Sunday 26 May 2013

Complete a half marathon ... check!

Snazziest medal yet!
The list of Samantha's things to do once is one item shorter now as I checked off 'complete a half marathon' this morning.   

I'm not really sure yet what to type about this event ... except that I'm excited for the next 2 that I have already registered for (Army Run and Toronto Waterfront).   Running is a strange strange thing.  I finished today with a head that felt like it was going to explode (yay dehydration) and yet almost immediately started going through my game plan for the next one.  Strange.

Although, my next one is going to be very different in that I'm running it with Mum ... we are going to cross the finish line holding hands and share in the awesomeness of voluntarily inflicting harm on ourselves for 21.1kms.   

I had a few favorite moments today ... 1 being high-fiving a nun - how often can you do that?!?!   The second, for some reason, being the insane giggles I suffered after seeing a 'WORST.PARADE.EVER.' sign - genius! And my final collection of favorite moments all involved my brother bellowing at me as though he would murder me if I didn't 'GLUE YOURSELF TO THAT PACE BUNNY'.   

Oh, speaking of the pace bunny ... awesome ...I loved the pink tutu'd 6 ft tall male pace bunny that I ran behind while he casually sauntered.  Sigh.  One day ... one day.

So,yes,  an awesome day with a pretty great accomplishment (2:16:4).   I'm going to enjoy the Army Run with Mum and then push hard for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon ... I will get that sub 2:00 one day soon!

37 days to Kilimanjaro!!!!
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  1. pebblesia26 May 2013 at 18:18

    So, so, so fantastic, Sam! You have done something I can only dream of. Total coolness. Congratulations!

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    1. Unknown27 May 2013 at 15:22

      No dreams ... lots of training :) A bit of over-obsessed self-competition helps too!! ;)

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  2. TR9 September 2013 at 16:11

    Will you be running in Toronto Waterfront on October 20th? Are we talking about the same event? Scotiabank one? Tania

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    1. Unknown10 September 2013 at 08:00

      Hi Tania :) Yes, I'm doing the 1/2 at STWM (Oct. 20). I've got the following line up (so far ... hehehe) Army Run 1/2(Sept 22), Toronto Waterfront 1/2 (Oct.20), ATB 30k (March 30ish) and then ... Ottawa Race Wknd Marathon (EEEKKK) May 25th. Its going to be a fun run-filled winter :)

      Oh, I'm also doing the Great Canadian 100km Relay for Kids Cancer on Oct 5th :) Its going to be a lot of fun I think (although I've never met any of the people on my team hehehe)

      http://searscanada.akaraisin.com/2013OttawaRun/4019c50e9953426496b74c6e4d736381?abcId=3765274&TV=1

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  3. TR9 September 2013 at 16:14

    Great blog, by the way! Very inspirational!

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