One day, Two races.

As I am a sucker for any race where I do not have to drive more then a hour, and would hate to miss out on one.. hence I end up doing crazy things like three big races in six days or two in one day. Lucky for me, both were low key events, and I didn't really plan to race either hard.

8am
New Heights 5k Run 4 Health. Run by the local gym- of which I am not a member to benefit the new recreation centre in town. Very informal race- in fact I wonder if the organizers had ever actually been to, or run in a race before. I understand it is the participants responsibly to know the route but, honestly usually I have somebody in front of me, or quite frankly I'm not thinking and do need marshals, little arrows or marks on the pavement telling me where to go. Yah so there was none of that. Hence I made two wrong turns. There was somebody in front of me, but I lost him after the first wrong turn. There was a little matter of there being no water at one of the water stations, and the station that did have water, gave it to me in a unopened bottle- hmm little hard to untwist it while you are actually running., not to mention the waste from all those water bottles, which I had to throw on somebodies yard when I was done with it cause there was no collection for said bottles. I franky have no idea of my time or the distance I did cause it really didn't seem like 5k- even with the extra distance I did. I was second overall, first female- but really whatever. Post race food was yummy, just a little unconventional. Generally communal bowls of strawberries, blueberries, and almonds with everybody reaching in the bowls with their dirty hands isn't something you see at races, but whatever. After all it is of charity. ( This is me making a gaging motion as you can do something for charity, cheaply and still put on a quality event.) All this fun for $25 and a I got a 'free' water bottle. No bling for my efforts though.

11am
Glammis Gallop Duathlon. This guy decided he wanted to have a race at his house.. so he did. Awesomeness. 4k, 20k, 4k. My plan was to do easy 5mink for the first 4k, hammer the bike with a really high cadence, and do whatever I felt like for the last 4k. I predicted I would finish in around 1:30.... and I did it in 1:31. There was only around 15 people there, mostly teachers, and even one pro showed up. Fun crowd. No prises, only door prices- of which everybody got one. Post race BBQ, and pornographic photo opportunity with the pro taking a shower under the water hose. I did not take part in photo taking but did eat a hamburger. Tremandous fun for $10.