Race Day Eve :)

Tomorrow is race day!! 

Bright and early I will be getting up to run the the Sunshine Coast Trail Marathon Shuffle. A 29km trail race/hike along a portion of the Sunshine Coast Trail in Powell River. Its the first time I've done this race and only my second trail race ever. I'm actually really looking forward to it! There is no pressure time-wise as I've never done this race before and its a random distance so I'm just looking to set a baseline for future improvements. The race is capped at 400 and some people run and some people hike. The fastest time is just under 3hrs and some people take up to 8. I'm hoping to finish around 4-5hrs but really have no clue!  I've heard its a fairly competitive group this year. One of my worries is that the only other trail race I have done was my absolute worst race ever! But, there was a lot of other factors that played into that so I'm hoping this is different! I'm also running solo and there are a lot of warnings on the website about making sure you stay on the right path...so fingers crossed I dont get lost in the mountains somewhere! They posted the elevation profile for the first 23km....



Km's 3-10 look pretty brutal!! But I put together a playlist of upbeat music that will hopefully pump me up and keep me going. I had to add a couple Prince songs on there as it seemed fitting! Will update with all the race details tomorrow. We meet at 7:25 and then are shuttled out to the start location and the race begins at 9am. So hopefully I am done sometime around 1-2pm...and no later than 4 as we have a 5:15 ferry to catch home!!

(on the ferry)

My husband and I caught the early ferry over this morning so we had to leave home just past 8am. I packed some snacks for the morning and then once we got to Powell River we stopped at a really great little Thai place for lunch. We visited with some friends in the afternoon and then checked in to our hotel. We decided to eat at the Shingle Mill Pub for dinner as that is where we meet the shuttle in the morning and its where the finish line is. The food was terrible!!! Dont you hate when you have the chance to indulge and it's bad...makes it feel so not worth it! Oh well, drinking lots of water and hoping for a good sleep tonight. Weather is forecasting rain for the entire time tomorrow so my motto is going to be...