Completed our third adventure race of the ARC (Adventure Racing Canada) series this last weekend. This race was held at Wye Marsh (http://www.wyemarsh.com/) just outside Midland, Ontario. A tough race for various reasons although the terrain was much easier than previous races. 6 km canoe, 20 km mountain bike ride and 7km trail run. The canoe through the marsh was especially challenging navigating narrow channels through the marsh, and ploughing through thick lily beds in places. No chance to get the momentum going with the canoe and a struggle for most of the way. It is becoming a regular occurrence that at least one of our duo comes off the bike during the mountain biking stage, and this time it was me, going over the handle bars in some thick sand. Fortunately only some minor grazes, and so the training goes on in preparation for the Augrabies Extreme Marathon in October. The plan is for August and September to be "huge" months in terms of hours on our feet, and training with the weighted back pack as usual.