My RP and i were in Wave 1 and we kept the dodging and weaving to a minimum by chatting and not worrying too much about pace. There was a storm last night so there were a few puddles to dodge but the course was a pretty good mix of shade and sun with small rolling hills.

We chatted and happily passed 10k around 53 minutes so it looked like a 1:55 finish (would be happy with that). We passed the firefigther station and saw some beefy shirtless firefighters. With two big out and backs we waved and cheered for other runners and people we knew.

By about 14k I was ready to be done.

By 16k i was breathing hard and we'd picked up the pace.

Just after 18k we were still running very hard and passed the chocolate station but neither of us was interested in that - 'just get to the finish' was both of our mentality! I was flirting with my 'puke pace' and was battling to keep going strong. I struggled to find that happy place and was really toughing it out mentally. Finally, i could see the finisher's archway and managed to pick it up! A finish of 1:50:38! Wahoo!!

Not too much. We started out well by keeping the pace back a bit and picking up gradually. All i can really do is work on getting faster.

I took a big cup of gatorade at the end and enjoyed. It was a PB for both RP and I and we noted how close to BQ pace we were - just to keep it up for another 21.1k .... riiiiggghht.


Need some more speed work to get me to comfortably go below 5:00mins/km.


It was a fun event. I didn't think much of the women's-only thing at first but it was a really cool race. Kudos to the organizers since it didn't feel like a first-year event at all! My two main issues are that the path was often narrow for the size of the field and the medal was a necklace which is nice enough i just prefer a medal. Otherwise they had lots of people directing runners, food and aid stations.