This was once me…..2004, Vancouver Full Marathon. 2:04:55..I was 45?

Then me, Victoria, 2006, 4:09:47…..I’m 47?

I miss that cap…..and this is me, now, an 8K 2022 at 63, 55:42…..now, old and slow….

At least I’m stopping my watch….

The next goal……the Edmonton Half Marathon in August

This was me in Edmonton doing the Half in 2006….I’ve run it a few times since, but this was a 2:14:47…not bad, can I at least do that again?

And yes the big goal is back to Victoria, for a Full Marathon, in October…..a long, way, away…..but the training, is on-going..

Today was a rest day….volunteered for a local race, the Leading Edge Run Wild…..gotta give back. I was going to do the 10K distance, but they were short volunteers, and well, without volunteers, events, races don’t happen…so took one for the team, and hey, I still got a t-shirt…..

A new week is about to begin, I’ve a busy week planned, three run club runs, a few on my own, some strength, some swims and some time on da bike……so it’ll be a good week to get back on the horse…

So I know where I was, now to keep going ahead……I just getting older, nothing I can do about that, but I can keep doing what I like and need to do….just be me……..ask me what I do and I’ll tell you I just get older……….an old Murray MacLauchlan tune…..but so true…I was so much older then, I’m younger then that now….Bob Dylan had it all right again……

Teaching Run Clinics, leading Run Clubs……just making and having connections, friends……that’s what helps me keep on, and keep active…tomorrow, a trip to the Edmonton River Valley for a fun/hopefully 10K……..there may be a swim in there at some point….time to celebrate summer, and to stay as active as a 63 year old can get…

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