September 2011
Today I was too fat to run. Mixed with the heat, lack of confidence, sore feet and every other excuse under the sun I didn't run the full 9K, but I did run/walk it under the overall time I had planned if i did have to walk so I did ok.
It was a warm day for the Sydney Running Festival. The 9K DH and I were in
was the last to go at 9 am (they also had a 4K family run, 1/2 and full
marathon).
The 9K is a relatively flat course (3 "hills" which are less than 3% gain in
elevation but over 1K long each), which you run over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
It was hot, there was relatively little shade and they ran out of water at the
end....
DH was in the A group, finishing at 41'14'', I'm so proud of him.
I on the other hand ended up doing a run/walk. I have been running at night
and wasn't prepared for the heat (I have been nauseous all afternoon and I'm
guessing its dehydration?). I finished in 82 min, if I had run the whole way it
would have been 74 min. In some ways I'm disappointed but my aim was the complete
it and finish under 90 min.
I had been worried about the pace car picking me up, but I was NOT the last runner/walker, there were 2,000 people behind me.
My plan from now on is to continue on my weekly 10K runs, with 4-5K runs in between during the week. I have to figure out a way to get around the foot pain and the sore calves first though.
Well done to all and here's to a cooler (but not wet) race in 2012.
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