Going in August where my wife is running the Reykjavik Marathon, spending a few days afterwards exploring the countryside. Can't wait!

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

Saturday morning saw a fair number of people out jogging around Reykjavik and I said to my wife "I wonder if there is a Reykjavik marathon". Now I know. Let me know if you have any questions about where to go, eat, etc. Only spent one day/night in Reykjavik but other places we stayed were within a couple of hours drive.

Thanks, my wife has been once before; going to a few places she saw on her last trip but also heading to Vik based on multiple recommendations

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

We stayed a night in Vik. Very pretty, woke up to a dusting of snow. There's suppose to be an awesome trek near there, up between the 2 glaciers. Snowed in this time of the year but I imagine in August pretty ideal time to do it. This time of year not too many tourists about. I got the impression that in the summer that area would be pretty overflowing with tourists and there aren't that many places about. So book early. Vik is probably only a 1000 person town at best. My impression is that most places were trying to get the infrastructure in place to deal with the increase in tourism.

http://adequateman.deadspin.com/...d-amazing-1792649369

Sorry, I haven't gotten the opportunity to use that yet :)

I've heard it's beautiful, it's been quite the popular destination the past few years but that usually means it's worth the trip.

Funny, both my wife and I thought parts of it looked like Wyoming but wetter.