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Fall is officially upon us.

One of my favourite seasons, theres nothing better than taking walks in the brisk air to catch the fall leaves changing colour, or sit on the couch with a cozy sweater, book and cup of tea. Plus theres Thanksgiving and Halloween to look forward to.

This year, I've compiled a list of my five favourite things so far this season.

1. Post run baths

Theres just something about climbing into a hot bath with epsom salts and bath balls after a long hard run. Not only is it good for the muscles and joints, but good for the soul ;) and it will make your skin feel super hydrated and soft.

Recently I've been obsessed with products from a little bath shop in Mahone Bay called Sugar Bubbles. They have a great selection of scrubs, fizzes, soaps and my fave.. bath balls.

2. David's Tea

A cup of tea a day keeps the doctor away! For those of you who struggle getting your 2L of water a day.. tea is a great solution. Also a wonderful solution to coffee for you addicts ;) some has caffeine so you shouldn't withdrawal too badly if you switch, plus theres so many delicious flavours to choose from!

My current faves are the fall collection "The Great Outdoors":

Blueberry Muffin
Nutty Granola Crunch
Pom Cider
Carrot Cupcake
Pumpkin Chai

3. Loaded Oats
Oatmeal is a fantastic food for runners. They're quick carbs that are easy to digest and provide a lot of energy for putting in miles.. plus they taste great.
Recently I've been loving a local companies apple cinnamon oats. Its all natural and local ingredients, and as it says on the back of the bag, No Weird Sh*t.
Nothing says fall more than spices and apples!

Of course I eat my oatmeal with a side of smoothie, tea and a great book.

4. Apple Cider

Like I said, to me nothing reminds me of fall more than apples and spice! (Except for maybe pumpkin too)

Thats why I'm loving a new local cider company thats come to Wolfville. They have refillable bottles for around $6-8 a refill, which is a great price. Apples are full of antioxidants and are perfect for detox (goodbye fall colds!). Plus cider is delicious and great paired with a nice pasta dinner.

The Annapolis Cider Company has $5 taste tests and my girl friends and I couldn't resist.

5. Fall Running
Let's face it, winter isn't too far away, and summer is long gone. However, fall makes for the best time for running. The air is crisp, the temperature is near perfect (you won't over heat, or freeze if you dress appropriately) and the scenery is something out of a movie. Our environment has a lot to do with how we feel, so getting outside into the fresh fall air and in the beautiful forests of gold, orange and red can be a huge mood booster. Not only will your endorphins kick in because you're being active, but your mind and body will thank you as well.
Plus it makes for some beautiful pictures!

Happy Fall!
The Rural Runner

I plan my route before hand, carefully calculating distance, potential hills, and trying to avoid busy roads where drivers can be reckless and fast. I lounge around on the couch, attempting to delay as much as possible the inevitable long run that I have now planned and am required to do according to my training plan. I hum and ha and procrastinate until I've realized its actually 3 in the afternoon and I still haven't left, and by the time I finish the 23km, its going to be getting late and close to supper. Reluctantly, I put on my running clothes and lace up my shoes, careful to pack my Camelback with Gu, lip balm and kleenex before filling it half full with water, and I head out the door.

 I must be f-ing crazy.

I start running, following my route as planned. I'm only on kilometer 5. My lungs are burning, my feet are sore, my legs hurt and I'm pretty sure the tightness in my chest is comparable to a cardiac arrest.

I keep repeating to myself, over and over, I must be f-ing crazy.

 I'm the one who decided to run, to train for a race, to do an "easy 23k" today.

I must be f-ing crazy.

But its these difficult times, when your hips are aching so bad it feels as if they're yelling at you to quit.

When your legs are so heavy, that even a 2lb Camelbak feels like it could cause you to collapse under its weight.

Even the wind feels as if it is pushing against you.

In fact, it's as if all of the odds are against you, and the only thing you want to do is sit on the side of the road and cry.

Mentally, you begin caving into the dark thoughts of the deepest parts of your brain.

You tell yourself how you can't do it and ask "why am I out here in the first place?"

 I must be f-ing crazy. And I'm sure to repeat this to myself at least 100 more times during the run.

But this moment, this is what it all comes down to. This moment is when you have to rise above the pain and realize, I'm doing this.

I left the house to run, even when I could have done a million other, easier things.

I took that first step.

