Sports Bras

I have finally found one that I love. It's made by Moving Comfort and it is SOOOO comfortable. Being a "slightly" large-chested woman makes it difficult (to say the least) to be comfortable when running. Not only is it hard to find a sports bra that's large enough, finding enough support seems to be close to impossible. I don't know how many races I've finished with sore boobs because of all the bouncing.

Recently, I did find a couple of them that held me in, but they were so tight around the bottom that I felt bruised when I was finished. It seemed that I was either going to have to suffer with bouncy-bouncy or feel like someone was trying to cut off my air supply. Neither option was especially appealing.

Finally, at the expo yesterday, I tried on this Moving Comfort bra (the style is called Fiona). It's made especially for large-breasted women and it felt fairly comfortable. Well I wore it in my race this morning (disregarding the advise to never try anything new the day of a run) and oh my god!! I'm not in pain anywhere!!

To top it off, it actually looks nice (it's blue and doesn't look as much like a bra as most of them that are made for chesty woman do). I love it. And the best part?? It's only $45. You teeny ladies out there may not be used to paying upwards of $70 for a sports bra, but I am.

They apparently sell these womderful creations at the Running Room, but I've never seen them. Sporting Life also allegedly carries them, but I think to get the full range of sizes and colours, the internet is the way to go. I found a couple of sites that carry them and ship to Canada so I think I'm going to be stocking up.

Yay!!

Waterfront 5K

What a fun race!! I've never before been at a race with that many people (over 14,000) and I couldn't believe the atmosphere - it was incredible!

I showed up early so I could watch the marathoners and half marathoners get started - very cool. The race started at 7:30 and by 7:45 some of the runners had yet to reach the start line!

My race got underway at 8:15. There was a bit of confusion about where the race was supposed to start, which made things a bit difficult. The announcer kept saying the 5K was going to be starting a couple hundred metres south of where the marathon started so I went to the place where the marathon had started and we all started moving. We got past the start line for the marathon, walked for a block or so and then came to a stop. We gradually got moving again but I'm sure I lost a couple of minutes in the confusion, between walking for the first 200 metres and then stopping. From what I could tell, the 5K started in the exact same place as the marathon and if I'd actually started running at that point, I might have been able to come in under the 30 minute mark, which was really my goal for the day.

Oh well - it was still a good run and I'm content with my time. I'm even happier with my gender and category places (it helped that there were a lot of walkers).

My next one is the Zoo Run on October 18th (10K) although I may try and find another one to sign up for in the meantime. Three weeks seems like too long to wait!

Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5K Results

Place 1212
Bib# 14050
Time 35:16.0
Chip 33:39.1
Pace 7.04
Category W 35-39
CategoryPlace 108/268
GenderPlace 671/1949

Longboat Toronto Island Run Results

Place: 390/453
Gender: 166/219
Age Category: 29/31
Time: 1:08:58
Pace: 6:54

Longboat Toronto Island Run

I did another 10K this morning - the Longboat Toronto Island Run. It was a great temperature - somewhere around 13 degrees. It was chilly waiting for the race to start but during the run, it was perfect!

It was interesting because I ended up running on about 4 different terrains. It started on pavement but then we ran on the grass for half a km or so and then on a boardwalk for the last 2K. There was a little bit of running on cement and a few hundred metres on gravel/mud. The grass was nice but I had to slow down a bit to make sure I didn't step on any uneven ground.

The post race picnic was good - BBQ burgers and hot dogs, bagels, cookies, fruit and drinks.

I was pretty happy with my time - 1:08:58. A little off my time from the last one, but not by much.

Official results to be posted soon!

Burlington Waterfront Trail Results

My Results
Stryker Waterfront Trail - Double Crown
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Rank: 77
Clock Time: 1:27:17
Pace: 6:43 /km
Distance: 13 km
Bib: 1613
Gender Rank: 77/86
Division: BF35-39
Division Rank: 10/13
5 km Split: 31:30
8 km Split: 55:47

My poor legs

... are still killing me! I think I'll take one more day off. It's actually supposed to be cooler tomorrow anyway so I'm just going to skip today and get back out there tomorrow. On a positive note, my running shoes appear to have dried out from Saturday (finally!).

Burlington Waterfront Trail Race

Yay!! I had a new personal best in the 5K - 31:30 - nearly 2 minutes faster than my previous PB.

It was a strange race... there was a 5K and an 8K. You could do either or, or do both and get a medal for the "Double Crown." The 5K started at 8:30 so I finished by 9:00 and then the 8K didn't start till 9:30. That was kind of a good thing because the lineup for the ladies room was a bit long...

Anyway, I finished the 5K in record time (for me) and then headed out on the 8K. I wasn't even trying for e good time in that one and I think I finished at around 55 minutes or something.

The weather was miserable. The temperature was great - probably around 14 degrees or so - but the rain was unpleasant. I was cold and covered in mud by the time I finished. But it was still better that running in humidity.

Then this morning was the Ovarian Cancer walk. I had considered running it, just to get in a run but considering the fact that my legs felt like jello this morning, I decided that was a bad idea. So I did the walk and it it actually made my legs feel a bit better.

Now I just have to hope my running shoes have dried off by tomorrow...