Alberta has been plagued by smoke from the wildfires burning in BC for pretty much all of August which has made running outside far less appealing. You can smell the smoke in the air, and after a 10km tempo run a couple of weeks ago, I certainly felt chesty and somewhat concerned about what damage it was doing to the lungs. It was sod's law that my treadmill had also broken so I didn't have the option of running indoors but thankfully my taper for Iron Legs had already started, so the longest run I had scheduled in was just 10 miles. For my last 10 mile run, I again made a last minute decision to do a race, this time the 5 Peaks Trail Race at Chickakoo. I had originally planned to volunteer at the race and do my run afterwards, but Andy was working away which would have meant leaving the pups on their own for several hours which I was reluctant to do. The weather that weekend had cooled off considerably and conditions were perfect for running with cool temperatures an...