Today is the day....10k race at Sainte Marie Sur Mer 19:00
Feeling excited and slightly apprehensive. The last two days have been cool here but you guessed correct....today is cracking the flags and hot already.
When I got my medical certificate my doctor said not to over exert even though my heart is like a swiss clock.
Send me positive vibes vrbs.
How exciting! Good luck! 7pm... gosh that's a long wait... find something to occupy yourself today. I'll keep my fingers 🤞🏻 for you 😁
Aww thank you so much...my doggies will need their long mountain walk as usual and i have been taking my running bladder and hydrating well...not quite sure what to do with myself until 16:30 when I set off....its a bit of a drive.
First one ever....hoping i enjoy the crowds and experience.
I'm sure you will! I expect it will feel a little bit intimidating at first but as soon as you see others, who like you, are first timers, it will feel good to do it together. Just embrace it all and go with it and after all, the tough bit is just another run 👍🏻😉
Hi Franglaise. Hope it goes well (I’m sure it will), and most of all that you enjoy yourself. Sending positive thoughts across the Channel...
Thank you Stephen....
One dilema...my friend is doing it now which im pleased about BUT on our last runs she gas been dropping behind....do I slow down and run with her and not worry about my time or do I leave her and push myself?
My hubby says men dont have this worry and just get on with it....thought i would get another mans point of view on it.
I would speak to your friend and ask the same question. Pretty sure she won’t mind you running ahead and will want you to run your best time, but at least that way you have checked.
Sounds a good solution...i do think she wants to run together though and she has a niggly knee. I would feel bad if she didnt finish and i had left her.
Hmm. It is a race, though. I think you just need to have the chat.
That is a tough one. You need to talk about it and agree beforehand. Just ask her outright, do you need me to keep with you or will you be ok? She's unlikely to be alone as there will be others going slowly. But even as you ask be aware that if she says she needs you then you can't expect your best finishing time so will have to decide if you want to sacrifice that.
A compromise if you think you can is to finish in your own time and then if you can locate her back along the route, run with her to her finish.
Running so slowly would also make your run harder. If she's a true friend she'll want you to get your best finish 👍🏻😁
Men do have this issue, my husband frequently waits for his friends on cycling events but he makes the choice ahead, is it a "social" event or a "sporting" event. If it's the latter they all just do their best and meet up at the finish 👍🏻
I like those suggestions...thank you
I think you have hit the nail on the head....it started off planned as social a few months ago....mojito bar has already been pinpointed for after....but my running has gone better than expected.
I am wavering to running with her and soaking up the experience and go for time on the next one...and take the earache off hubster
This may change on the night and my competitive streak kicks in.
At least I know what im doing all day....stressing on my dilema.
Don’t stress over it. Just enjoy the race. And whatever happens, you know we need a report, right?
Of course and I will try not to stress....really want to enjoy it....looked up last years results and the slowest person was 1:18...
You will be great. I know that.
I ran in a ten Mile Army race at Ft Bragg last year. My friend introduced me the day before it to a very stunning lady and we hit it off. I can honestly say she was a "Major Babe" because she was indeed a "Babe" and a had the rank of Major 
Anyway, day of the race, she started with me.
Well, I am incapable of running with anyone - I'm either trying to keep up with them or, far less frequently, slow to their pace - and that really messed up my run and is not enjoyable.
So a few minutes after the start I basically tuned her out and focused only on my "proper pace for me" until we drifted apart and I was then able to "run my own race".
My guess is that if you try and match speed with your friend it will be frustrating for both of you unless you are both pretty used to running together pace-wise.
And even if you are - maybe your pal just wants to trot along by herself and have that "individual" experience?
And being very pragmatic if you are concerned that if you don't run with her and not give up your "point" in having entered that it might damage the friendship...well, that would be a pretty fragile friendship anyway.
So, just throwing all this out.
Like Major Babe basically did to me because I "didn't run with" her in the Ft Bragg deal 😂
Who needs the Army anyway - maybe there will be a COLONEL Babe at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corp HM next month LOL.
Ha ha....that made me chuckle, thank you.
All great points.
Good vibes coming from here Franglaise! Hope it all goes well for you👏. I agree with the advice already given about your friend and think the clue is in the name - you’ve both entered a race, presumably because you want to see how well you can do against others. I’m sure you’re friend wouldn’t want to hold you back, or you her ! Good luck to you both!
It may be her leaving me in her dust and I stressed for nothing. I would want her to go for it and do her best.
Thank you for the vibes from home.
Good luck for your race. Hope the temperature has gone down a little by19:00
Thank you...me too, it was a hot doggie walk just now...we are currently in the thirties and rising...There may be a sea breeze to assist.
Good luck with your race, I'm sure your friend won't mind, perhaps you could agree to run together for the first couple of k and then both do your own thing with the proviso that whoever finishes first waits the other side of the line to cheer home the other?
Yes...and first home buys the mojito....
That thought occurred to me after I hit reply!
Great minds think alike....especially where there are mojitos...thanks for the advice.
Good luck this evening! Have a wonderful time, and I like Julia's idea of starting together, before hitting your own pace. And buying the mojito! 🍸
Hopefully you’re done/about done with a wonderful 10k race.
Franglaise, we need to know what happened!
week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
How did your parkrun or (not)parkrun go?
