Sea Jane Half Marathon Seattle, July 14th 2013

Today Jozen, Melanie, Ravi and me ran the Sea Jane Half Marathon in Seattle. Melanie and I wanted to run it in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Our personal best was Scottia so we did not want to push it hard today, but we wanted to hit 2:15 and feel that it was kind of easy. We finished it in 2 hours and 7 minutes and it definitely felt that we could have pushed harder, which was the idea!

I really liked this race because of the goodies that we got at the end. There was vegan ice cream, vegan chocolate, coconut water, champaign! And the usual bananas, bagels, etc. The weather was perfect so we stayed at the finish line for a while eating and chatting.

Although the course was by the water and I can't complain, there is nothing like running in Vancouver. Nothing took my breath away today. Also, we saw different running patterns than the ones we are used to in Canada. For example, almost no one was carrying water, meaning water belts or the hand ones like mine. They all used the water stations, which is fine, but you definitely see tons of people carrying their own water in Canada. You can immediately notice that we are not in the land of Lululemon. Running in Vancouver with out wearing Lululemon is almost like a sin (not that I use it). The tens and ones is also not very popular down here. You do see people walking but not following a specific pattern of running 10 minutes and walking one, to fuel and drink water. When you run a race in Vancouver you can hear all the Garmin watches beeping almost at the same time, letting people know that the walking break has arrived. Today, the only watches beeping were ours.

So, by running this race I have completed three races within 90 days, which qualifies me to be a half marathon fanatic! As soon as I get back home I will register and eventually will receive my half fanatic t-shirt.

My animal lover note: I am on a vegan quest in the west coast. I have tried two new restaurants that I did not know before. I am very impress with the variety of options that vegans have here in Seattle (as well as Vancouver). Next week I will post some pictures with names and addresses so when ever you feel like vegan, you can indulge yourself in these amazing, compassionate places.