This weekend had a first and a last!
On Sunday I did my FIRST ever Duathlon! And I came? Yip you guessed it …. LAST! I am not talking last placed lady or last placed in my age group, although I did that too. I am talking dead cold stone LAST in the entire race.
There are a few positives though. Firstly; I did come first in my age group and finished 3rd lady over all (yes only 3 ladies took part). Another positive is that I did it in under the 3 hours I was hoping for. Those other ladies are FLIPPEN quick. My time was 2 hours 46 minutes and 9 seconds. Although I know on the run each lap was only 2.4km and not 2.5 and I think the bike was bit shorter too. It was pretty tough, but I have realized that I am most definitely a multi sport athlete.
The day before I did the Spar Ladies 10km race. All I kept thinking was I wish I had been able to ride or swim too. But I enjoyed it, and I did my best 10km time EVER! Unfortunately my mom was still “faking” an injury so I will never know if I could have beaten her. I think I did it quicker than she has ever, but I am sure that if she had seen me over taking her she would have picked up the pace; nothing like a bit of healthy competition from your daughter. My time for the 10km was 53minutes 18 seconds. I am getting quicker. Last year I took over 10 minutes longer for the same race.
All this might explain why I was a bit emotional when watching TV on Sunday night. I was (to put it politely) buggered! But happy.
This weekend I have a half marathon. It should be fun. It is a nice one, along the coast so pretty flat.
If you want to have a look at a few photo’s of the Spar Ladies race have a look at Port Elizabeth Daily Photos and Firefly’s Photo Files.
My Happy Pace! 
You are really in the groove right now!
We drove down to Willows on Sunday morning and saw some of the participents go by. I was actually wondering if you were taking part.
Thanks for the punt on the Spar Ladies Race posts. Next year I may actually do the dress up thing and take part in drag… or not, Who knows.
Hanlie – I thought I best keep it going, I am at my fittest I have ever been and if I stop I am worried I won’t start again.
FF – Pleasure, and you probably did not see me. As I said I was last! Last one on the bike, last one off the bike to start running again, and last at the finish line. I had fun though, which is most important (at least in my opinion)
Last is also first from behind!
Emil – Well I was told somewhere that if you want to be remembered you needed to come first or last. So it was a memorable race – and yes, first but from the other side. I makes looking up my race results easy. I just start at the bottom and there I am…