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Recently we as family took a vacation to the Pacific North West in the US/Canada region. In short an incredible place to go and visit particularly if you are a nature lover. Our Travel Itinerary: • Fly in to Seattle • Rent car to drive to canada and back • Seattle ->Vancouver->Whistler->Victoria->Port Angeles->Olympic National Park->Seattle • Total Days: 8 (4 days in whistler) and a night each in other places Summary of the trip: Vancouver/Whistler is a very beautiful area to visit. If mountains and nature are you thing, this will be in your bulls eye! Whistler is like the Switzerland of North America. A very popular destination for Ski during the winter and trails/golf during summer! Whistler was also the destination for winter olympics. So very well developed village area, tons of amazing restaurants, superb trails to do runs/walk etc. Things we did and liked: • Run/Walk along the marina region in Vancouver. Very very beautiful and amazing restaurants • Defnly check out 'Fly Over Canada' show in Vancouver. Boy it was an incredible 4D experience. Those who have done the harry potter ride in Disney orlando will know what this is.. super immersive experience where you sit on a chair controlled by robotic arms and immersed in an IMAX screen theatre and you literally fly over Canada's beautiful landscapes. BREATHTAKING!. We liked it so much that we did it twice! • Drive to Whistler from Vancouver itself was so beautiful. Remember the iconic scene in Basic instinct where the hero drives his car in this beautiful highway right next to pacific!.. Well you will get miles and miles of this experience! • Whistler: Gondola ride upto the Whistler peak, with sky bridge and a winch ride from one peak to another! Boy breathtaking..If you have never experienced what it looks like at 7k feet summit surrounded by ice capped mountains 360deg view, this is it! • There are tons of amazing restaurants in the Whistler village. We checked out an Italian restaurant with out of the world food (IL Caminato) • Talking of food, Vancouver has some amazing desi restaurants as well!.. Check out 'Tasty Bistro' (high end indian restaurant) and Satya Asha (Authentic panjabi food) for some super delicious Desi food • Whistler also provides tons of trails to explore and i did a destination run in one of the trail and boy it was SOOO good • Victoria is the capital of British Colombia. It is about 5 hours travel time from Whister. It includes a Ferry ride that is beautiful in itself. Plan/book in advance. We did not and had to wait an extra hour. We stayed only for a night.. but Victoria itself can easily provide for many recreational activities. 2 days would have been ideal • On our way back we took a ferry to mainland US (Port Angeles in North Washington) and boy we got an amazing surprise. Port angeles sits at the cusp of Olympic National Park and we decided to drive through the national park enroute to Seattle • Olympic National park is another jewel of the Pacific north west. The landscapes, the lakes, the beaches, the rain forest, hot springs.. Things that one can do in this national park alone will need a week!.. We managed to drive through it... checked out lake Crescent and few beaches. about 6 hours drive from Port Angeles to Seattle Tacoma Airport through the national park with stops etc • Finally played two rounds of Golf in one of the most beautiful mountain golf courses at Whistler! Golfers cant miss this Items we could have done better: • Plan for ferry rides in advance and book tickets. (Seattle to Bainbridge island, Vancouver to Victoria Island, Victoria Island to Port Angeles) • Given we had only 8 days, maybe it would have been better if we had done 2 days vancouver, 4 days whistler and 2 days Olympic national park. (essentially cut out Victoria) Destination Runs You Should Consider: Check out this awesome 5 mile run in Vancouver marina area. Check out this incredible trail run in Whistler Some pics for your viewing pleasure: Trail Run @Whistler Whistler Golf Course, Surrounded by Snow capped mountains At Whistler Summit (7K feet) Whister is the winter olympics spot! A beautiful hole at Golf course with mountains at the background Glacier melt river Victoria Marina Beach at Olymic National Park. Mountains and Beach right next to each other like Hawaii Parliment House in Victoria Lake at Top of Whister Summit Huge Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park At Sky Bridge in Whistler Summit. INCREDIBLE! View from the top! Photo doesnt do justice Drive through Olympic National Park

When you get started with running long distances there will certainly be some pain but how much pain is acceptable and when is it a cause for concern? As I was looking for some good guidelines on this topic, I came across this article and found it very useful to understand when is it ok or not ok to push through pain. https://www.verywellfit.com/when-should-i-run-through-pain-2911369

any opinion on Garmin over apple watch. i have been using apple watch for last 2-3 years. But its battery troubles a lot. often over an hour long run, it almost dies.