Day 22: Confession

So, I have now been in Canada three weeks, and my new home three days.  As I wasn't working today, I had a long "to do" list, but managed to avoid doing most of it.
I cooked myself a nice fried breakfast, my first home-cooked meal, then headed back to the supermarket. Then I faffed about at home or on the internet and unpacked a bit while waiting for my laundry to finish.  Instead of heading to the shops or any of the other tasks on my list, I had lunch (green onion cakes I'd bought at the supermarket), then met Fabio (one of the Brazilians) for a hot chocolate as he's had knee surgery and been stuck at home getting bored.  We went to a really nice chocolate shop where I bought a bag of chocolates.  They have not lasted out the day! yum yum.
I cooked a stir fry (from a jar of sauce, nothing too adventurous) for myself and my new housemate, Tim.  Oscar (the kitten) gets locked in the bathroom while there is food going on or it's impossible to eat.  He has met the upstairs pets today, and had his claws trimmed, so he is a bit less boisterous after all that shock.  Maybe he will be less likely to leave claw marks in me now!  he's still really cute though.

I do have a confession:  I may have entered myself into an ultra race.  It's called the Iron Horse Ultra in two weeks time in St. Paul, about a two hour drive away, and its 100k.
This was a really really bad idea.
It would have been a great idea if I had trained all summer like I had planned to.  Because I didn't train, I thought I probably shouldn't do it, but thought I'd look into it anyway.  I assumed it wouldn't be possible as I'd left it very late so I'd have nowhere to stay etc. so this would give me a good excuse that wasn't my own fault.
However... the race organisers turned out to be really lovely.  They found me a place to stay and a couple of guys from Edmonton offered me a lift there, so faced with such generosity I couldn't turn them down.
I have tried to convince myself that it will be a great way to see the Alberta countryside and I don't HAVE to finish the race, I can just go as far as I can manage and then stop, yet I have still been avoiding mentioning that I have entered this race and am feeling a bit ashamed of myself for not training properly and taking it as seriously as I should.  They have a very good completion rate, which I will probably mess up, and if I do finish, I'll probably not be able to run for ages afterwards!
Another bonus is that St. Paul is home to the UFO museum, which sounds pretty awesome.