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@Lee6 Hmmmmm, that blue cake looks like an insta-eat! How are you, Lee? (Apart from melting, that is.) #SummerRunning

Celebrated the solstice with an unofficial urban ultra. 52km on multi-use pathways and urban trails. Super fancy aid stations (convenience stores and coffee shops) with a variety of nutrition options! Met a coyote as my watch was syncing this morning. Saw a turtle laying eggs. Four ravens. So many gold finches! Ran on a new trail and excited to go back. Good day!
#Running #Run #UltraRunning #UrbanUltra #UltraTrail #GetOutside #SolsticeRun #Solstice #SummerRunning

A middle aged white woman, mid run, sitting on a park bench having a soda pop. She is clad in running clothes with sunglasses and is smiling at the camera.

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I have discovered that the towing harness I use for sled pull runs in the winter does a fantastic job of pulling a bicycle and pacer when they have tired of pacing me on my long run. I imagine this is what huskies feel like pulling a sled on wheels for the first time! So much fun!

Beautiful evening for a run! I am enjoying the warmth!

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Mid run selfie - Michelle is smiling in a hydration vest and a towing harness as she runs on a paved pathway towing a bicycle, behind her and out of frame.

Elevation run on single track is my happy place! Humidex of 34 and I was glad for the shade. 504m elevation. Beautiful run! #GetOutside #TrailRun #TrailRunning #UltraTrail #Run #UltraRunning #SummerRunning #Trail #UltraRunner #LongRun #LongRunDone

A single track leading uphill amongst the greenery on a sunny day. The track is hard packed dirt with rocks and roots. Everything else is lush and green.

Well, hello taper!
I spent a lot of time on the #StruggleBus this weekend. So much negotiating ("another 500m of elevation and you can message the crew" or "see how you feel in three kilometres"). Saturday was my altitude day, 75 laps of the sledding hill. So glad I am done with the sledding hill for the season!! Sunday more distance, laps of the research farm. These grapes were ripening on the fence encircling the farm. 70% of race day kilometres and climbing over the weekend. The legs are good to go! While I am grateful for the mental and emotional preparation that laps provide, I'm looking forward to racing across actual mountains and not doing laps like a hamster on a wheel!
#UltraRunning #UltraTrail #GetOutside #TaperTime #SeenOnMyRun #Run #Running #SummerRunning #WildGrapes

Wild grapes ripening on the vine framed by green and brown grape leaves. The bunch in the centre are a deep midnight purple, to the right, grapes are still green or a dusty violet.

Beautiful day! Got to see "my" egret.
#SeenOnMyRun #TrailRunning #SummerRunning #GetOutside #UltraTrail #Run

A pond photographed from a nearby hill, the pond is encircled borders of rushes and grasses, then a forest of conifers and deciduous trees. Everything is lush and green, save the azure sky and white clouds along the horizon, and their reflection in the flat calm pond.

Another double long run weekend in the books. Beautiful weather both days, not too hot, breezy. Beautiful skies and lots of lovely blooms! I appreciate on the second run how easy it is to slip into that meditative state, my brain and body are already primed from the day before. One more week of build and then onto taper!
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Rosa rugosa in bloom, five wrinkled pink petals frame a yellow centre, in bokeh the rose bush in green with large red rose hips.

After the rain. Another doozy of a thunderstorm today, three hours of booming. Got in an easy trail run after the sky cleared.
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A crushed gravel trail running between a wire fence with wooden stakes framing a field lush with deciduous trees and shrubs, and a line of evergreens shading the right side of the trail. The sun is low in the sky peeking through the branches overhanging the trail throwing sunbeams. The gravel is damp and the greenery is glistening with water. Blue skies frame the left hand side over the field.

There's always one keener ready to kick off before the others! You can hold your horses! It's only the end of July!

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A crimson maple leaf with green veins hangs from a damaged branch with the leaves turning fall reds, oranges, and gold against a lush green backdrop

The crew met me on the hill after I finished my 1200m elevation (3937 feet) so we could have a walk together. Nice way to shake out the run! So chilly! 18C!! Six weeks out from race day and this was the coldest temperature I've run in all July! Good run, felt strong. #LongRunDone #Elevation #UltraTrail #DogWalk #DogsOfMastodon #UltraRunner #GetOutside #SummerRunning #HillRun

Puppy in a harness and on lead sitting alert next to the legs of her person who is seated on a bench. Her person's white legs are in black shorts with black, purple, and yellow trail shoes, and an arm clad in a purple sleeve rest in her lap. Pup has a caramel jacket under her reflective teal harnesses, with white socks, ruff, and a streak on her nose. Pup's caramel button ears are alert and forward as she focuses on something off to the right of the frame. Pup is seated on a gravel path between the bench and a chain link fence, both of have grass growing along the bottom.

Beauty evening for a run last night!

I am working my way through advanced yoga teacher training and spent a lot of time on asana yesterday. Felt really good to shake out with a run. My hips and pelvis felt really good while running though. I almost always do yoga after my runs, maybe I need to switch it up and do some before! Seven weeks out from #UTHC80 and I have some elevation in my future! Time to climb!

#UltraRunner #UltraTraining #UltraTrail #GetOutside #SummerRunning #TrailRunning #TrailRun #Run #Yoga #DailyYoga #YogaEveryDamnDay #YogaTeacherTraining #AdvancedYogaTeacherTraining #SummerRunning

The setting sun shot from just outside a wire fence encasing a lush green field. The sun is sinking beneath a line of conifers that encircle the far end of the field to the horizon. The mackerel sky heralds the changing weather coming and the hazy orange of the sun indicate distant smoke from forest fires. Lens flare in the foreground of the shot.

A beautiful evening for a run after the thunderstorms and two tornado warnings ended. Everything is finally fresh and green after a pretty dry spring. Felt good to #GetOutside after the two trips to the basement! Hoping everyone is safe today.
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From the bank of a pond, looking southwest towards the tree covered hills on the opposite bank. The slate grey of the pond reflects the cloudy sky, with a few slivers of blue peeking through. The foreground and the opposite bank are lush and green with plants and trees.

Beautiful day to #GetOutside
#LongRunDone again! Absolutely stunning day! The Humidex stayed pretty constant at around 31 (C) but beautiful breeze! Mostly pavement today. Felt really good! Glad it has cooled off a bit! Much easier to race the mosquitoes and still stay in zone 2!
#DoubleLongRun #UltraTraining #UltraRunner #GetOutside #Zone2 #SummerRunning #Run #RunChat #LongRun

A mid run selfie of a middle aged white woman in a blue ball hat with a cape, sunglasses, a grey long sleeve shirt, black shorts and a neon peach running vest with two water bottles. She is smiling as she runs on a paved multi use pathway, the bright and partly cloudy day reflected in her sun glasses. The wind is blowing the cape of her cap around.

The climb begins again! Nine weeks out from #UTHC80 and double long run weekends are back! Beautiful day on the trail, a mix of single track, crushed gravel, and paved pathways with a visit to my ravine for some climbing! Absolutely gorgeous out there! Humidex stayed under 29 (C)! Breezy and blue skies, no smoke!
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