Sri Chinmoy Series Race 1 ‘09: Centennial Park

Last year I missed the half marathon on this course since I missed the bus and I was nursing an injury.  Made me realize it was a good reason I missed the bus that time or I would just suffer if I would have gone and did the race.

I know that this would be running on the grass and dirt around the Centennial Park grounds and which they call Cross country and never have done it.  And we were notified in the group email by Thalia, a fellow Woodstock runner, that registering the series one time is cheaper so I reistered last year for all the long distance series.  By Thursday we received an email that the course has been modified as their hs been double bookings on the day before the day which is a big music festival which cut the course into half making the original distances of 4,7 and 14 Kilometers to 4,8 and 12 Kilometers instead.  It don’t mind but I just need to adjust my training (taper week) mileage as a result.

I was picked up with his kindness John Dawlings together with Tomi by 7am then we headed to Centennial park.  We arrived early at the rego area and saw Kerry and her Daughter peta, we had enough time to warm up, stretch and do the toilet break.  Then we saw Fumi and Larissa, more Woodstock runners.

Due to increase of participants of 150 on the day registration, the start was not until 10 past 8 and a stagerred start per event per gender.  I saw Corrinne a younger female runner who always start and pace with me at start and feeds me her dust at the end, it was good seeung her at the start chute and learning she got herself injured as well reason she was not in races for some time.

It was a slow start, I did not plan to be in front of the pack as always as i tend to go faster as planned and end up being so tired in the end.  It was slow though that it was a bit narrow route with grass and uneven ground that I got impatient I did overtake few female runners and I was running with Corrine but she was running constantly while I was just being inpatient thinking there would be a paved area ahead which turned out to be none.  I caught up with Fumi for some point but i think she is stronger this time.

During the race, just half way of the 1st last I was already feeling pain again on my glutes and hammies.  I was not used to running on the grass and some sand and dirt.  It was a good course though as it is flat.  I think I am earning what I do for (over) training on my upcoming marathon.  I can feel the soreness.  Although I did not run the day before, I feel the pain I have been feeling again after last weeks long run race.  I wanted to give up again and stop and walk and do a DNF.  That was what my brain was telling me.  But Managed to convince myself to run it slowly forget about finishing fast but finishing the race.  I was hoping of doing it at 1 hour before the start not knowing how the course is going to look like but as soon as the race progressed I was predicting I am going to finish around 1 hour 2 minutes with the pain.

It was tough seeing a lot of runners finishing their last lap while I am still on my 3rd lap, but I am glad that on every lap a Coolrunning mate, Coogee, was there to cheer and Thalia on my last and 2nd lap was cheering so It just kept me going.  It was tough looking at where you step careful not to twist your ankle which I almost did twic luckily i did not.  On the last lap on the last water station hoping i can get some drinks, they ran out so i mentally became weak for a few minutes but battling with my head i know its just a few more meters to finish I need to hold my thirst keep on running.  I was able to pass at least two runners ahead of me in the last 700 meters or so, sprinting in the last 100m which i did feel sick wanted to vomit.  Luckily I had nothing for breakfast to throw up.

It was a good course, that makes your ankle stronger and learning strategy knowing how the route look like for next series when it comes back to Centennial Park around November and that’s going to be a half marathon.

Woodstock mates Thalia, Larissa, Kerry and John placed on the event.

I am surprised to still place at 30th amongst 98 participants on the under 50 age category for females for 12 KMs.  It was not bad finish.

BTW, did I say I will stay sober until my marathon is done in three weeks?

Woodstock photos grabbed from the event organizer.

Find Fumi fiddling with her watch in front

Kerry and her Daughter on gun start 8Kms

Larissa, finished 1st outright for 4Kms female

Thalia finishing strong! Placed 3rd on Under 50 4Kms

Michelle Warren doing a 12Km

Distance: 12KM
Time: 1:02:08
Location: Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW

Results
4KM
8KM
12KM

Race Report by Sri Chinmoy Organizers

Profile 6: Being Fit and Weight Loss: Ron Cunanan

Ron Cunanan has been a friend when I became friends with Roanne Cunanan in University days.  Roanne has been my thesis mate and Kuya (address to call an older male person than you are) Ron would come home for holidays in their Parents house in La Trinidad.  Not long after, we had become house/flat mates when we started working in Manila.

Kuya Ron also works in IT field and graduated in the same University where I graduated.  He was working in stressful odd times in the IT department of a bank.  Which contributed most to his weight gain, coming home late and eating dinner late, stressed at work makes him eat more.  I can remember him going to the gym those days but I don’t see the difference and he still complains of his weight.

