TimWiens's blog

I’m not sure if you want results for this morning’s run, but I ran 42.2 km in 3:40.

My GPS has the course at 53.7 km.  Downloading the data into Motion Based software yields a corrected distance of 54.4 km.  This was Gilles and my guess before today based on pacing from Jan. 1.  If you zoom in on the attached map, it looks like the Garmin tracked well.

Well here we go again with the weekly Juan de Fuca Marine Trail report!  This is the third weekend in a row that CFA members have done this event.  Des had planned for Chris, Bill Dagg, and I to run it this Saturday since we were all unable to do it on the long weekend.  Bill jammed, but for a great reason --  he was offered a trip to New Zealand on short notice.

Des planned for an eight to nine hour run starting at 7:30.  The idea was to enjoy the day and not try to set any speed record.  As planned, we left China beach at 7:25.  Showers the night before had us a little worried, but the weather was perfect.  Clear skies and a moderate temperature.  Carlos had recommended running the trail from the top end, but Des thought running from China beach would get the more difficult sections out of the way while we had more energy.  The day unfolded according to plan.  Great views and hours of listening to the surf while we took our
time running / hiking along the coast.  It took us about five hours to get to Sombrio where we took a 20 minute break for lunch.  We had stashed some food and water there the night before (no drinking from creeks necessary).  Des had his second of three containers of Mott’s tomato juice.  He kept boasting about the “2600 milligrams of Sodium!” in every container.  Seems to have worked.  The only thing I stashed were some Purdy’s almond clusters but they were welcome too.