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Three days before the big day.<\/p>\n
I’ve been holding out posting this lovely photo. Nipple chafe is not fun, so I cut band-aids so they don’t have to get stuck to a pile of chest hairs.<\/p>\n
My biggest run came almost 2 weeks ago. I covered 32 km in about 3.5 hours. I only realized afterward how slow I was going and getting a little lost in some valley trails made it sort of a frustrating run. It was certainly a beneficial run in that I completed it unhindered, without stopping, and with energy left over (I think). I ate some Sharkies Gummies and a GU along with my homemade electrolyte drink and I think it made a big difference. Last weekend I ran 20 km as tapering down the runs before the marathon helps preserve energy and muscle mass, I have watched both dwindle over the past months. I’ve lost 15 lbs.<\/p>\n
This week I ran two short runs, 6 km and 5 km this week just to keep my body active. I’ve been neglecting my cross-training and weight training and I hope I don’t pay too dearly for that.<\/p>\n
I’m looking forward to my little solo trip to Vancouver, though I’ll miss my family. I’ll spend the weekend with both my sisters and their families and I’ll get a chance to visit my two Australian cousins too.<\/p>\n
I think it’s normal to be filled with anticipation and dread as I think of the 42 kms that await me. I’m confident that I will complete it, but I’m certain also that I will suffer in those final minutes.<\/p>\n
Now I have to pack and read through all the updates sent to me by the BMO Vancouver Marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three days before the big day. I’ve been holding out posting this lovely photo. Nipple chafe is not fun, so I cut band-aids so they don’t have to get stuck to a pile of chest hairs. My biggest run came almost 2 weeks ago. I covered 32 km in about 3.5 hours. I only realized … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-122","6":"format-standard","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-sports","9":"category-zr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}