Today was my longest race to date – 30K. I did the 5K version of the Around the Bay last year but decided to go for it and do the full 30K this year.
I haven’t been training nearly as much as I should have been so I was a little scared about this race – the longest I’ve even run at one time prior to today was 24K so doing a full 25% more was a bit of a concern. I have to admit that it was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done but I made it through and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be.
The temperature was perfect (about 4 degrees when we started) but it was raining (pouring, actually, at one point) so that was kind of miserable. It stopped by about the halfway point so at least that was a good thing.
I was doing great up until about the 22-23 km point and that’s where the real hills started. I struggled a bit up until the last km and then really pushed myself.
Since I’ve never done this distance before, my real goal was to finish in under 4 hours without having to call a taxi to get me there and I did it!
Now I just have to decide whether I want to take the next step and do a full marathon or not….
I haven’t been training nearly as much as I should have been so I was a little scared about this race – the longest I’ve even run at one time prior to today was 24K so doing a full 25% more was a bit of a concern. I have to admit that it was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done but I made it through and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be.
The temperature was perfect (about 4 degrees when we started) but it was raining (pouring, actually, at one point) so that was kind of miserable. It stopped by about the halfway point so at least that was a good thing.
I was doing great up until about the 22-23 km point and that’s where the real hills started. I struggled a bit up until the last km and then really pushed myself.
Since I’ve never done this distance before, my real goal was to finish in under 4 hours without having to call a taxi to get me there and I did it!
Now I just have to decide whether I want to take the next step and do a full marathon or not….
1 comment:
Yeah Pam!!! Congrats on an awesome race :-)
Go for the gusto...Mississauga is 6weeks away...hum....perfect timing!
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