NYC marathon training

Life has returned to the busy schedule of college life. One more year then it's all over. Fiona and I will get married next August then relocate to Calgary for work. This year I have a full course load leaving less time for climbing and other stuff. November 1st I will be in NYC for my first time and will run the marathon. That is 26 miles or 42.5km. I estimate it will take me between 4 and 4.5 hours. For this marathon I am also raising donations for the wine for water organization. If you would like to sponsor me click here or email me at glosier at gmail dot com.
For training I have been increasing 5km each run and commuting to class by BMX. I would like to emphasize that I am not a runner and the last time I trained for running was four years ago for the Rome marathon where I ran 8 times leading up to the event!

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New sport routes

Bolted 4 new short sport routes at Columbus wall today. I did all 4 and they range from 5.10 up to 5.12, I think! Fun climbing on cool holds unique for our granite. Headed to New Brunswick this weekend for a family reunion. I have to run more, only 7 weeks before NYC and I've only run 4km!!
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Columbus wall bolting

Today I had planned on bolting a hard project at Columbus wall. When I got to the top I took a second look at what is called the "headpointing wall". It is short. About 25-30' at the center. There are 3 lines on the far right shorter side that were soloed 10 yrs ago and are listed in the guidebook. I started eyeing some face climbs in the middle of the wall. At first I debated on bolting this wall but after climbing the lines I was very happy I decided to go for it. I bolted one line (3 bolts) that I guessed would be around 5.10 but once I redpointed it felt more like 5.11+. I almost finished bolting another line to the right but halfway done I noticed my drill bit had melted!! Done! I'll have to go back with a new bit and more bolts. There should be a good stack of sport lines on this short wall when I'm done which is rare for around Halifax. I think new climbers will enjoy this wall.
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