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

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.

Here's a picture of us taken on the Queens Birthday long weekend...

getting there!

So I have now finished the c25K program, and now I am out there running on my own! Its quite nice to be running to my own music thats for sure! My plan of attack for the Bridge to Brisbane 12K run, is to keep up my 5K runs on Wednesdays & Fridays and then do a longer run on Sundays. I plan to run 7.5k this coming Sunday. So we shall see how that goes!!

I can't explain how good it feels as I walk home in the morning after finishing a run. The air is crisp and everything is goooood!!

run run run run running

So I have been doing this Couch to 5K running program. Its great!! Its a 9 week program that gets you from not running at all to running for 30 minutes continuously. Yes, I can almost run for 30 minutes. I am about to start week 9, which is the last week! I can't believe it actually!! There are MP3 files to download for each week that tell you when to run and when to walk and when you are halfway and all that important stuff!! I highly recommend it anyway!! It feels like a great achievement. I am now thinking about trying to run the 12K in the Bridge to Brisbane in August. But we'll see about that!

back to it!

I started this ages ago and never wrote in it! d'uh!! SO lets try again! I have been blogging at another site, but thats a more specific type of thing. This one will be more random. Something like that!!