So, because my heel had been sore which was smacking of achilles issues I decided not to 'race it' or try to get to a PB. Most certainly i was going to derail ironman training for 10k. I wanted to do it for my long run and be eligible to win the car they raffle.

I seeded myself in the back and my friend and husband went further up. As i was waiting i was strategizing both good and bad scenarios. If i felt bad, i'd just do what i had to do. And if I felt good i could pick it up each kilometer. Either way starting slow was the main thing.

So, it was crowded where I was and did start reasonably but I was picking it up a lot sooner than I thought i would. Soon enough I was passing people and I felt good. My heel felt fine so i kept going.

Starting slow is great because I felt like a million bucks passing people the whole way. I could see i was doing a great pace for me. Again, not PB time but a lot faster than I've been training. At one point I came up behind a girl who clearly did not want me to pass her - as I came to her shoulder i felt her surge. I decided to let her and not surge with her and sure enough within 30 seconds she couldn't hold the pace and i was by her.

I was starting to get fatigued in the last two k but i just eased up on the pace slightly so it was a little more comfortable and came in just over 53 minutes. I was very happy with that and the lack of achilles issues.

Nothing. This was not an A race - i thought I executed well for my goal.

Nothing much - grabbed my hoodie and some food and hung out until the raffle. It started pouring rain. Oh gosh it was soooooo wet waiting but we stayed but we did not win the car :(


The expected things: an aggravated achilles and not training specifically for this distance


I really enjoy this race. Each year has been slightly different with timing changing between april and may and the weather as well as the route. But with the car raffle it's a great time and worth going to Oakville.