So, I did another running race. Yep, my family keeps telling me (or more like I over hear them telling others) that I am weird to be doing this racing stuff. I like it though. It keeps me fit, or at least it allows me to eat what I want and not feel guilty about it. Plus, I like seeing what else my body "the machine" (he he) is able to accomplish. Don't see myself trying to climb Everest anytime soon, nor do I even think a full marathon appeals to me at this stage, but I do like seeing if I can keep running faster. So I am busy training for the big bike race around Lake Taupo (160km) again, which is in late November but had decided to try a 10km running race in the midst of the training. Did that in Petone on Sunday and did my personal best time for a 10km. Mind you, most of the time when I do 10km its only being in the halfway of a half-marathon, so its not like I am going "full-out" at that point anyway. I really enjoyed the race though, because it was shorter and therefore I DID feel like I could give it heaps and not worry about "lasting" the distance. I aimed for 55 minutes to try to beat Robyn's PB but achieved 57 minutes instead. I was passing lots of ladies and 1 man at the end though, so I felt like a winner on the day. Biggest frustration though was that the prizegiving was at 1:30 and I finished my race at 9:30 and wasn't keen on hanging around for 4 hours to maybe get a prize. Turns out I should have. I heard from 2 friends later that my name was called out for one of the major spot prizes! They were giving away portable DVD players and weekend getaways and all sorts of stuff and this is the ONE prizegiving I didn't go to. Sucks. Ah well. But it would have been cool....
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