Time to sit down and recap the weekend. This past Sunday, I did the Vancouver Fall Classic Run at UBC. These past few months have been a bit brutal. I've had a IT band injury, which I have recovered fairly well from, and now I am seeking physio who has diagnosed a completely different problem with my ligaments in my knee, which stems back from a dance injury a few years ago. However we keep working at it, and little by little things do get better.This would be the last chance for my cousin and I to get out and spend the day together and run a little a race.
After discussion with my coach, he had said to just treat it like a everyday training session. Basically take it easy, and don't push on it, as we don't want to go back and repeat the last 6 months of injury.
The race itself was not too packed, offering up distance of, Half marathon, 10 km or 5 km.
We opted for the 5 km. The day was pretty wet, and pretty cold, but once we got moving it was ok.
With in the first 10 mins, the rain let up quite a bit, and at that point, i had to get rid of my jacket as I was warmed nicely.
My coach was there on the side lines, as was my good friend, who pretty much has motivated me to keep moving. I remind he is responsible for kicking my butt ! and I am thankful for that.I pushed at the very end to get through it, as I was just coming up around the corner and my cousin was gone...... no sight of her !
but she only beat me by 13 seconds... so that' s OK Pictured Above: Me and Coach Jerry
What's up next.. well, we are hoping for 2018, I will get to a Half Marathon.. that's the goal, but I will have to run a few 10 km before that happens. !
Stay tuned !
