around the neighbourhood

I live in the southwest corner of Edmonton, a city of about a million people in western Canada.  I usually run from a local recreation centre which has access to hundreds of klicks of sidewalks and paved, gravel or single track trail.

[Virtual] Personal Peak Summer Race Series (2020)

The race format is pretty simple: just run as far as you can in the allotted time.

After I gave the Quarantine Backyard a whirl a couple months ago, I found myself on a fortuitous mailing list. Last week I got the notice that the same crew were hosting a second race, this time a summer series, in a different format. Rather than looking to long-term endurance for the measuring stick, this time the race is a time trial.

I signed up for three of the four races this summer:

Quarantine Backyard Ultra (2020)

April 6, 2020

Post-Race

I woke up at about 530am to get myself prepped.

To be very, very clear: After watching the race live feed for the better part of the weekend, and as I write this 48+ hours later the live feed is STILL going and 3 people are STILL racing, my two laps and 13.5 klicks seems pathetically inadequate. The runners are approaching 330 klicks and 49 hours and three people are still racing.

So, I participated.