official

Just checked the website for the official race time – I finished in 59mins 20secs.

Blackmores Bridge Run

Beautiful weather in Sydney again!
Made my way to Milsons Point for the Start of the Race at 8:30am.
There was a huge crowd trying to get through a narrow gap, so didn’t start jogging until 8:45am.

The vibe was more serious in this crowd. The city 2 surfers seemed happier, they were out to have fun! The Blackmores runners were looking to run over anyone in front of them!

Got to 5kms in 32 mins, walked a bit.
7kms at 47 min mark walked  a bit.
Then jogged the last 1.5 (or more) kilometres to the finish

All in all, took me 60 mins to finish the 9kms.

Happy with my result and looking forward to checking out the dodgy Marathon Photos.com pics of me in a few days!

bahhhh……

sorry for neglecting you lately, here’s an update:
tried out the lightfooted running technique, so for the next few days my calf muscles were absolutley killing. i found leg muscles i didn’t know i had that were hurting!
then Wednesday night I caught a cold
I think it is the combination of staying up late to watch the filming of the TV show Underbelly, being a bit stressed working in a new place and going for all these job interviews.
I’ll take it easy for the next couple of days and do a 5km run on Tuesday. Then go all out for a good time at the race on Sunday.

sunday session

so a while back i blogged about signing up for the blackmores 9km  bridge run on 20th Sept.
my target was 55 mins.
today i did 8kms in 55 mins.
have to try fit another kilometre in there by race day!

post race

had a few strained muscles, only did 2 45 power walking sessions to loosen up the tired muscles and prevent any injury.

next week back into training.

signed up for the blackmores 9km bridge run next month. thinking of making 55 mins my target.

race day

got up nice and early.
sun was shining brightly, but there was a cool breeze taking away all of the warmth from the sun.
got the bus to the city and was amazed at all the colours and people rushing around getting ready for the event.

bang – professional group gun went off. still making my way down to my start line.
bang – next groups gun went off. got the ipod ready on shuffle mode.
bang – my turn to get going!  earphones in and started jogging to

jitterbug………jitterbug……
you put the boom boom into my heart,
you send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts.
jitterbug into my brain,
goes bang bang bang till my feet do the same

great start. first 5 kms in 30 mins.
9kms in 60 mins.
slowed down a bit towards the end.

crossed the finish line in 92 mins 21 seconds.

1 day 22 hours to go

until City  Surf 09 begins!
getting nervous and excited about the event. if the weather holds up, it should be a sunny 20 degrees
bring on the weekend!

thursday

1 hour powerwalking and jogging session @ lunch. great day for it.
the sun was shining, the water was really still in the harbour and the botanical gardens were full of tourists and lunchtime joggers.

tuesday

5kms in 32 mins.

monday

powerwalked 5kms in 45 mins.
chose the random hill option on the treadmill to make it a bit tougher.