).

The run itself wasn't one of my best; a bit of hamstring soreness early (which first showed up in the final controls yesterday), and a bit of Achilles soreness late. Still, plugged away steadily on my longest training run for a while. A reasonable number of people out, although there would undoubtedly be more if the sun was shining (and slightly later in the day).

Headed for the airport after a late breakfast at the Granville Island markets, and am now waiting to head home (via Tokyo). Not sure if I've got a red flag in the system in Canada because every time I've gone through an airport here I've been "randomly" selected for extra searching - in Whitehorse they pulled my bag apart (although, being Canada, they were polite about it).