Sudbury Rocks Marathon

Yesterday I ran the 10 km race at the Sudbury Rocks Marathon!

It certainly was an interesting race...I got dropped off at the Y in the morning. I really didn't want to get up in the morning! My race was supposed to start at 9:35am. I didn't have a watch and it was cold outside so I found a guy inside all decked out in running gear to stand beside. He had a watch and seemed to know what was going on. We waited and waited. So I went outside to check. The 10 km start had already left! Some confusion ensued about what I was exactly supposed to do at this point and I was off (in the right direction).

I was feeling anxiety in the morning going to the race. When I missed my start it definately shot up, and therefore my heartrate did too. I also hadn't warmed up at all; no stretching, walking etc. The first 3 kms were not good. Not good at all.

I've been posting about the doom and gloom of the weather forecast for this day. I wore a rainproof shell to keep dry, so did everyone else. Well it turned out to be much warmer and sunnier! So overheated. I ran with my sleeves rolled up and my shell tied around my waist. When I went to take my shell off I had to unpin my number bib, and I lost a pin....so I was walking backwards to find it. Some nice ladies behind me were packing some extras and helped me out!!

After the 5km mark I was feeling much better and able to run continuously. I had calmed down from my terrible start. Plus at this point I had passed all the walkers. The course took me around one hell of a scenic route through the flour mill and back downtown.
And the end of the race when you come to the finish line, the announcer calls out your name. I thought that was nice. And because Jennifer from the CDA office was up on stage too they called out I was a Team Diabetes Participant. Awh sweet.

My official chip time was 1:18:01. Something to beat next year.