Then years after, we went to Malaysia I moved to another flat, he still works in a stressful and pressuring environment but I was surprised to see his new profile pictures in Friendster.  He looks fitter and healthier, and lost lots of weight.  Actually I did not not notice not until he sent me a message in Friendster telling me “Runner ka na pala ngayon ha!” (Hey, i see that you are already a runner huh!).

Because of that, I was inspired again! to see someone I know, a friend who seem to have made effort to improve his well-being and health and convinced him that I will be writing about the change in my blog.  So here it is after a week and a half of persistence:

me: Heaviest weight? Ron: 230lbs
me: Current weight? Ron: 175lbs
me: Lightest weight? Ron: (teka ano ba ito, target?)Kung target weight – 155lbs
me: What made you realize you need to get back on track about your health and fitness? Ron: it was getting difficult to move around with all the weight. My knees and back would always hurt, and i would find myself out of breath even while walking leisurely. I guess it was when I lost 10lbs in 1 week doing the Gm diet that really inspired me to lose more and exercise.
me:  Did you have a special diet or a secret diet? Ron: Nothing much. I’ve substituted rice with whole wheat bread and make it a point not too eat 1 big meal; instead i eat several small meals a day.
me: What sports do you do to keep you fit? Ron: Tennis, swimming. taking rock climbing and scubadiving classes, although not sure if that qualifies as a sport hahaha
me: Do you have before and after picture? Ron: hehehe. naku, parang wala ata akong before and after … hanap muna ako ng before, yung nakakatakot .. or pwede kang kumuha sa friendster nalang hehehehe.

Apparently I am able to get pictures from his Friendster profile!

Continue the efforts Kuya Ron! Thanks for allowing me to write about your weight loss

Heavy Ron of year 2007

Currently at 175

Canberra Marathon here I come … *jitters*

I did it, confirmed! Now I am nervous … And I am confirmed I am in the list!

I have been holding off for the last minute until the registration for the Canberra Marathon is 30AUD cheaper, I finally mailed my Registration last week before March 20.  We pay dear to get tired and to see how the body can go farther …

And last Saturday I received a confirmation email in my Gmail of my registration … now this is for real … I may sound too dramatic and emotional … i am because I haven’t done this before.  And as it has been said before 1 % of the world’s population only run marathons.

And its been 12 weeks of training and it has been tough.  The longest run I did is 33KM and my health went down hill two weeks ago.  I know that it comes with the training.  I just finished the 30KM race I survived but I did have difficulty mentally.  I am hoping that It is done and I will not meet such situation on the day of the Marathon.

I will do it for fun, I maybe not seriuosly setting and going tough on myself as this will be my first time, still I will be hypocrite if I’d just say to finish it but I am hoping to finish it by 4 hours, hopefully!  I am almost on my taper week … let’s see.

Why Canberra? Because it is of easier course for my first marathon, I do not want to double the trauma with a difficult course.  Trauma? did I say Trauma? yes I love pain :p  It would be painful but I choose to run it for lots of reason, there are more lots painful times in my life than this one so I know I will survive it.

I am just nervous…

SMC Series Race 2 ‘09: My first 30 KM race

It has been a week when I was sick and was down for fever resulting for a tough week of frustration for recovery and going back on track on my Marathon training last week.

Building up my mileage back was a disappointment, nevertheless I am still happy I am well and done with the anti-biotics.  Although I had new muscle pains in front of my quads and shoulder pains this time so I haven’t decided should I run the long run, 30KM, Sydney Marathon Clinic Series race number 2 for 2009.

There were three options for me to choose and run this 22 of March.  This SMC at 30KMs, a training run at 20KMs at North head of the Sydney Striders group which Steve invited me to join or the Linfield Rotary fun run.  I was still undecided by Friday since I had a very bad shoulder pains from I don’t where I got it, and my quad pains and thinking I wouldn’t be racing with this kind of conition unless I wanted a DNF.  I was considering either the Striders’ run or SMC as I needed my mileage for the Marathon training.  Friday arvo, I went for a remedial sports massage at Pyrmont at Majestic Health Massage.  I was attended by the masseuse Linda.  She was very good! She massaged in the very tip of the digits of my toes and the areas where i had complains with.  Although I was told I do have a muscle tear on my left calves.  She said I will still be okey to run.  The day after, I was feeling better, much much better!  So I thought of i will join the SMC and do the 30Kms race although I havent done any races before this long and the longest training run I did was 33KMs++.  I sent Steve sms I wouldn’t be joining them on Sunday and sent SMS to Michelle requesting if i can hitch with her to Smithfield, who herself was having a cold but still running the long race.

