It's now been a week since my arrival in Calgary, and although there are some folks that I am missing quite a lot, I'm already starting to settle into the Canadian way of life. Before I left the UK, I managed to squeeze in a couple of races including the Midland Road Relays and the Mow Cop Hill Race, both of which I enjoyed. The relays were held on the Saturday at Sutton Park and the Staffordshire Moorlands ladies had a strong team of 6 donning the pink and black vests for the Moorlands. Following strong runs by all of the team, we ended up finishing 6th team - a brilliant achievement and the best position ever by the Moorlands ladies. For me, it was quite emotional as it was my last outing for the team for a while. I wasn't expecting to run particularly quick over the 5km course, but got a confidence boost when I ran my leg in 18.56 by my watch but was unfortunately rounded up to 19 mins officially. On the Sunday, having been doing lots of off-road running recently, I e...