I'm here trying and I'm giving it my all.

The thing about long training runs is, theres no water stations, theres no one on the side of the road cheering you on, you're out there suffering on your own.

 But these long training runs, these days that you dread, the days where the running and everything feels wrong and miserable, these are the days that make the races great. These are the days that help you achieve your PRs, these are the days of hard work that we do in private, so we can shine our light when it counts.

 And when race day finally comes, you will look back upon these days, remembering the struggles, and feel the strength from enduring, and doing something that not everyone is capable of. Because the thing is, training is going to suck some days, but thats what sets you apart from everyone else.

 Yes, I'm f-ing crazy, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy Trails,

The Rural Runner

This month, I had decided to again review and rewrite my goals. We're officially 5 months into the year (where is the time going?) and I decided it was a great time to add some new goals in. This month, I've decided to try to explore more of Nova Scotia, since I've lived here my entire life and there's still places Kirk and I haven't gone yet. To start, we went to Evangeline beach, a cute little beach close to our apartment where the tides are so high, you can either walk a kilometre out on mud, or there's too much water to even see any ground. We ended up there when the tide was in, and it was all the way to the stairs.

Also as a big goal this month, my boyfriend Kirk and I decided to go all of May sugar free. So far were on day 7 and haven't broken down and eaten any sweets. This challenge is pretty difficult because I constantly crave sugar whether it's chocolate, cookies, froyo.. Etc. It's also hard because families at work always bring in treats to leave at the nursing station, and we almost ALWAYS have goodies on night shift (gotta make shift work more bearable right?).

Some of the reactions I've gotten upon declining sugary treats are funny, others concerning. The main response is "oh I could never do that for an entire month" or "um why.. You're crazy.." Also got "so basically you're just going to eat vegetables all month?!"

Let me clear one thing up, when we said were giving up sugar for one month, that means no processed or fake sugars. No donuts, no ice cream, no pop (at all. Diet is just as bad if not worse), no candy. Fruit is FINE. I'm tired of everyone being so afraid of eating fruit "there's too much sugar" and then going and eating a fricken Big Mac (etc.). Fruit is natural, fruit helps with metabolism and to keep you regular, fruit can prevent heart disease and stroke, even some forms of cancer. Fruit is delicious, eat your fruits!!

And now we're off to start the drive to Fredericton, NB for our race this weekend! Race recap will come after.

Happy trails,

The Rural Runner

Starting is always the hardest part.

There have been so many times where I've been sitting on the couch thinking about how I should go for a run, but then come up with every excuse possible as to why I shouldn't.

Sometimes just simply lacing up your sneakers and getting out the door is actually harder than the run itself.

Tonight, I had just finished a long week working five 12 hour shifts in a row and am still in the process of switching my body and brain off nights. I was sitting on the couch, super comfy, still in sweatpants, and came to the realization that it was ALREADY 7pm! I couldn't believe where the time had gone, I felt like I had wasted the day, without even being sure what I had accomplished.. (nothing by the way).

According to my ultra training plan, I was due for a cross training day. However, I hadn't run in 2 days and was feeling very guilty about this.

As you can imagine, all of these factors should have been a big influence on getting my butt out the door, but I just wasn't feeling it tonight. Every reason I had to get outside and be active, I followed up with an excuse.

Reason: "Its gorgeous out today and the sun is going down soon."

Excuse: "It will be nice tomorrow too.. and I don't have enough sunlight left for a long run, so maybe I just won't go."

Reason: "I will feel so much better after I run."

Excuse: "But I'm SO comfy sitting on the couch right now."

Reason: "Look at me, I'm so out of shape I NEED to run and train or ill never complete this ultra."

Excuse: "Or I could just sit here and be lazy like everyone else in the world."

The thing is, you need to be stronger than your best excuse.

There will always be a perfect reason to not do something. But if you really think about it, what are you gaining, from holding yourself back?

Why are you afraid of allowing yourself to succeed?

Why not spend an hour of your day, in order to gain years on your life?

Why do we allow ourselves to become so comfortable that we fear doing what we know will increase our happiness and improve our lives?

Remind yourself of these things, and just get out there and get it done. You'll always feel better and more accomplished once you're done, trust me, I did.

Even something as simple as a short run or a quick walk is 100x better than doing nothing at all.

So be stronger than your best excuse, and force yourself out that door!