After trying to decide what bottoms I should wear, I was convinced that it would still be warm that day even I was thinking of wearing my Skins Leggings I did not but I wore my fave NB running shorts and my Woodstock top, Skins socks and i thought of breaking-in my Lunars for a long distance race if it would be fit for me to race on Canberra Marathon.

I woke up at 5:08, arrived at Pyrmont at Michelle’s place 10 minutes to 6 and we picked up Anthony another Woodstock mate.  We were all doing the 30KMs.

We arrived at Smithfield 30 minutes before 7 am.  We registered, I did my trip to the loo, had a can of V, did my stretches, and a warm up jog to the start area, with three GU gels in my pocket and bra top and said my prayers I hope i finish this race alive!

The horn was sounded and off we go.  I was running on my own pace, telling myself quitly and constantly to run on my own pace and not mind the people around me not to to get carried away on their paces as it was my first 30KM race.  I also kept reminding myself that I am doing this as a fun run, reminding myself I just got back from sickness and not much training so I should take it slow and easy.

I was cruising and just running on my pace I was hoping to at least run at 5:45 pace, I was going at 5:32 but I was feeling comfortable so i kept it constant not trying to increase my speed as I do not want to burn myself before I reach the half way marker.  It was the same route as we did the 25KMs last month.  I was in the middle of the pack but slowly able to pace a little farther ahead than in the middle and pleased to overtake a few runners although all I was counting and matters as benchmarks to me are female runners.

1st 10 KMs I managed to overtake two female runners, then one more around the 18KM distance.  Two trips to the steep hill.  On the second lap, I felt terrible pain in my glutes, quads and calves where my physical self was telling my mental self to stop and walk and it can not take it anymore, it wanted to walk and stop.  Maybe that was what they call the “wall.”  Although It was just an “almost a wall” as I woke up and told myself take it easy and slow do not walk but jog up the hill, keep looking down and I started my litany of prayers or i was praying the Rosary!

It was not even 21KMs yet and my mind and body were battling against each other.  Then ahead of me were two male runners, one in his Striders singlet and i was just cruising behind them trying to take their easy pace so to keep my mind off from my schizophrenic-runner-self but it was downhill and i was recovering and managed to overtake them, yet then they ran with me for a few meters putting me in between them, I did not know what they were try to do, to pace with me or squeeze and trip me! I did my own run and ignored them but they backed off and slid off from me, so I was on my own again.  Then I saw a female runner on her cool running singlet.  I told myself, as long as i can see this runner ahead of me I will be alright.  I did not even ambition to overtake her nor catch up and pace with her.  I am happy that I’d stay behind  her.    I caught up with her in a water station but she caught up with me again and overtook me.  Yet around the 23Kms hill or so I caught up with her running with her but I do not know what happened, I wasn’t even speeding as I was too buggered and tired she slid off and now she was behind me.  I know she is just a few meters away from me.

I did not see her from that time on and I was too scared to look back to see if she was still in my tail as it might just give up and walk.  I kept on running and running.  Thalia, a Woodstock mate was doing very well.  She was running 4th amongst the women.  I think she was faster and stronger than last month’s 25KM race.

Two more kilometers and I was feeling better mentally and emotionally.  Two more kilometers that is 10 minutes or so that is just a few more time and I’m done, I told myself.  On the 200 m marker to finish i heard footsteps behind me I thought it was the lady I overtook but it was two guys whom I thought whom would have finished earlier, but maybe they took extra 5 kilometers on that steep hill so they were catchin up.  I can see the Finish banner and the pylons in my sight and I am feeling relieved every second, as soon as I step on the grassy area I sprinted overtaking those two male runners that took me at 200. I finished alive, happy but sore and tired.  I wanted to cry, I was emotionally crying inside, quietly because I was happy i still finished in a decent time, I did not walk and I managed to finish despite a bad training week two weeks ago, it was like receiving a gift you wanted unexpectedly.

Its 4 more weeks before the Marathon, 4 weeks taper, and 33 KMs is the longest training run I did, 30 KM farthest race I eve have done and completed, 12.125 more kilometers on April, would I make it without walking?  I am scared … worried and really nervous.

