Golden Ears 10K

After the race. You can faintly see the Golden Ears Bridge in the background.

Well, I learned a valuable lesson - don't book back-to-back races. Not because I don't think I could have done it, but because "life" sometimes happens and it makes for a very busy weekend of trying to balance schedules with my family. I was supposed to do the Dirty Duo 25 km on Saturday and it just didn't pan out. Fortunately, I was still able to get to the Golden Ears 10k in Pitt Meadows the following morning. Yes, even with the time-change, I was able to drag my tired, lazy butt out of bed to get there at the butt-crack of dawn on a Sunday morning. What was even more surprising, was the fact my BF did the race with me. This is the guy that was practically coughing up blood the week before when I took him on a 5k run. So I was happy that not only did he finished the race, but he only came in just over 6 minutes after me and he didn't die. Not bad! He might be able to do the April Fool's Run in 3 weeks after-all. ;-)

The Golden Ears 10K was a nice little race. It was close to home, so geographically that made me happy not having a long drive before hand. The 10K went from Osprey Village, over the Golden Ears Bridge, then back again. The Half Marathon also went through some of the trails. I was actually going to sign up for the Half, but I thought it would be too much doing it the day after the 25k as I originally planned. Oh well. Live and learn. We even got a finisher's medal at the end of it which was pretty cool.

Golden Ears 10K Finisher's Medal

The weather turned out great. What I mean by "great" is that it never rained. Woohoo! It was cool and cloudy. My time was not a personal best - which I suspected. As the the race was basically a steady climb, I knew I'd be a bit slower. I came in just over 1:01, which I'm completely OK with. I'm terrible at hills. Probably because I have very little muscle. I should start doing weights or lunges or squats or whatever people do to strengthen their legs, but I turn somewhat sloth-like after I come in from a run. It takes everything in me just to do some crunches and push-ups. Hey, if I just ran for 50 min.+ why would I want to work out my legs more?! Haha. I know, I know - I'm making excuses. Working on some hill and strength training is definitely high on my priority list now.

As it's spring break, I'll be a little less inclined to work out and more inclined to find some fun activities with my kidlet. In lieu of needing to leave the house for an hour at a time but still keeping up my cardio, I've gone back to the 3rd grade and have taken up skipping. Yes, with a rope. In the 3rd grade, I never had boobs, so it's a bit more uncomfortable now. As a solution, I have to wear my super-squish-me-flat-as-a-pancake-sports-bra. It works, so it's all good. ...Well, on that note, I'll leave you with that image. LOL.

Thanks for reading! :-)