Dad called on the phone last Sunday, realizing he probably should back out of a half marathon he’s registered for at the end of the month in Calgary. That means there is an open spot to run in the race. I’m currently assessing whether or not I can actually do that without embarrassing myself. It looks like, based on today’s run, that I should be in OK shape and will probably give it a try. Managed quite easily 7min50sec miles for an hour. I’d like to try ten miles tomorrow and then make the final call on whether or not I’ll try for the full 21.1km in two weeks.

Finding time to get on the bike outside has been rough. I was forced to skip out on the Triathlon club’s first ride of the year… boohoo. I decided to write the accreditation exam to practice engineering in the United States (at some point in my career way down the road). That meant 10 hours were holed up in an exam room on day. That meant the next day when everyone else was out enjoying the beautiful weather I needed to put together a presentation about my research project for the semester. So as the rays beat down and some people managed their first sunburn of the year on their pasty thighs, I was only absorbing the radiation coming out of the LCDisplay in front of my face.

Cross Country racing starts this Wednesday evening, that’s always a highlight of my September and October so I’m going to give it a try this week. It’s short so I can probably manage OK but I’m sure Pat will once again destroy me. That does mean however that it will probably be a few more days yet until I get outside on that bike.