Event: Sydney Marathon Clinic
Distance: 30.03 Kms
Average Pace: 5:29/ km
Fastest Pace: 3.36 / km
Weight: 42Kls
Max Heart Rate:180=94%
Average Heart Rate:165 = 86%
Location: Smithfield, NSW, Australia
Time: 2:41′14.18 11th gender, 3rd age/gender category

Results

Good luck to those running Condura Run ‘09

This is one big event that I will surely miss back home.  It’s the Condura Run: Skyway run for the whale sharks.

A number of my h@ppy feet mates are running the half-marathon and I am wishing them well!

This has been made possible and organized by Patrick Concepcion, h@ppy feet runner, and his brother Ton Concepcion.

This month is a month where the whale sharks are mostly seen in the southern seas of the Philippines.  they are getting extinct (as usual), because some non-environment aware or ignorance driven minds fish them for meat.  So this event’s goal to give the proceeds to support the Philippine Whale shark saving project.

Pat and Ton sponsored the first successful event last year 2008, of Condura run, Save the Tubattaha Reef which I have joined.

Profile 5: Being fit and Weight loss – Witchkitty

I would have remembered to have written years ago bout my obsession of loosing weight myself in my other blog. And in relation to the series of the first 4 pieces I just wrote lately, I’d like to share my own experience on this topic of loosing weight and being fit.

Also surprisingly after my holidays of 22 days in Philippines for Christmas of 2008 recently which means lots of eating and just a few 30KMs a week of running, sitting all day, the day i arrived my flat in Oz the first thing I did is run to my weighing scale so afraid i gained weight. So I weighed after almost a month of not bothering to weigh myself, I still got the same weight of 43Kls when I got back!! So i think my metabolism is back to normal. Not that I stuffed myself with junk while i was on holidays too but i did eat more food than what i was taking. And so much deserts. Yum!

Anyway here’s y share:

My Heaviest weight: 2 years ago around end of 2006 I could have weighed 54 KLS (118.8 lbs) and according to Filipino Body Mass Index (BMI) at a height of 5 ft, I would be a first degree obesity. I put on some weight starting at 2005 with a very unhealthy lifestyle. too much alcohol, partying every night, eating too much, eating on the wrong time of the day, and involved in a career that does not much involve of physical activity but just sitting down staring at your notebook and rolling your chair next to your colleague! Then a year and a half later on, I was assigned in a project in Indonesia for almost 7 months and living a life in a hotel with an everyday buffet breakfast, a driver to pick you up at the hotel to work and not even have to make your bed when you wake up. Working late and having mackas at midnight for dinner almost everyday. I got spoiled with that life and obviously i gained weight heaps!

My current weight: I weight currently plays around from 41.5 – 44 Kls. Heaviest when i get bloated on the time of the month. And I go my lightest most of the time, it can say that I am underweight according to the BMI but i think I am still doing well and healthy with the measurement.

My lightest weight: I could have remembered that I did not even realize I was looking very very thin not until the day my sister and my friend visited me in Cebu while i was on project there, and according to them they swear that I do look so haggard like a drug junkie. I think i did weight myself at 41 KLs by that time and I was not doing any much weight training, but all cardio – bike at the gym and running and swimming.

After that, I promised not to ever weigh and look like that again like a drug addict.

What made you realize you need to get back on track and being fit and healthy? After that stint in Jakarta, I went for a short business/leisure trip to Oz. And this time i was doing lots of walk to and fro the apartment to the hotel, drinking lots of water because I was told that you get dehydrated easily down under. Then I got back home and I lost weight like 4 kls at the time and my friends think i look better. Also I got tired when people/friends would tell me: “you look so F-A-T”, “what hapened? why are you so FAT”, “Are you pregnant?!”, (i mean people really get so MEAN) and so I did got serious in running to keep loosing my weight and I did lost 12 KLS in a year from 54-42. And ever since I never felt better and not got ill so often so lately.

As a baby i was diagnosed to have primary complex, weak lungs so had bronchitis when i was growing up then became asthma then i get flu easily and skin asthma but eversince I was on the track it was so rare that these ailments came back. So i felt pleased.

Do you have a special diet? Kind of but I attribute it more on lots of discpline. The first few months I was determined to loss my weight, I was having the following.
Bfast: 3 glasses of water before i eat, low fat cereal with low/skim milk or 2 whole meal toasts and honey, 1 mug coffee w 2 tsp brown sugar
Morning tea: 1 large banana or slices of fruits
Lunch: 3 wholemeal slice bread of Veggie and fruit filling and or light cheese and tuna and sour cream instead of mayo or wholemeal pasta and tuna or 1 cup brown rice and veggies + tea no sugar
Afternoon Tea: slices of fruits or a box of raisins or dried fruits
Dinner: half cup low fat popcorn + 1 tub low fat yougurt or sliced fruits and yogurt + green tea
And i do drink lots of water in between meals.

