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Sydney Running Festival
Posted by
Vilante
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17 October 2011
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.... I was rather nervous coming into the race. Being my first and being sick I really didn't know what to expect.
I was there with my girlfriend and a friend which helped, it was really exciting. Catching the train over the bridge then gathering under it with thousands of people was something I won't forget. We stretched and tried to ignore the fact we were a little nervous.
We lined up and unfortunately being new to this we lined up toward the back of our group. We were off and the thing I noticed most was the amount of people. It was OK over the bridge (how good is running over the bridge?) but some thinner areas like the Domain were like playing basketball rather than running. My cold was making breathing almost impossible so that slowed me down but it was mainly the traffic.
The scenery was magic, such a beautiful city but it was a hot day and lots of people struggled after so much cold winter training it was a harsh change.
I had aimed to finish it in 49:30, 5:30km's but was just outside it in 50:22. I had such a great day though and will defintitely be back next year.
I was there with my girlfriend and a friend which helped, it was really exciting. Catching the train over the bridge then gathering under it with thousands of people was something I won't forget. We stretched and tried to ignore the fact we were a little nervous.
We lined up and unfortunately being new to this we lined up toward the back of our group. We were off and the thing I noticed most was the amount of people. It was OK over the bridge (how good is running over the bridge?) but some thinner areas like the Domain were like playing basketball rather than running. My cold was making breathing almost impossible so that slowed me down but it was mainly the traffic.
The scenery was magic, such a beautiful city but it was a hot day and lots of people struggled after so much cold winter training it was a harsh change.
I had aimed to finish it in 49:30, 5:30km's but was just outside it in 50:22. I had such a great day though and will defintitely be back next year.
