Last night was the night!! Our final challenge of the 10km clinic. After all the weeks of training, lectures and sore muscles, Lindsay and I met at the Running Room on Richmond for their 25th annual Resolution Run.I had just returned home from 10 days in Florida with mom and dad for Christmas. I hadn't really train in about 3 weeks and lost some sleep because our flight was delayed a day so we rushed and rushed to get home, unpack and get downtown for 4:30. It was snowing about 0 Celsius. The roads were clear but wet and the sidewalks were slushy.
The run was 2 loops of 
downtown. The start was a riot - tons of people, easily over 250 people. It was fast and I realized I needed to slow down. By the time I got to Adelaide it was so slushy that it was like running in the sand - tough stuff.
downtown. The start was a riot - tons of people, easily over 250 people. It was fast and I realized I needed to slow down. By the time I got to Adelaide it was so slushy that it was like running in the sand - tough stuff. I got the first loop done in 38 minutes and started out for the second. Unfortunately the lack of training and the tiredness set in and it took me a while to get around again. My fans; Lennie, Lindsay (who had finished 20 minutes earlier) Jamie her husband and the clinic participants were all there to cheers me to the finish - 81 minutes - yuck - but my goal was 75 minutes 3 months ago and really if the weather was better I could of easily done that. Imagine if I wasn't tired, rushed and done a couple more runs in Florida.
Lennie got a couple of funny pictures of us starting and finishing.
I am really looking forward to April 11th - the 1/2 marathon - it will be during the day, nicer weather and with more training. Look for 
updates.
updates.
