MEC has had trail race series for a while now, but we never got around to participating in them because we always committed to our usual races. But now that we’re in Kelowna, we get to build a whole new race calendar from scratch! We’ve been big road racers and want to do more trails.. and wow is it a transition! Trail races are an entirely different game. This race is one of 3 in the series: Big White, Myra Bellevue, and Knox Mountain.
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We participated in the Kelowna Wine Country half marathon this past weekend. We haven’t been training for it at all, and came out of the race in pretty good condition! The race course was gorgeous and so was the bling!
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Holy moly, talk about the hardest race you’ve ever done! Nimble Bear would be it. 25km. 1125m ascent. 1125m descent. This was our first ever trail race experience, and it was memorable. This race recap is also super late, but better late than never. There are plenty of pictures to enjoy with this race recap.
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Thinking about a trip to Vancouver? We put together what we think would be an amazing 3 days in Vancouver. You’ll be able to use this list to see the greatest things this city has to offer a first time visitor. And be warned, this Vancouver is so amazing that one time Justin and I vacationed here together, and WE BOTH never came back. It’s a beautiful coastal city in Canada, located in beautiful British Columbia. Once you visit, you’ll see why we did what we did 🙂
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Over the course of this blog, you’ll see how much we love food, but also how we use it for fuel and healing. We are not health experts, nutritionists, or providers of medical advice, but I wanted to share our experience from trial and error, what works for our bodies. Endurance fuel was the only category in our diet where I knew there was a high amount of artificial and processed ingredients. This post is to share how we fuel for training and races, as well as I’ll share my ambassadorship details with Race Day Fuel.