"Race Report"

I would call it a pretty satisfying day. We spent most of it in steady rain, dodging cold puddles but I loved every minute of it. Brett and I ran the whole race together in a time of 2:38:06. I was quite happy with the time itself but the most gratifying part was that we went faster as the race went on. Our 10k split times were 54:37, 52:29, and 51:00. That's really cool because the first 10k is clearly the easiest as it is generally down hill. My heart rate seemed high throughout and yet I still had some courage left at the end. I can't say enough about how Brett supported me the whole way.


I'm almost embarrassed to admit this but at about 28k I suddenly lost it. For some reason I had a flashback to last March when I was struggling to walk one kilometer, and today, a short year later I was out there running 30 with all the other "normal" people.(6200 of them!) I actually started to blubber like an old lady. What an idiot! I told Brett what was going on in my head and he made it all ok with a little squeeze to my shoulder. Then we ran faster!





I wish to dedicate day 193 to the memory of Ron Kyle, father of my friend and running partner.


"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts."---Charles Dickens

Love
peter