January 15, 2006 - Epic Camp NZ Day 7


Half Marathon and Sunny! Also swam 3 km in the evening.

I woke up around 7:20 AM, dressed for the race and headed down for a bowl of oatmeal and coffee.

The vans left for the race at 8:15 AM. The Half Marathon is a handicapped race, where everyone in the race guesses their finish time and leave in appropriate waves. No one is allowed to where a watch. John signed everyone up to run in just two of the running waves - first and last. I'm in the last wave – which consisted of Epic Campers and maybe 4 locals. The course is really nice. The course is out and back on a road that road that follows a creek. The first have is paved, the later half is a dirt road and is mostly in the shade.

I was dropped from my wave almost at the gun and ran alone for the entire race. I got to see everyone running back the other way. I was the last runner in and got the privilege of passing 5 walkers. 1:49:23 Half Marathon. Woo, hoo!

I ran the additional 10 minutes to get a bonus for a 2 hour run. A nice consultation for the slow run today.

Afterward, Molina took a group and Gordo took another group for a 60 km bike ride. I however, choose a nap instead. I slept for 2.5 hours and felt much better afterwards and ready to swim later in the afternoon.



A group ready to head to the pool.



Unfortunately, there were more swimmers than van on this trip. It was a little packed.



Swam at the Stokes pool again. It was sunny and noticeably warmer. I swam with KP for the first 2 km. We did a ladder set of 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, then back down. Then Wim joined us and we swam the final 1 km non-stopped but the leader would pull off after each 100 meters, and the next person would lead the next 100, etc. It was fun and made the time go bye fast.

We returned to the college to find pasties, raspberries and strawberries! Now we're talking! We made smoothies with the berries and bananas and boy was it yummy!


Posted: Sun - January 15, 2006 at 12:43 AM          

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