I woke up 17 June when Tom called, feeling hungry.  We walked down the stairs – quads VERY painful, and had our breakfast buffet.  I have already started eating properly, since this is now my main goal for the next year.  I can run this race much better 40 pounds lighter 8-).  I was pretty amazed to find no blisters or any other problems, no swelling, nothing really hurt more than you would expect it to after running 87.3 kilometers of mountains.  So I began to think I did not injure myself in any way either training for or running this race.  Sure, I had lots of abrasions from friction in places that were new, but no real injury.

After breakfast, we rested again for a few minutes before walking downtown to buy souvenirs at the art center, stamps, and then back to hotel.  After another rest (these little walks were amazingly tiring) we walked along the shore to lunch @ Thirstie's, walking along North Beach, South Beach, Addington Beach and Vecht's Pier. Thirstie's  place was packed, but we finally got a table. The big ships were being piloted in and out of the harbor to the Ocean Terminal. A helicopter would fly over very fast and low, taking a pilot out to a waiting ship. Then the ship would steam by into the harbor. Then another ship would steam out. One time the helicopter flew out low and slow over a big ship, and right in front of us, lowered a cable to the ship. To our amazement, the pilot hooked himself onto the cable, and the helicopter raised him up off the deck and he climbed into the helicopter. What a show!

After dinner, we stood on the shore and watched a Scottish wedding ceremony, complete with bagpipes. Then we walked slowly back across the beach the mile or so to the hotel.

After another rest, we walked the other way (north) to have a really elegant, excellent dinner at the Jewel of India restaurant. It was terrific curry. Then we walked home on the beach, and crashed for the night.