The BIG day or, I'd like to go to that fantasy land where running with ease and grace exists......

[Grammadog1947]

Ok....now that BOTH ice packs have melted. (Hard to type and hold an ice pack on each knee. Yeh....it was like that. BOTH knees.)

Remind me next time to go check the course...they just may have CHANGED it in the past 25 years. Now if it was flat before, and they CHANGE it....guess what? Yeh...they re-routed it up a hill....a last-3/4-mile-to-the-finish-line type hill. Owouchowouchowouch....

It was 26 degrees at the starting gun, with humidity to match.

I managed, just barely, to stay above a walk the entire distance. The oppressive heat tore giant holes ALL through my plans of "picking up the pace" at ANY time.

I was REAL glad I wasn't doing the 5-miler.

I'm already registered to do a 5k on August 11th. (Hope I've managed to graduate by that time....lol)

[AliB1 Graduate]

Well done on completing your first race

Whilst I love the sun and heat I'm hoping next Wednesday is a cool one (for my race). So good on you for doing it in 26 degrees...guessing you aren't in the UK (or do you have a micro climate where you live lol)

[Grammadog1947 Graduate in reply to AliB1]

No, not in the UK...frankly, I'd kill for 15 degrees and rain. We are having the hottest, driest summer I can remember. (And I'm starting to run...again.) As my 95 year old neighbor says, "What don't kill you, makes you stronger" lol.....kinda

[laj1987 Graduate in reply to Grammadog1947]

Dry? What is dry? - we are having mini flash floods almost every hour which dry out in minutes. The humidity is awful! Wish I was where you are where at least it is dry. Isn't the British summer wonderful??

Congrats on your run, that's something to be proud of, especially up a hill. You should feel proud!

[Grammadog1947 Graduate in reply to laj1987]

That's the wierd thing...our humidity is still running 80-90%...just no rain! I live in the lee of one of those wierd micro-climate heat bubble thingys (lol) ... sucks up the rain before it can get to me

[RhonaL]

Dizzy at the thought of running in that heat and temperature! And a hill at the end ... awesome. Thank you for your neighbour's mantra - i'll remember that when my knees want to buckle at the end of week 6 runs.

[MaryAB Graduate]

Well done on your first race! and it that heat it must have been hell!

Congrats for finishing and be proud

[FluffyPigeon Graduate]

Well done, I am glad that you managed it. But it might be a good idea to take it easy for the next few days!

[pingle Graduate]

Delighted you finished your race. Congrats and well done!

[mair99 Graduate]

A big congratulations... racing in summer... you are very brave. A big effort, keep up the icepacks! We dont do many races (none i can think of at all) in summer, just too tiring. What country are you in?

[CaroleC Graduate]

Flip Grammadog, I knew you'd have posted on here somewhere about the race but had to search back a few pages already. What a hero!! Knew you could do it!!

CaroleC

[Elizadolots Graduate]

Congratulations! That's brilliant, you keeping it up like that to the end!

Hope your knees recover swiftly.

[suki_007 Graduate]

That's amazing! Pamper yourself now!

[glendam52 Graduate]

Well done you are amazing hills and heat would have had a lesser person crawling.

Congratulations