“Shouldn’t you be running more?” my wife, Rochelle, asked as we went for a walk last evening. “It seems like you’ve been running a lot less than last year. Are you sure you’re ready for this?”

We were discussing the Haliburton 100 Miler, which I’m registered to race on September 10. Rochelle caught me by surprise, as I was feeling quite pleased with myself at that particular moment. Just the day before I had finished a three-and-a-half hour trail run at a fairly decent pace in hot weather. And earlier that morning I had completed a five-and-a-half hour trail run as well (was supposed to be 6-7 hours, but a crazy thunderstorm made the trail conditions unsafe). So as we went on our nice hour-long walk pushing Kieran in his stroller, I was thinking about how I must be getting very strong as my body didn’t even feel tired or sore that evening. And then she rattled the cage. “Are you sure you’re ready for this?” Continue reading →