Happy trails friends,

The Rural Runner

I'm finally back to work full time (long story short.. Was on a leave of absence), and feel like I've been busier than ever!

So far, January has been jam packed with work, reading, spending time in Cape Breton and of course training runs and workouts!

Since finishing my January half marathon.. My runs seem to be few and far between.. Only reaching 62km so far for the month. I've been lacking motivation lately, as I had finished the half that I trained for since October, and then kinda thought.. "Well, what now?". So I decided a good way to kick that motivation up a notch, is by making a new goal..

Enter Spartan Race ULTRA BEAST!

By 26+ miles, that really means...

"of course it's gonna be more than 26 miles.. Expect to die on the side of a mountain for atleast 27 or 28 long and gruelling miles."

Just paraphrasing here.

Having not officially registered yet.. Because the race cost the same as like.. 4 months of groceries for me (plus $40 parking? What an expensive lifestyle!).

Yup $235 is a steep price to pay to torture yourself for 12 hours.

Which, by the way, my goal is to finish in under 12 hours. Kind of because I think that's an appropriate time for my first one.. But mostly just because I don't want to be out there for absolutely any longer than 12 hours. Seriously.

**UPDATE (March) - So I Have purchased and Eastern Canada Seasons Pass for Spartan Race, and have officially committed to the Montreal Ultra Beast on July 31!**

Sure, for the typical marathoner who is doing 26 miles no problem.. 12 hours sounds INCREDIBLY SLOW! But! You must realize that we will be going UP and then down.. Then up and down again.. Then up and down AGAIN, on the side of a 2000 foot mountain, all while mixing in 50 different obstacles including monkey bars, barbed wire crawls, rope climbs, bucket/log carries.. And whatever other instruments of torture Spartan Race has up its sleeves.

SO, my point is.. 12 hours is a pretty decent time for a first ultra beast. As long as I do not miss the cut off time, I'll be a happy camper!

Next topic, what I've been up to this month!

Since finishing the half, and deciding on this big new goal.. I've been focusing a lot more on building strength for carries and monkey bars at races, and doing longer runs.

We did a nice 16km run, slow because of the ice, but a gorgeous day for it.

Afterwards we worked on some obstacles. The 8 foot walls are my arch nemesis.

Don't let the smile fool you.. Sandbag carries are harder than they look!

We also did a 10km run along the water, the snow was super deep which made the run a tad difficult. Gotta embrace the Cape Breton weather.

We also spent a couple hours snowshoeing as our cross training, a super fun way to get outside in the winter and be active!

This month I also was able to go out with my sister and friend Lee to The Middle Spoon. A local desert bar, and we stayed for lunch.. And of course cake!

I had the squash soup and chocolate cake for desert.

Lisa and Lee shared the sweet and savoury platter in behind.

The hint of raspberry was delish!

Lisa had the peanut butter cheesecake and Lee had the lava cake (would totally get this one next time).. And yes, that says "spoon" and it's made of chocolate, too cute!

This month I've also been spending a lot of time reading..

So many books.. So little time!

This new year I had a personal resolution to read atleast one book a month, and so far it's going well. I've already read the book my sister Keshia gave me.. Girl on the Run by B. R. Myers and enjoyed that. Sometimes there's nothing better than resting the legs and getting lost in a book.

I'm currently enjoying Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. Such a great read so far and filled with plenty of laughs, also an interesting read being a mental health nurse with the book written all about how she handles her depression/anxiety.

Next up for light casual reading is The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I've watched the movies with Kirk and loved them, so he gave me the first book in the series for Christmas! I'm looking forward to beginning this series of books (4 total I believe).

I also have a new book that I like to refer to as my bible. It's called Relentless Forward Progress: A guide to running ultramarathons by Bryon Powell. There seems to be some great advice and tips in here that I'm hoping will help me with training, nutrition, etc during my race coming up in 3 months. There's also training plans within the book, and chapters on basically ANY question a beginner ultra runner like myself might ask. I'm excited to read this book, but will need to set aside a time where I can focus fully on it, and start to develop a training plan for myself, especially now that I have an official goal for April!

The other new book I have on my to read list is actually a big vegetarian cookbook. Which is great because I can simply flip through and find something to make for dinner. This cookbook, called Meatless has vegetarian recipes that range from simple quick snacks, to homemade soup, and even full meals! The pictures inside are absolutely gorgeous and detailed, and I can't wait to give some of these recipes a test run.

