Also Ran

I am so hyped up on marathons these days that I'm registered for the next 2, in YVR and Victoria. In Canada, many major cities have marathons, but they are almost all in the same months as YVR and Victoria. Running two marathons in the same month sounds like a worthy challenge, but one I am not quite prepared to face just yet.

The US has several marathons per month in various states, and it would be super fun to have a reason to parachute into, say, Omaha or Des Moines, but, I consider US travel still more or less forbidden, which makes me so sad, and honestly, I am not sure this situation will change anytime soon. My guess is we have a Trumpian, if not Trump, government for at least another 2 terms. If you are willing to do anything, you can achieve an awful lot.

Meanwhile I am in "rest mode", hoping to recover my right knee, and down to 5km a day for a bit. I feel like 10km is the more ideal distance for me, but at the moment, I am holding it back. Instead, I am experimenting with speed. I would say out of dailyness, distance, and speed, overall, I value speed the least, but still. I was wondering how far I could take it. Today I did 5km in 5:17, which, for me, is probably the 2nd fastest I have ever done it (once I somehow got under 5m, but that was truly a one-off).

Yet, Carney did a full marathon in 5:02, and at the age of 45 to boot. That seems like something to keep in mind! Running fast *can* feel super great, for sure. I'm not sure I could sustain it for 10k though, let alone 42.

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