Happy to Take the Pain

Sunday was Vancouver’s infamous Sun Run.  This race is many different things to different people: a social event, the end-goal to a fitness plan, an opportunity to claim participation in 10K of the well-known race, or a chance to better one’s 10K time.

This was my chance to better my 10K time.

Two years ago I raced the Sun Run as an elite to pull through in 39:14.  Last year I only ran 10K in triathlon races for a best time of 39:10.  This year I am proud to nail a sub 36min 10K – 35:56.

Thank you to Coach Bomba, my mother-in-law and hubby-wubby who came to the race.

It was really fun being a VIP elite for the day.  My elite race number got us everywhere fast and with lots of good food!

My teammate Joel DeSchiffart and I post-race (I promise I am wearing shorts...)

Alex, me, momma Ruth, french toast and Joel at the VIP brunch

+ 11 @ Nationals

That was my overall score for the weekend.

Coming into the weekend I was ranked 8^th for the 3000m and 16^th for the 1500m.  At the end of the races I took 4^th for the 3000m with a best time of 9:51.45 and 6^th for the 1500m with a best time of 4:32:32.

That’s +11!

What really made the memory was that my faithful fans (mom and dad) came out to watch AND my brother and sister too!  We had a great time together at the races, dinner and coffee dates in between.

Also, I dyed my hair (why not)

- on a walk with my sister we ran into my Edmontonian aunt on her lunch break!

- and Alex watch my races live via the interwebs :)

That’s +11 with eleven --> !!!!!!!!!!!

Did I end up with an extra $11 at the end?  Maybe - but nobody counted.

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.