So that's how my January has been so far, a busy but wonderful start to the new year!

How has your 2016 been going? Any new goals for the year?

Cheers,

The Rural Runner

After realizing now that I forgot to post about the 5k New Years Eve fun run I did with my boyfriend Kirk, I decided it's better late than never!

I signed us up for this free race sometime in October, which was good because it ended up selling out quickly! The race race bibs were super cute and had our 2016 New Years resolution written on them too (mine is to run my first marathon). We also got a nice hat with registration.. Which is super warm and I wear basically every outside run now.

Me and Kirk decided to dress up a little bit and wrapped ourselves in battery operated lights and wore happy new year hats! After all.. It was not timed and just a super fun event!

At the start line, we did a little countdown to new year (pretending it was actually midnight.. The race was really at like 5pm haha), and then they set off ALOT of amazing fireworks!

Everyone watching the fireworks when we started. That darn light up head band was falling off the entire time.. Worth it though!

The race was basically a little loop around the town, staying on the edge of the road or the sidewalk, with all right hand turns. There was a short part through a subdivision, which was great because people still had their Christmas lights on, and made for a more scenic run.

We weren't really pushing crazy hard, but somehow managed to PR my 5k at 26:36! It's not crazy fast.. And my goal is a sub 25min 5k. But it's not often I head out specifically for 5k fast paced runs, since I've been focusing so much more on longer distances recently, so I'm pretty excited about this!

All smiles at the finish knowing I hit a PR!

After the race there was tons of food and drinks to fill up on! Hot chocolate, timbits and subway deli sandwiches.

We're hoping to do this race again next year because it was such a blast!

After the race we headed back up to Cape Breton to go to a Celtic music concert and to celebrate together.

As much as wearing workout clothes all the time is great.. I LOVE any excuse to dress up!

We had some champagne and danced until we were sweaty, it was a great way to ring in the new year!

So.. it's a little late.. But Happy New Year!

Here are some of my running/fitness goals for 2016:

- run my first marathon (Maratime race weekend, September 16)

- complete a Spartan Race Beast (April 30, in New Jersey)

- complete the Montreal Spartan Race Ultra Beast (July 31)

- do a muscle up

- do 10 pull-ups in a row (half way there!)

- do a 50k run for my birthday

- finish top 10 elite female at a Spartan Race

- sub 25 minute 5k

- sub 2:15 half marathon

Here's to making 2016 amazing!

What are some of your goals for this new year?

The Rural Runner

Sometimes things just don't work out the way we want them to. Not everything can always go our ways I guess, because what fun would life be if it was always easy? (Trick question.. That would probably be great.) anyways, without the shitty things that happen, and the road blocks along the way, we wouldn't learn or gain anything. (I will explain the point to this later on.. Keep reading!)

I've been training for 3 months now for the Hypothermic Half marathon, January 17, and last week (stupidly) thought I would be working, so I convinced Kirk (well.. not really convinced cause he's always down for a gruelling/long run) anyways, I asked Kirk if he would like to do the half marathon with me a week before instead (plus were both pretty broke so saving $80 was another argument for running it early).

Either way, I was feeling pretty disappointed that I couldn't make it to the race (Ps.. I found out that I'm not actually working, opps.. We're still will not be entering though, were poor haha). So we figured we would go and run the same route we would have been taking during the race!

Luckily the entire trail was clear except for some snow half way (for about 6km). The temperature was fairly mild at only just below 0, so it was the perfect day for a long run.

We packed the camelbak, stashing Gu and shot bloks, did a quick warm up, started the tunes and our tracking watches, then we were on our way.

We maintained a pace around 6:00-6:30 The route was absolutely gorgeous and winded past multiple lakes, all while remaining completely flat. A great trail for PRs!

We hit the 10km mark at just over an hour, which was exciting because I was hoping to finish in under 2:30. However, shortly after was when my hip pain started (again, ugh) and we hit the first section of unpaved road with snow/ice. Neither of us had spikes and it slowed us down quite a bit, keeping our average pace at around 7:00/km.

We reached the turn around point and walked for the first time for a minute while we quickly ate some chocolate Gu, drank water and continued on our way (Btw, having a camelbak is a lifesaver).

