Cesar's Blog

It was a set plan, run a sub 3hours marathon and then survive for an extra 7.8kms... at the time of registration it sounds like a good idea, but certainly wasn't... I thought that it would be fun to hammer a sub 3 marathon pace and then take it easy in the last bit. I put in a solid training plan (just my plan) like running 32k on Sunday mornings, run some tempos at race pace, do some speed workout drills, etc. I have a few friends doing similar training plans so in some case it was easy to hookup with them and have some company. On race day I waked up early (5:00am) had the usual race meals, oat meal, waffles, peanut butter, bananas and plenty of coffee. I drove to downtown at around 5:30 to have plenty of time. Once at race start by 6:30 and with half an hour to spare I was with chatting with friends and trying to think about the race and how it was going to unfold. The start was at 7:00, lots of people as we were starting with the half, the full and the ultra. I started as pl...

Change is always good!! this year I decided to try a different format on the long endurance MTB races and ask Alana to team up and hammer one lap at a time at Salty Dog. The race is a 6.5 hours, starting at 10am till 4:30pm. This year the weather was perfect for a race like that, overcast and cold, in fact too cold... we even got a hail storm just before the end of the race. As Maria had some family commitments we couldn't do our annual camping trip this time.. kid of a bummer, but I was already committed with Alana and couldn't back out. I was planning on riding my Bemmer Saturday morning and come back after the race on Sunday, however my good friend Amit talked me out of it and convinced me to car pool early saturday. Andy ended up going with us as well so it was even better, we talked along the way, had breakfast, coffee, all good. We arrived to Salmon Arm at around noon and right after picking up the race package and settle in the bed and breakfast we pre-rode the course...