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Another road running racing season here in New Brunswick is nearly over, with for me, just the RunNB Awards ceremony in Tracadie to attend.

I had a slow start this year after having to take 3 months off running with a foot injury. It was hard work getting back into it. Probably, the older you are, the tougher it gets and I am certainly advancing in years! I also took a further 3 weeks off this summer to attend the wedding of my oldest niece Sasha in London, England. This was a fantastic occasion and it was so awesome to spend time with my family again. After the wedding week of festivities I spent 8 days walking Hadrians Wall with my old school friend, Liela. We hadn’t seen each other for 40 years but what an experience we got to share.

The following are a few highlights of my running year:

1) Becoming a member of an awesome new running group called the Rockwood Road Warriors. Our coach is Dean Strowbridge and I am very proud to be part of the Warriors. Their support is one of the main reasons I was able to get back running and finish the season on a high.

2) Finishing 3rd overall woman in the 5 km race at Shediac in July and 1st in my age group. What an awesome birthday present.

3) A wonderful trip, with Cindy, Sue and Michael, to Caribou, Maine, to run the brand new half marathon there. If you like hills and lots of them, this is the race for you. I have to admit that when I suggested to my friends Cindy and Sue that it would be a great idea for us to run this race in its first year, I did not know that there were no flat bits, at all, in this route. Not only that, all the hills were named. I kid you not. At the start of each hill was a sign with the hills name on it. I do not like running hills!!!! On a positive note for me, the race is very well organized with an awesome goody bag and long sleeved tech shirt. We, as ususal, had lots of fun and that for me is why I run.

4) Breaking 25 minutes for the first time this season in my last Super Series race of the year at Island View Eagles in October. My time was 24:50 and I was happy with that.

5) I again won my age group in the Super Series. This is my last year competing in the 50-59 age group and so it is nice to go out on a high.

So that is a quick summary of my running year, so far, but what has inspired me to start writing my blog again is the really big surprise that I received in October. I won the ‘Toast of Tallahassee’ contest. My prize is, two complimentary race entries for either the half or full marathon, a hotel stay, a welcome bag full of goodies and offers from Tallahassee businesses, restaurants and more, tickets to the Pasta Dinner, a free training plan from Science of Speed Endurance Coaching and access to the VIP #OwnTally tent at the expo and finish line festival featuring special amenities. I am still in a state of shock1

I started the training this week and will be posting weekly updates on how this is going.

Woohoo!

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Welcome! #pei #tracadie #berrypatch #upick #latergram #strawberry🍓 (at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island)

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On the scale #pei #tracadie #berrypatch #upick #latergram #scale #strawberries #strawberry🍓 (at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island)

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In the field, McCardle's Berry Patch #pei #tracadie #berrypatch #upick #latergram (at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island)

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