After two years of races being cancelled, things are finally back to normal and the racing season here in Alberta has recommenced. I'd been cautious about entering too many races this year simply because nobody really knew how things were going to pan out, but I'm happy to report that since I last wrote, I have managed to squeeze in three good races, a couple of parkruns, and numerous decent training sessions, including a 5k time trial where I ran 21.20 - an age PB for me, having not ran that quick for a couple of years now. Since I registered for the Red Deer Marathon in October last year, this race has been my main focus during the winter months and leading into the spring. Most of my longer training runs have been at marathon pace, and up until the beginning of March, I was confident that I could hold that 7.30 miling which would give me a finishing time of around 3.15. But then I caught Covid, I missed a good month of marathon prep, and I knew that my initial goal was going...