Just wanted to thank all my supporters and donators. Pretty nervous at the beginning of the race, probably didn't stretch as much as I wanted to. There was a lot of people gathered at 6:30am to run 21km. Still a mystery to me.
First 10-12 kms felt good. Started at Nat Bailey stadium down cambie street over the bridge towards Chinatown. At around 14km, there was some tightening of the hams and quads running through yaletown. I did not expect as much incline as there was and I clearly wasn't ready for it.
They talk about the "wall" in running. Where you hit that point of the race where your body begins to shut down. It didn't help that the app on my phone was off and so it was charting me almost a full km behind so in my ear it told me 10km but actually I was at km 9.
Anyways, I passed km 17 and my body went Oh No. I didn't stop but every little incline felt like the grouse grind. At one point I was running and looked to my right and there was a guy walking- at the same pace I was running. That gave me a little energy boost to speed up.
When the sign said 500 meters to go and I could see the finish line, all I thought about was how embarrassing it would be to stop right here and lay down. But I got there and can cross a half marathon off the bucket list. Phew. Having done it with my brother was nice. He ran it with little training and strep throat- so it was hard to complain to him. I still did. Also ran with my Pastor Jade-he was like a celebrity on the course, high fiving everyone and people with cameras running alongside him. Paparazzi.
So if you see me this week and I am walking funny- you will know why.
Thanks again everyone.
*Funny signs on the route:
"IF Trump can run, so can you"
"Don't walk, people are watching"
" run like you got 1% left on your iphone"
