Friday, November 12, 2010

The day after...

Now considering we walked more than the scheduled 3km 'Steady Run' on Saturday (mall walking counts too right?), ate only Jack in the Box for every meal (hopefully a nutritionist isn't reading this), and flew the night before only to arrive at 11:30pm, you'd think the thought of running 7km with our Running Room group at 7:30 the next morning would NOT be something we'd be looking forward to... luckily you are wrong!! You see, if you read the blog about our shopping trip, you'll notice that new running attire was a big part of why we crossed two provinces and a state in order to get prepared for the winter running season, and looking good in new clothes definitely trumps not wanting to get out of bed... well this Sunday anyway!


As it turned out, the day was a perfect day for running, it was hovering around zero degrees and sunny .. a perfect day to try out the cooler new thermal layers we purchased the day before. This was our first Sunday run with the group and it really amazed us at how much better the run felt and was executed with a group setting.


First, it must be said what a great diverse group of ladies (and gentleman.. sorry Bryce!) that we get to run with a couple times a week at our clinics. Knowing the three of us and our personalities both individually and as a group of three, it seems amazing that they've even let us stay as long as they have! PLUS they don't seem to judge our singing while running, the stories we tell OR the fact that they don't even question having to take our jumping photos after a run to keep our blog up to date! We like to think of ourselves as the group from the movie "Open Water".. the louder you are, the less likely you'll be left behind!


Ok, back to the run.. We were told that the route was going to be a flat start with an uphill middle and finishing down Signal Hill. Thanks to perfect weather and proper attire, the whole run went off without a hitch. We did the “run 10min/walk 30secs” which we hadn’t done before and really enjoyed. Shannon was great with keeping up on course both on the road and with the timing.. the unfortunate part was when we got ourselves off course at the end of the run when she left us check on the runners behind. Luckily we found our way out, with a few extra km’s to our belt. Our overall elevation was a 66m gain which must be said is still 20m short of the week's previous!


Overall we all agreed that we felt great after the run and look forward to more Sunday runs as we get closer to February.






1 comment:

  1. Hi, this is Adrianna from Crafterhours with a note for Princess Fliss - you could totally make a Belle dress for your marathon (awesome idea, btw), just know that with all the elastic and the up and down movement that I'm guessing will be caused by running, you'll have a very bouncy garment. Just a thought in case you don't have 13 miles worth of tolerance for bouncy clothes :) also, just read your post about shopping at Target and was laughing out loud. Can totally relate. though I am American, I live overseas, so on the few and far between trips that I make to America, I go a bit nuts. multiple shopping carts nuts. in fact, i usually dedicate separate trips to each section of target. though somehow a t shirt or two always makes it's way into my electronics or food items cart. those pesky t's.

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