Run 95, 2009 …all I have to do now is…run

I rested as much as possible over the last month or so, but the holiday is over and now it’s time to get down to the business of serious training. Starting next Sunday January 3rd, 2010, I’ll be doing my first long run of my leisurely 18 week training period before the marathon. That training program starts out with a 13 km long run, maxing out at 32 km before tapering. Today I went out late, but got back just before dark. I was in Edmonton picking up a gas clothes dryer and didn’t get to run until I got back. I only ran 5 km but at least I got out there.

The gas dryer replaces a burnt out electric one that we’ve had for more than 20 years. Thanks, Dave Lockwood for that dryer you gave me then. Believe me, I’ll need the new gas dryer. When you run outside in the winter you create a washer load from the wet clothes you use in just one single run so it really piles up fast. We’ve been managing without a dryer for a month by hanging clothes up wherever there was a spare doorknob but that just won’t cut it for winter running. My clothes have to be clean and dry before my next run.

With the help of my friends, I have a campground already booked in Humboldt Redwoods State Park for the Avenue of the Giants marathon. All I have to do now is…run.