City to Bay 2011

A year ago I did the 6km option of the City to Bay. I had about a week of prep before doing it and was extremely unfit. To do 6km was a big deal and a big achievement, especially with the foot injury I had at the time.

This year I had a years worth of training with my walking/running and more recently going to the gym and having a personal trainer. In the week leading up to the run I didn't do a great deal as I didn't want to go into it with an injury. This year I was 20kg lighter!!!

There were four of us that were doing the 12km as a team. Team Un-Fit! The members were Trent, Grant & Bec. Grant organised t-shirts for us all that said Team Un-Fit, my t-shirt had a red circle with a line through it over the Un though as I was running whilst they all walked.

At the start I met up with my friend Alyssa as she was also running. Alyssa and I took off running and ran for the first 6km. My left foot then went to sleep and I couldn't feel it at all. I let Alyssa run off ahead as I didn't want to hold her back. I also didn't want to run when I couldn't feel my foot as I was concerned that I would roll my ankle. I had to walk for 2, nearly 3km until I had feeling back in my foot. I then ran the rest of the way. I did the run in 1hr 44mins. It is an ok time but I would have much preferred closer to 1hr 30mins. I know I can't help foot problems and I am certainly proud of myself for finishing the 12km.

Trent, Bec and Grant finished the 12km in just over 2hrs. Grant injured his hamstring within the first 3km of the walk (well run at that point) and I admire his determination to keep going and finish the full 12km considering the pain he was in. Next year I hope the 4 of us will be able to run the 12km together.

Distance travelled today: 12km
Distance travelled so far: 537.83km
Distance left to travel: 25,219.92km