Despite only entering the race on Thursday, I had still forgotten about it by Saturday and had to faff about in the morning getting some kit together.
It seemed fairly quiet at work and I was mostly in the back room rearranging shoe boxes again. For some time I was going to OCD levels and getting them all into size order. There was a new girl starting so I'm not the newest anymore. I saw her on Wednesday at run club too.
I finished work half an hour early so I could change and jog over for the race. It was called sight night and was raising money for blind sports in Alberta. I thought it started at 7pm, which seemed early for a night race but that was what the leaflet said, however it actually started at 7:30 so I could have finished my shift at work instead of sitting around getting cold.
Once the race actually started, it was lovely. The marshals were all very enthusiastic and the route was all wooded trails. There was one section that we looped round twice to do 8k while others did it once to do 5k and this involved crossing over the river and back again with a lovely view of the city lighting up and the river at sunset. The race came with a free head torch, which was handy from about 4k into the race and means I now own a head torch of my very own!
It was quite a small race so I was running on my own for quite a while until I looped round again and started seeing the slower runners and walkers and I was cheered over the finish line by a gang of cheerleaders before heading over for my free burger, cookie and fruit.
To avoid getting cold again, I didn't hang around for too long and started jogging/walking back home (slowly as I'd just eaten).
That was a long day so all my housework and errands will just have to wait.
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