Dear Diary
Today, I participated in the River Run 2007. It was a long time since I last exercised - unless you count hiding in the kitchen pantry a form of hide and seek and thus an exercise or practice rolling your eyes on the tv! On the last count, the last time I did a 'proper' form of fitness exercise was the Bridge to Brisbane on 5 Aug 2007 and boy! It took me 6 weeks to recover from that! Talk about being fit!
The River Run event was held at the picturesque Southbank Parklands. YL was in 5km run, AD & NM in 10km run and superfit ME was enrolled in the 8km walk event. It was a good walk - very warm day. The walking route also meandered along Brisbane River so the view was quite pleasant to the eyes too!
It should have taken me 1.5 hours to do it but I did it in 52mins. I was trailing behind my colleagues doing 10km run. Imagine their surprises to see me not long after they pulled up to the finishing line. Why? Because I was the quickest 8km walker in my category!
Along the routes, there were many sign post markings for 10km and 5km but not 8km! Not only were these confusing, there was no 8km sign so I panicked and opted for 5km route instead and arrived at the finishing line FIRST in my category! Suffice to say, I was a little embarrassed I cheated. Whilst I should blame the event organisers for the embarrassment, I should in fact thank them. If it wasn't for the unclear sign posts, I wouldn't come first?!
PS. I now need another 6 weeks to recover!!
Today, I participated in the River Run 2007. It was a long time since I last exercised - unless you count hiding in the kitchen pantry a form of hide and seek and thus an exercise or practice rolling your eyes on the tv! On the last count, the last time I did a 'proper' form of fitness exercise was the Bridge to Brisbane on 5 Aug 2007 and boy! It took me 6 weeks to recover from that! Talk about being fit!
The River Run event was held at the picturesque Southbank Parklands. YL was in 5km run, AD & NM in 10km run and superfit ME was enrolled in the 8km walk event. It was a good walk - very warm day. The walking route also meandered along Brisbane River so the view was quite pleasant to the eyes too!
It should have taken me 1.5 hours to do it but I did it in 52mins. I was trailing behind my colleagues doing 10km run. Imagine their surprises to see me not long after they pulled up to the finishing line. Why? Because I was the quickest 8km walker in my category!
Along the routes, there were many sign post markings for 10km and 5km but not 8km! Not only were these confusing, there was no 8km sign so I panicked and opted for 5km route instead and arrived at the finishing line FIRST in my category! Suffice to say, I was a little embarrassed I cheated. Whilst I should blame the event organisers for the embarrassment, I should in fact thank them. If it wasn't for the unclear sign posts, I wouldn't come first?!
PS. I now need another 6 weeks to recover!!
