September 16
After a very restless night, I was up at 6:30am. I was terribly nervous. I had a really light breakfast of muesli and and coffee before getting ready for the race.
I was meeting my friend at 9am so I got down to the baggage buses and put all my stuff away, however it was pretty cold so my friend gave me her t-shirt while I waited.
I made my way to the pen and just kept moving and a shakin' as I waited for the start. I couldn't see anything and then we started walking. As I'm so short I still couldn't see what was going on when all of a sudden everything opened up in front of me and I was running!
I kept saying to myself to keep to my pace, don't go out too fast. It was pretty amazing. I can't remember much but I do remember a point, probably about the 8/9/10km mark where all of a sudden everything started to be easy. My breathing, my posture, my arms all working so efficiently. It was amazing.
So at the end I completed the race in 1:54:19. I am absolutely delighted with my time. I had no injuries or anything, but at the end when I finally stopped running my ITB had flared up but I didn't care. I had finished!!!
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| Waiting at before the race |
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| Waiting before the race |
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| Waiting in the holding pen. Can't see a bloomin' thing ahead of me. |
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| Ah, race completed |
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| Completed in 1:54:19 |
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| Medal |
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