The annual tradition of fun-running that is Round the Bays reared itself today for the 34th time. I got to the start of the line 2 hours prior to the race.
While I waited I saw Gabriel, a supervisor who works at my gym. We exchanged pleasantries and I learned that he resigned from the gym and is leaving the country tomorrow to head back to Brazil.
2 hours later the run started. I had a good start but somehow faded later on. At the end, my unofficial time was something like 40 minutes 40 seconds, although I'll have to wait for the official time to be posted. Even though I improved on last year's time by a matter of seconds, I didn't run the perfect run. I felt that I tired too easily in the latter stages of the run, which is something I'll work on for next year. If only I managed to sustain the effort for longer I would have probably cracked the 40 minute barrier, which was my original goal from the start. Maybe I should alter my training a bit?
Oh well, that's something I'll have to work on later. Running is now something I'll take up semi-seriously in future. If only my poor left ankle is in better shape; I sprained it a fortnight ago and it's still tender when I give it a little stretch.
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