I’m taking an extra rest day…I woke up with a headache for some reason, after another interesting sleep..it wasn’t restless, but woke up with a lot of confused thoughts and a headache…so took the first sick day from work in 8 years..I used to get sick a lot, I worked a pretty stressful job/career, and since, not….not sure where this came from, but sounds like I’m not the only one…I need to do a 20K run this week, so I better get better before the weekend…

I thought the Victoria Half Marathon was a long, long way away, but well, it’s not…

19 days……just a bit more than 2 weeks, and I’m thinking, maybe not?

The training has been haphazard, and Victoria isn’t my favorite place in the world…yes, it’s beautiful, but a pain in the ass to get to, unlike Vancouver….Vancouver, it’s a 40 minute drive to my airport here, a 1 hour and a bit flight, then a 15 minute skytrain ride into downtown Vancouver, which I consider heaven………Victoria, the flight’s a bit longer, and getting from airport to downtown is a pain, and going home a long taxi ride…….the flight and accomidation’s booked, but, well, I may cancel….I’m giving myself until the end of the week to do that……I’d like to do that half marathon, but is it worth it?……

The distance, yeah I can do that…..but is there something local I can do instead?

It’s almost the end of the year…….I’ve got my run clubs, clinics to look after……….almost overwelming, so maybe I’ll save myself for spring?

Kind of disappointing, but, well, what’s the smartest move here……if I bail, that’ll give me more options when it comes to training (I can just have fun?) and will take a little pressure off of my head….so may be the smart move….

I was going to take until Sunday to decide, but looking over what I’ve already written into this blog…well, maybe I have……instead of a 20K training run, could I, should I just do 12K Saturday?…..a trail run/race…it’ll be fun, maybe I should do something just fun?……..

So, no to Victoria, hello Devon……?………

This blog at times seems to have become a confessional, maybe my thought process, and kind of pathetic …but a process……..thanks for listening…so, now to plan the rest of the year without a half marathon?

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