When I reached my desired weight I changed my meals to:
Bfast: 3 glasses of water before i eat, low fat cereal (1 cup muesli or 2 brick weetbix) with low/skim milk and two tsp brown sugar or 2 whole meal toasts and honey, or two toast and two eggs , and 1 mug coffee w 2 tsp brown sugar
Morning tea: 1 cup coffee
Lunch: whole meal sandwich or wraps, or wholemeal veggie or tuna pasta meal or brown rice or couscous and veggies or veggies and tuna and mushroom, or veggies and meat or seafood + black tea no sugar
Afternoon Tea: slices or whole fruits or two chocolate biscuit or a bar of Mars or palmful of nuts or dried fruits
Dinner: meat (either red or white – bake or pan fried in light olive oil) or fresh fish + lots of veggies and fruits and or yogurt + green tea

At the end of the day, I try to have consumed at least 7 kinds of fruits and veggies. When I am out and i crave, i buy fruit juices, or smoothies. Or munch on Sushi rolls (2 piece max) which i have learned is a low Gi food (foods that suppresses your hunger pangs).

I still once and a while eat at mackas, i can’t resist eating chips (my fave!!), I still do eat out on weekends as my cheat days like i eat pizza or burger or rice meals. I was eating a 3 meal rice a day to almost none and i am fine with it. I don’t drink alcohol everyday and I try to eat my meals on time. And i still do eat potato crisps. I can do away without any softdrinks (coke zero if i wanted to), and no iced teas when eating out but just flat water. On Chocolates, I take dark chocolate as it has lower calories than the milk chocs, I like dark chocolate anyway. I found out after “rebooting” my metabolism, i am so hungry every 2-3 hours! amazing!

Current sports you do: Just running at the moment, but I am going to join Pilates soon in a months time to improve my running injuries, I cross train in the gym (treadmill, stationary bike, stationary weights) and in the lap pool and also have my free weights. I have my badminton gear but i havent found a convinient place and mates to play with at the moment.

heaviest me in one of the days in Indonesia

Fitter me

People I know, or friends at first always tell me they can not do what i was doing, eating the right food, they do not have time to do exercise. For me, its just WANTING and the WILL to make it happen. DISCIPLINE. I am not hard on myself on what I eat and not what i shouldn’t eat. I maybe do not have any family or kids to tend to that i get heaps of time to do fitness, but I do a full time job and I know people who do have kids but what they do is bring the buggy and run or walk with their kids on it, spending time with the kids and doing the fitness all together. Also it can get challenging when I travel but i always make sure to pack with my things my running gear and some swimming gear. Everything is possible if we want to.

3 Day Sickie

Why now?!

I knew I was feeling back pains the day before and the day I had my long run last Tuesday for 33 KMs, but I didn’t know I was going down with some virus the next couple of days.

Monday I went for a swim to rest myself from the worse 10KM race I had and recovering from a hangover from the weekend.  I knew I still can manage to finish a 79KM that week confidently.

Tuesday I was happy to complete a 33KM even with the doubt because of back pains, then came Wednesday I was sore from the long run, I worked from home but went for Pilates which was a challenging session, felt better stretched.

Thursday afternoon I felt soreness and I felt slugish.  I was planning to go for the TNT Trainings, then 2 hours before going I was feverish and I did not feel well.  I was skipping TNT and planning to do a bike instead, but as soon as I got home I was done with fever.  Really sick.  Couldn’t be bothered moving around but slept at the couch and had paracemtamol and back pain pills which kept me to sleep.

Friday I was feeling so crook planning to skip work but I got a call for emergency at work.  Friday was supposedly my 21Kms, but I was running high with fever again and skipped running.  Went to the doctor and confirmed that my fevers was caused by tonsilitis and ear infection.  So I just went home and rested and medicated myself.  Saturday missed Woodstock run and my throat was feeling worse than Friday. Rested and slept till 12 noon on and off with pills and fruits and water.  By arvo,  I was like Lazarus, feeling better and wanted to do a 14KM run, but just did 7KMs anyway.  The run made me feel better the next day.

The timing of me getting sick was really off.  It was my 6th week before the Marathon and i can not afford to get sick then this happens.  So I was missing 29KMs last week because I was on sick leave.  Hoping I will be better this week.