Kirk was really pushing me near the end, we ran our quickest km of the entire half, at around 6:00/km.

It was so painful, I may have told Kirk he better run fast cause I was gonna catch up and kick his ass.. Haha I can't be held accountable for the things I say while run-suffering.

We finished the 21.1km at 2:33:58.

At first I was slightly disappointed that we didn't finish in under 2 and a half hours, like I'd hoped, but then I realized, there's 1 of 2 ways I can let this affect me. Either I can see it as a failure (pretty shitty way to look at it..) OR I can use this positively, and learn from it. I know more about my limits now and what kind of pace I can currently maintain for long distances, and also, I now know that I'm fully capable of emptying the tank with a couple fast kilometres toward the finish line.

You're always capable of more.

We can either take our struggles and find a positive within them, or ruin ourselves with stress over the negatives.

For this (non competitive) half marathon, I am going to look at the positives:

- even though I wasn't able to race the actual half marathon, I still ran the same distance and route anyways. After all, why put 3 months of hard work to waste?

- I got to spend 2.5 hours with my amazing boyfriend, enjoying (almost) every minute ;)

- I learned even more about my long distance running ability.

- I beat my original half marathon time by almost 30 minutes!! Yes, you read that right. A half hour PR. How can you not be happy with that? Especially since the races were less than 4 months apart. Which tells me that I've obviously made some serious improvements on my pace!

- after realizing we burned off like 1700 calories.. We went and got Izzy's bagels.. Our tradition and obsession (except for relish veggie burgers.. Can't beat it!). The Runger was real.

Overall, it was a great run with a lot of positives! Also, it added fuel to my fire and I will complete my next 21.1km run in under 2 and a half hours.

I'm coming for you next year, Hypothermic Half!

But for now, on to training for my first ultra, April 30 in New Jersey!

Stay positive friends,

The Rural Runner

Yesterday I was due for my long run of the week (these always seem to fall on a Saturday). The run was scheduled for 19.3km. This is the same run as last weekend, except this one was intended to be a time trial to estimate my finish time for the half marathon coming up in January. I was struggling to find the motivation to head out for this run, but after watching the video "Rise and Shine: Welcome to the Grind" I was determined to get out there and get it done.

This video is amazing and literally gets me out of bed some mornings.

Heading out onto the trail, my body seemed slow and tired, like I was running but my legs weren't moving. My pace was slower than normal (averaged at 6.30/km, which is normally around 6.00/km for me now) and I got an abdominal cramp at only 3km in, which slowed me to a walk.

I couldn't understand what was going on, after I had done the exact same run last week in almost identical weather and was fine.

By identical weather.. I'm talking about the cold temperature and rain.

Reflecting back now, I'm guessing it was all the early Christmas celebrations and unhealthy food that probably caused my drop in pace (nutrition and fuelling your body properly for runs is so important.. lesson learned).

Carrying on, I started to feel somewhat normal again around 6k, and the run started to go much more smoothly. I stopped at around 10km to eat some energy bloks (strawberry.. My fave!). And to also take a bridge selfie.. Duh.

Luckily the rain had slowed down.

I continued on, but this time decided to do a loop, instead of turning around and retracing my steps to home (first mistake).

Shortly past the bridge, the sidewalk stopped and I was forced to run on the shoulder for about 2km (second mistake).

The road I was on is also known to be bad for people driving way too fast (okay yeahhh, red flags, third mistake).

Luckily I was running toward traffic so I could see oncoming cars. Btw, it was broad daylight during this run..

At about 13 km in, I happened to look up just in time to see a red car swerving toward me, on the shoulder, spinning and throwing gravel everywhere. I somehow quickly jumped out of the way into the ditch (God bless adrenaline). The car noticed me (I think) last second and quickly over corrected and flew back onto the road. It all happened so quickly I'm not sure what kind of car it was, or who was driving, but I can only assume they were not paying attention to the road. Talk about wrong place at the wrong time.

After landing in the ditch, I sat there crying (seriously, almost died I was pretty shaken up), over the fact that life could have ended so quickly and so suddenly, and how much I would have missed out on. There's so much in life that I have planned to do.. The car didn't even stop. Who knows if they even would have if I had of been hit? I might have died in that ditch.

As scary as it was, it really opened up my eyes to what's important, and all of the things in life I should be grateful for.

