Overnight: I had a much better sleep last night. I think the rowdy "youngsters" left, thank goodness.
5.00am: Not my first choice of wake up time for holidays but necessary for the Rock n Roll 10km. I caught the subway to Prospect Park. First I went uptown to 42 St to change trains. The first train was pretty empty and the second one was full of runners.
7.30am: Race start. The description of the course was "beautiful, tree-lined...flat, fast and festive". And it was...if by flat they actually meant rolling hills. And the worst part was because the course did two laps, I knew they were coming the second time. Despite my lack of interim running, I felt good and was sub 7.00 min/km until about 8km in when my stomach turned against me. This is definitely something I have to work out because I would really like to be able to improve my times. My legs are OK and my breathing is OK but my insides are certainly not. The end result was a finish time of 1:10:xx by my watch. And I am happy with that.
8.40am: I got my medal. It's so pretty! And it weighs a tonne.
10.30am-ish: back to the hotel, ready for a shower and planning the rest of the day.
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