There is really nothing quite as fulfilling as running a first race with a friend...unless it's successfully indoctrinating them into the cult of running. Which I think I've successfully done with Nick, now. Spoiler alert, but at the end of this race, he told me he'd definitely run a half again...just not right away.
And less than 6 hours after we finished, he sent me a link for a 12k he wanted to do. So yeah, I think my work here is done.
We planned our second trip to Whistler specifically to do a hike on Whistler Mountain, which we couldn't do with Zoe. Matt had his eye on the High Note Trail because he'd heard the view was really good, so that's what we did!
On September 21, Nick and I are running his first half marathon! Training has felt...spotty. I made the mistake of not writing down a specific plan on my calendar, so I was mostly keeping track of my workouts via Strava. As a result, I'm not actually sure how solid my training was! So, in an attempt to boost my confidence for race day, I'm looking back on the last few weeks to see how my training actually went.
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Matt and I had an unexpected long weekend together, and of course, that means hiking! I had already told my friend Melissa I was up for a hike, so it ended up being the three of us. I had run long the day before and my legs were toast, so I wanted something not-too-challenging but that would still be entertaining for Matt, who seems to want to tackle harder hikes each time.
