Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Jetty 2 Jetty



Sunday July 22 2007 - the Jetty to Jetty Fun Run at Redcliffe. This was my first ever race, and it was meant to be part of my training for the upcoming Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run on August 5.


I started well, and made it to the 6K mark in 38 minutes which I was happy with. It was just after this that it all went wrong. I went over on my left ankle somehow and stacked it! Yes, I fell flat on the ground. And as you do when you fall down in public, I jumped right back up and told all the concerned people around me that I was ok. (I didn't want people stopping their run because of me!) . I peeked under my sock and saw that my ankle was swelling up, but I could still walk on it. I went to an official who told me the next chewck point was 500m up the road, so I headed that way. When I got there, they didn't have any ice, but offered to drive me to the finish. I decided I wanted to finish, so I kept going. I walked the final 4K's, except for the final 500m which I slowly ran - I wanted to look good crossing the finish line. (well at least like I as trying!). I finished in 1:25:02. I came 746th, or 109th in my age group. So next race I guess I have an easy mark to beat.
We went to the medical centre Sunday afternoon, and had x-rays. I can get the x-ray results today. I am really annoyed at myself for falling. I was looking foward to finishing this race properly. And running the whole way! Oh well - next time I guess!

Friday, July 06, 2007

Friday

Friday! Yay! Fridays always seem to go so slowly. Oh well!!

Dragged myself out of bed this morning for a 5.1K run. It took me 35 minutes. Its the first run I've done since i ran 7.5K on Sunday. I should have also gone on Wednesday morning, but I umm forgot to get out of bed. I've got a plan in place to get me to, and through the Bridge to Brisbane on August 5. I'm increasing my long runs (my Sunday runs) by 1K each week. And on the 22nd of July will do the Jetty to Jetty 10K fun run. The only other thing I have to do is GET OUT OF BED 2 mornings mid-week and run 5K. Cool bananas.

14 Kilos down so far. So all is going well. My BMI now falls into the healthy weight range.

We are planning to go overseas next year! We want to go to San Francisco, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, and also to visit our friend Ronda. We have yet to visit a travel agent to investigate how many times we need to win the lotto in order to pay for this little trip.