It made me think about a few things:

If someone is important to you, tell them. Tell them, tell them, tell them!!

Don't take life for granted.

Say I love you.

Smile more.

Be grateful for your health.

Life's too short to be afraid of living.

And please, pay attention when you're driving - for walkers, runners, bikers, everyone. That could have ended differently.

This was one of those runs where it literally takes everything you have to not sit on the side of the road crying, and to keep going.

It's just forward.

Stay safe friends,

The Rural Runner

Ps.. I finished my run only 7 minutes slower than last week so I guess I wasn't doing all that bad after all!

Sometimes the best way to motivate yourself, is by motivating others. Recently, I've had the opportunity to help my mom with her weight loss goals. We've been working together for about 2 weeks and so far it's going great! Not only has she lost 8 pounds, but I've lost 4 myself! I've been helping her with healthier eating and we currently are working out about 5 days a week. She will head to the garage to exercise on the treadmill, and I complete my run outside on the trail. We also include one day a week of weight lifting/resistance training or cross training to keep things interesting. Not only has she noticed a significant increase in her ability to run further distances at a time, but she is feeling and looking better. I'm so proud of my mom for putting in the effort, and love seeing her positive results.

Helping her has been such a huge motivation for me to keep going as well. I was even able to complete a new goal this week... Reaching the blue level on my Nike plus running app!

I may be a huge nerd.. But this literally made me jump up and down in excitement! Now if you can see how much excitement that brings me.. You can imagine how overwhelmed with happiness I am when I can help someone else reach their goals too! I can't even describe to you what an amazing feeling it is having someone tell you that you inspire them to work and try harder. I am always encouraging a healthy, active lifestyle for the many physical and mental health benefits it provides, and when I am able to make a difference with someone else's life it is very humbling. If I can cause a positive impact on someone's life then that makes me one happy lady! Especially if it's someone I love.

Keep inspiring friends,

The Rural Runner

As some of you may know, I'm currently training for my second half marathon. I'll be racing the hypothermic half in Halifax, January 17, 2016. I started my training 12 weeks before the race, and am currently on week 2. Not going to lie, week one was actually somewhat of a struggle. I had typically been running about 3 times a week and amping that up to 5-6x a week proved to be much harder than I imagined. I was feeling it at the end of the week. However, I took my rest day on Sunday and just like magic, felt amazing for my 8.05km run today.

Sometimes I stop to enjoy the beautiful country view! And take a selfie..

The pace was easy for about 5km, with the final part at a faster pace. My legs felt great and overall it was a wonderful run. Even after only a week, I am noticing a significant increase in the amount of time I can run without having to slow to a walk, which makes me super excited! Even managed to do some obstacle training during my run (can never be too prepared for the Miami Spartan races in December)!

Yes.. I use farm fences as obstacles.

Tuesday, tomorrow, is 9.65km. Starting with a 1.6km warmup followed by a 4.8km fartlek with 4 minutes faster and 1 minute slower pace, and finishing with that last 3.2km as a light cool down. This is different from last weeks fartlek, which was 3 minutes faster pace and 2 minutes at a slower pace.

Wednesday's run repeats the run from Monday (8.05km at an easy comfortable pace).

Thursday is different this week, it's not cross training, but instead am easy 4.8km run to get some distance for the week and build a base, as the kilometres will be increasing next week.

Friday's run is 6.4km, 4.8 at an easy pace and the final 1.6km at a faster pace.

Saturday is a 12.9km run (same distance as last weeks longer run). The pace is easy, with it maintained throughout the run.

Sunday is scheduled for rest day.

However, since I have a race on Sunday, I will be switching around the schedule a little bit. The long 12.9 kilometre run will take place for me on Friday, followed by rest day Saturday (for the day before the race), and switch the original 6.4 km run from Friday to Sunday. This works out well because the race is 7km on Sunday so I'll still get the mileage, just at different times and a half kilometre more.

Super excited for this race this weekend, because it's a relay race and I get to do it with my friend Erika and my boyfriend Kirk! The relay is 21km with teams of 3, and each person completes a 7km leg. It's called the lucky 7 relay and is 7 laps around Citadel Hill. I've heard good things about this race, apparently it's a lot of fun, and there's free breakfast after.. So it's a win-win!
Update: Heres the race recap from Lucky 7 Relay.

Happy running friends,

The Rural Runner

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