The Edge to Edge results are in

results:

I placed 82nd out of 133 marathon runners. I was 21st out of 32 in my age
group (Female 0-39).

My time was: 4:30:24. My goal was to finish is 4:30. I went out strong at
the beginning because the Tofino stretch is pretty flat. Ucluelet is another
story. It undulates and rolls and curves all over. After running 33k, facing
big rolling hills is not an easy task.Even though I wasn't focused on my
time too much, I would notice that I was hitting my times at the right
marks just by running my own race.

At 8 k my right calf cramped up and I pretty much ran in pain for the rest
of the way, but the desire to finish, to run to raise money for Fauna and
to run this particular race for a full marathon distance was keeping my
mind off the pain kept me focused on the goal. db and P. tracked me
every 5 k for the  whole thing. The rest of my family caught up at about
the 26 or 27k mark  (after my sis finished her half marathon 
in Ucluelet! She did a whopping 1:59:40 for her first half marathon ever!
It was a proud weekend).

I'm thrilled. I finished. All the hard work, injuries, being unable to
properly hill train or do speed work and yet I still managed to finish
one of the toughest courses in Canada.

I'll write more later about the fund raising side of it, but for now here
are some pics.

A nice and small start line with everyone milling about.


At 4 k we ran on the beach for a short stretch. The sand is very packed and
it's quite nice to run on really. db and I were married here 8 years ago so
this was quite emotional for me to return to this special place.
The bulk of the race was along the road that runs between the two towns and through
the Pacific Rim National Park. It was gorgeous there. Despite the wet pavement, it
didn't rain. The rain held off and by the end the sun was out.

db did a little beach tour while sis and I recouped back in our rooms. Sis actually
ran the trail along this beach. I hope to get back one day and walk it.

My favorite place.



starfish. I missed that! D'oh!