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[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Would love to have some visitors here for one of our races - anyone?

A work colleague visited Canada a few years ago. He was met at the airport by a friend who was wearing just a T-shirt and a light jacket, so this colleague of mine figures it can't be that cold and so walks outside wearing similar garb. It was -10 C. He went into shock before even getting to the car park and required first aid. He'd never even seen snow before.

We get lots of Canadian visitors over here - Canadians and Swedes seem to be the great travellers of the world. I think climate has a lot to do with it! I asked a Canadian tourist not so long ago where he was from. "Vancouver" was the reply. "Oh" I said, "Beautiful city, you must love it there." He basically flew into a mild rage, saying "You foreigners only ever visit in the two weeks of summer - why do you think we're all over here now?" So I gather it's pretty cold there.

And then there was that cold snap and massive power outage you had in Montreal a few years back. Killed lots of people - these are the stories we hear about Canada. It sounds like a very dangerous place. And of course you have rather strange and incredibly dangerous neighbours.

But I'm keen. Talk me into it!

Actually, it may just happen. Mrs MLCMan desperately wants to cruise Alaska's Inside Passage, so a side trip to your part of the world would definitely be on the cards. I'll make sure it coincides with a race or two!

With apologies to Antonio - I just realised I've hijacked your thread! Suzie - you need your own training diary!