City to Bay

On 21st September I took part in the City to Bay Fun Run. The title refers to the route: we started in Adelaide City centre, and ran 12km to Glenelg, which overlooks Holdfast Bay, i.e. the seaside. As for the 'Fun' bit...well ok, I did enjoy it, in a coping with pain kind of way.

28,000 people either ran or walked it. For us runners, it was a bit crowded all the way along, and I thought they should have split us in to waves like they had done in Manchester. Also, with there being the option of doing the event as a walk, I really couldn't see why 20 metres into the start of the run everyones way was blocked by 5 rotund ladies in pink t-shirts ALREADY WALKING.

I ran it in 1 hour 6 minutes and 28 seconds.

I was a bit dissapointed that I had to stop and walk a couple of times, really because I was getting too hot. I felt a bit nauseous and started getting goose pimples, which made me worry my heat regulation was going up the swanny. I didn't want to embarrass myself by collapsing and pooing all over the place, as the patient from a half marathon who came in for a ct scan a few weeks ago had done.

Still, I was rather pleased that I managed to beat Dan from work, who is 12 years my junior, about twice as tall, and had tried, in true Aussie fashion, to transform a low key 'let's have a bit of fun' event into some sort of olympic trial.

Another glorious victory for Team GB