Started out with my boss and co-worker, but they started talking about waork! Ugggg.....I refuse to talk about work outside of working hours! I ran in front of them, was not sure of pacing as I had not run a stand alone 10k race since 2007!

Stayed at comfortable pace. Hit a bunch of rollers, but the good thing was that it helped me warm up....fast! I saw I guy running in compression short, I knew he was a triathlete, so I ran up to him and sure enough, he is wearing a IM Cananada Finisher's hat! Yay, a fellow triathlete in a sea of runners! I chatted with him for a few, turns out he had also done the full Vineman as well.

Tried to keep my pace and I hear from behind, my boss say "hey we can;t let the Ironman get too far ahead of us!" I said, "i'm built for endurance not speed, so go for it!"

I kept thinking of how fortunate I was to be able to run, the night before I had finished reading the Long Run. Story of a NYC fireman who was hit by a bus and recovers to finish the NYC Marathon and IMLP in 2009!

I hit the turn around about 30 minutes or so into the race I think. The rollers coming back were a bit worse and turned off to more rollers. I passed a bunch of people ad then we met up with people doing the 5k. I passed a bunch of them too! Me passing people on the run, this does not happen! Finally I hit the straight away to the finish-line and kick it in. I hear my friend yell for me(later she said, "you were in the zone!").

I crossed the finish line and was pumped to see my time! Turns out it was a 11+ minute PR!

This was a great race for me!

Grabbed a bottle of water and worked our booth at the race expo.


A 11+ minute PR is impressive, I'm not going to say I was limited!


Great race for me!!! I placed 10th in my AG!