Had a super day on Mothers Day, and the adrenaline was pumping before I even got up. I was a bit nervous about the run!! Got there, met up with Mum and Dad, Matt and Penny, did the warm up aerobics and some stretches and headed for the start line. There were hundreds of people running in my event and the start was a bit crazy with everyone jostling for a spot and overtaking/being overtaken. I did my first Km in 5mins, and the second on 5.5mins and after that I was just determined to keep running so didn’t watch the clock too much. There was a girl in front of me most of the way., then I got in front of her, then dam she got around me again. On the hills I am quite strong (thanks to my running around the mountain track) so I overtook her on the last one then bolted home. Justin took a pic of me going over the finish line and that girls head is in shot. Don’t know what her face looks like, but the back of her head is engraved in my mind!! I was determined to beat her. As my friend Jane said afterwards, you always need a nemesis!

So anyway great results. My goal was to finish as close to 27mins as possible. Last years time of 29.40 needed to be smashed!!

Age Category: 30-39 yrs
Place: 158th out of 750 runners
Time: 27:38mins (27.21 from over the start beep to the end beep)
Age Category place: 22nd
Gender place: 79th

I am really quite delighted and plan to do better than that next year! Thank to everyone who so graciously sponsored me. I raised $360 for Breast Cancer Research and reached some awesome personal goals for myself, so I am very appreciative of your support. This is a photo of me (in maroon shirt) crossing the line and nemesis lady in white shirt!

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And this is one after the race, when I am all hot and sweaty, but very happy!!

Have a great week 🙂