The HUMAN RACE

10.24.2009 - The Day the World Runs

Yayy!!! I DID IT! : ) my first official registered run.

I ran through the finish line with the biggest smile on my face : ) I cant believe it. I did it.

(With Simon Whitfield - 2 times Olympian + World record Triathlon *he looks like a wax figure*)

Hours before the race I was hesitating on whether if I should just skip the race and go to a gf's birthday dinner. Or, maybe it'll start pouring rain and I will just do the run "virtually".... and probably just end up never running it. I was both, excited and scared at the same time. I really wanted to run and see if i can do it - as a personal challenge but at the same time what if I'm the ONLY one that doesn't make it? Or what if I trip and fall because I cant see in the dark! (the Nike Human race this year was a Night race) Hey, if I don't actually go run...I already got my money's worth with my cute little dry fit Nike Shirt. (+ all the other cool little gadgets)

Lucky, I signed up with a VERY motivated friend. A true runner. He pushed me to go do the race and plus its my project...so I HAD to go! As soon as we got there the Horn went off and before you knew it EVERYONE was pushing their way through. Run Run Run.

Well one of the disadvantages for arriving so late was not knowing where you we

re running to, so you couldn't have a visual map of how to pace your self.

All I knew was keep going, keep going, don't be lazy!! I huff and i Puffed. It was COLD! 1hr and 10mins later, I looked at my sports band and it told me that I finished 11.3km! Personal Record! = ) Not only did I exceeded all my expectations and at the end of it I felt GREAT. As a matter of fact, I was walking faster than my pro-runner friend....probably the one and only time that will ever happen in my life=P

Next up.... New Balance Fall Classic Run. Stay tuned. You should run it with me too : )

PS. At the end of the run, I discovered that a few REAL pro runners also ran the Human race. Like Simon Whitfield ---- You should google him = )