£8 | Race registration |
47p | Postage to send in race registration |
£9.85 | Coach to/from Leeds |
9 hours | Time spent on a bus to/from Leeds |
£35 | Single room in rundown hotel |
90p | Bus ride to Roundhay Park |
£10 | Registering again because they never received the original |
5 miles | Of gentle hills down paved paths |
2° C | Air trying to suck the energy from my body |
33:30 minutes | Of mind numbing, body punishing running |
But throwing up at the finish line and getting a t-shirt for my efforts made it all worth while. Although it was a pretty pathetic puking. Mostly water and stomach acid.
I ran a good race. I started and ended strong, which was my goal. The middle miles were a bit slow, my legs were burning pretty good, unused to the build up of lactic acid. I didn’t train at all race for the race. I’ve only been on a dozen light runs since I’ve been in London. I didn’t have a watch on and thought I was running quite slow, especially when people started passing me in the middle miles. But a 33:30 would have been a 41:37 pace for a 10 km run. Not blazing fast, but not slow either, especially considering the conditions (and my condition). I attribute my result to general fitness from all the walking and sheer determination.
Know what’s good for lactic acid on your muscles? You need a crack team of school children with mops. That’s how Ms. Frizzle won a track and field match against a rival teacher.
Everything I know about physical fitness, I learned from watching Magic Schoolbus. …that’s not too sad, is it?
Good job on the race though.
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Now you’ll have me humming that tune all day…
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Wow, 33 minutes. Takes me twice as long! I’m impressed.
How was Leeds?
MOM
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Well done, champ
excellant race description. your entries are certainly much shorter and too the point. see you saturday evening.
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