Racing Days
September 21, 2010
I knew when I came to Sydney that I wanted to run a race. I was thinking more along the lines of a 5K, like the ones I did for the first time in Philly last year.
Turns out, I set my sights too low. My first race was the 7K Bay Run, of which I ran the entirety in about 45 minutes ( I am NOT fast). The second was double that–the 14K City2Surf, in which the infamous Heartbreak Hill stopped me for about 1K. I still finished in somewhat decent time, for me.
Then last weekend, I did the 4K Fun Run of the Bridge Run. This time, I had special company–my boyfriend, who hasn’t ran, as he likes to put it, since 1995. After a few weeks of training, he was able to finish the the whole thing without stopping in good time.
Though I didn’t think I’d run this many races, it’s been a terrific experience. The Bay Run took us around a beautiful lake, City2Surf ended at gorgeous Bondi Beach, and the Bridge Run led us over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and to a finish line at the Opera House. Running becomes just a little easier when you have scenery like that.
I am super proud of you!! You'll have to give me the scoop on which ones to run when I come to town!!
congrats!!
Thanks ladies! I forgot to mention that a super-funny part of the races here is that people dress up! At City2Surf, I saw gorillas, action heroes, men in speedos, etc. I saw Spidermen at the Bridge Run, and I just watched one of the race videos where one of the announcers said, "The first gorilla has crossed the finish line," haha.
Hey Lauren, enjoyed this post on your many running races around Sydney… I arrived our years ago and made the same personal sacrifice – try and run 2-3 of the local runs… loved it but never got used to Heartbreak Hill! Another good one that I recently found is the Pub2Pub on the Northern Beaches. Great atmosphere and a lot of fun.
I'm currently blogging about my journey from the UK to Canada and then here to Sydney. If you fancy a read, go to insearchofalifelessordinary.blogspot.com – but I haven't got to the Australia part quite yet!
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