Rebel Sports On Sale

Its another

sale

day for Rebel Sports.

When running becomes so lucrative

One reason with running as a sport is it its cheap and you can run by yourself.

But last night I realized my running has been lucrative lately.  In the past four months I spent so much on my running! Gear, Polar watch, Skins, supplements, two pair of shoes, heaties, relief patches, massages, physio sessions! Not even including of registration fees in race series and big race events.  Some would also buy running books and subscribe to running magazines.

So I thought too it was cheap … not.

Energize Belrose Fun run: worst race ever!

I was unsure how my training calendar last week was.  I was feeling a bit tired from training.  And I did wantedto join some of the Woodstock do the long run on Saturday, but I scheduled to run the race the Sunday after which is the Energize Belrose Fun run.

I decided to just stick with the plan, skip the Woodstock Saturday run for the race the day after and rest.

But what I did this Saturday was even worse than running before a race, alcohol got out of hand from lunch that extended to pub drinks supposedly to watch the Mardigras, that I am really pissed I can’t remember the parade! I was disappointed of myself from having myself drank that Saturday, woke up 4am of Sunday after passing out from to much drinks and I realized I haven’t confirmed with John I will join him to Belrose run, so I sent him the message anyway I will be going.

I was actually feeling Hang-over, really sick and half decided I can race with my conditions.  I thought It would be a waste of Sunday if I did not go and I’d be breaking my training schedule if I did.

Was picked up by John at 7, Got there 10 minutes before 8, registered and enough toilet breaks and warm up.  I can feel it, I am feeling so sick! We had coffee while chatting and waiting for the announcements, which I think is a good idea, as I always do it anyway before runs, but it wasn’t helping.  Drank a little bit of water and I know I will not be running on my best with this run.  Light headedness, headache, dehydrated perfect

A smile with the hangover in a beautiful day before the race with John Dawlings

Anyway, this run was sponsored by the Energize Health club of the Belrose community for some charity cause and its 2nd year.  Here are some of feedback/critisism about this race

Positives:
Marketing. So it was a good marketing strategy that the registration was inside the health club and a walk hrough of almost all of the facilities.  So it’s a good way to showacase their equipments and gym.
Toilets: enough clean portalets of the toilets inside the gym.
Water stations: Enough water
Registration fee: : 10 AUD cheap.

Negatives:
Rego: Not enough registration booths.We were lucky we arrived their early and got registered early, but their were only two who people taking care of the registration and two on pre-registered.  The queue got longer and I think contributed to the delayed start of the race.
Start: Terrible start location, a wooden fence in front, narrow, and blockages which is dangerous.  Late start of 10 minutes.
Route, course: Runners kept running on the road because there were no pylons/witches hats to guide runners, not very organized that kept the police telling of the runners to stay on the foot path.  No markers where to cross the road
Markers: No kilometer markers, no signs, that the seeded or elite runners got lost.
Race bibs: Should have been at least waxed paper to prevent it from tearing when it gets wet from sweat and water.  Mine got torn in maybe in the 2nd kilometer! Which I though to just stuff it on my top which crumbled at the end (eewe!)
Marshals: Just stand there and they do not tell you where to go wether if its right left or turn around.
Finish: No time keepers, the finish line is VERY VERY not organized as you do not know where the finish path is!! I crossed over a grass full of gym mats with people lying on it and a wooden fence blockage you need to jump off!  I was very pissed finishing the race. No rankings, no results, no winner presentations.
Water: No water station at the end.  Watermelons are for sale, which is ussually free on most races, okey the registration is cheap.

see where safety was not a common sense for the organizers!

Since the race started late the sun was already up and it was humid.  I felt weak and I had t walk twice uphill (damn alcohol!), and wanting to just do the 5KMs (I should have just did it as they were not recording the time) when I reached the 2nd lap, I told myself to finish what I’ve started.

I felt I was stronger on thesecond lap but it was a struggle.  I knew I prolly be finishing at 55minutes, still a surprise to have finished 10KMs (which they says is a bit longer) at 53.05.

Worse feeling ever, still not a bad time considering running on a hangover and I will NEVER do that again, but honetsly, it is the WORST NSW fun run I ever have been to.  I am not sure if I would like to run it again next year.  Good side, I am glad there were no results and time keeprs to have kept my bad performance, I symphatize tho for the runners who did a good time in their distances.

Event: Energize Belrose Fun Run
Location: Belrose, NSW
Distance: 10KM
Time: 53:05