Woooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo
Yeeeeeeeeehaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
YabbaaaaaaaaaaaDabbaaaaaaaaaDoooooooooo
Everybody I'm kung-fu fighting (pwheuw, yarh - arm actions are a must)
This cat is fast as lightning (not really but lets go with it)
In fact it was a little bit frightening (true, VERY true)
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hum, hum ,hum, hummmmm
Need I say more?
OK - well at 5.40am this ninja finally convinced herself to actually get out of bed, wipe the drool off my face (tmi?) and get to it OR ELSE face the prospect of another spin session later on as punishment.
6.02 I was out front the meeting place and joined the back of the group literally as they were setting off - had no idea of the route, distance, who anyone was - but the group I was with seemed the right pace. Lots of identical girls with swinging ponytails chatting as they ran and four slightly less athletic looking men (i.e. wearing teeshirts!) upfront. (I spent a crucial 4 mins delaying leaving the house as I hunted down my shuffle but actually I'm so glad I did. Saying hello and introducing yourself is overrated compared to musical companionship for an hour!)
6.25 I finally slowed for my first walk (even made it up the hill running all the way!!!!) Actually I was ultra devious as I left my water, my house keys, phone (complete with gps map), money everything back in the car so that I was forced to keep up with everyone. Sneaky but it worked.
6.35 The sun finally came up. Hurrah - no need to worry about falling unnoticed into a sink hole!
6.45 I finally lost my run markers in the twists and turns of surburbia and other non-running group runners started appearing from all directions which was tres confusing. (I fairly sure I went the wrong way here and cut a 1-2 km corner but I eventually spotted someone looking back as if looking to check I was still there so I just kept following him. I now realise he also had no idea where he was going and was checking to see that I was following to ensure he was going the right way - haahahahahahah. Ooops.)
6.50 I recognised where I was and even if it wasn't the official route. I knew it was likely only another 2-3km before I could get a drink of water. Hallelulia!
7.01 I checked my distance for the first time and truth be told I was more than a little sad to see it saying 7.00
7.04 I spotted the Montgomery flags, saw the running posse huddled in a stationary group and the girls I started just behind an hour ago also arriving back albeit from a slightly different direction ;-))
7.15 After three BIG glasses of water, I trundled off back to my car.
7.30 I realised I'm the world's BIGGEST idiot as I hadn't actually activated my Nikeband. 7.00 wasn't the distance but the time, it was now saying 7.28. SOOOOOOOOOO MAD I can't actually prove that I ran like a ninja but mapping the route (at least what I remember of it) it looks like my unofficial route was just under 9km.
Not a bad first half-marathon training run session. WAHOOO xx
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