I had the flu so I had thrown up everything I put in my body since 8pm Saturday night so I felt pretty weak, especially after I threw up my breakfast before warm-up. Surprisingly I started to feel good after that and when the race staretd I felt really good. The first k was a gradual downhill then gradual uphill so I was pretty surprised when I saw 3:53 as my first km. Even more surprised when my next 2kms on gradual uphills and flats. I realised I was on pace for a sub 40 10km and I had visions of glory, but I hit the 5th k which is a hard uphill and lost it. Not having any fuel caught up to me and I felt just drained. The next 3k's were a struggle, and it was all I could do to keep myself going. Finally we hit a part of the course with some flats rather than rolling hills and I managed to recover a bit. I finished all right, but felt like I had run 15km not 10km. Pretty rough

It's hard to say, I felt like I ran well other than being sick. If I hadn't been sick I could have pushed my PB for 10km by going sub 41.

Grabbed some water and walked around trying to loosen my legs up. My friend who I was with had finished just before me, so we went for a light jog and stretched for 10 mins after finishing our waters


No doubt about it the flu.


Another good event in the Vancouver Island Race series. It was the first time I had done this particular race and I was very pleased with the course. It ran right along the edge of the ocean so the views were great.