If there was a picture, it would be a picture of a cupcake. Three, actually - one chocolate with pink icing, one vanilla with white icing and pink sprinkles and one vanilla with blue icing. I ate all three - in reasonably short intervals between each and ended up with a bit of a sugar rush. That's what racing is all about - personal bests.
Event was really well organized. My friend J had her initial lear-to-run clinic use this as their target race. Everyone did awesome. Especially L, who I picked up after one leg of the race and and ran in with. Very good time.
Met Rick Ball - world record holder for marathons - one leg amputee (he ran 42.2 in 2:57 ... first ever to go sub 3:00). He's gracious, funny, down-to-earth and - well - fast as hell. He ran past us at about (his) 9K mark and (our) 4K mark. Which means he was running twice as fast as us. At least ...
Love the finishing necklaces ... a little ring that says COURAGE on one side and ERICA'S WISH on the other. I hate loathe and dispise necklaces and won't wear them. This - however - I'm wearing.
The weather was overcast and stinking hot. About 40C humidex. Thank heavens there was no sun. Each water station, I dumped the water over my head so my head would not explode.
The course was nice and flat and - if it were slightly less hot out - it would have been an awesome race to do a PB on. I did not ... it was not chip timed but race clocked. I finished 33:04 which is right in the zone for a practice run. There is no point in pushing it in a race that hot ... besides it was way more fun and rewarding for me to race with L. When I picked her up, she was struggling but did completely awesome. All we did was beat those doubts into submission until they were no more.
When I got my water at the end, I had to get the guy to open it because the bottle and my hands were too wet to get traction. I am soooo lame. Seriously. Am I five? Well ... yes, I am ...
J did photo duty for her clinic and did after-race pictures as well. They are awesome. And I have a picture of me and Rick Ball which I want to get preserved.
Gosh. Today was a super terrific day. Loved it.
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