zictory!
well cats and kittens, your intrepid transplant canuck has survived the worst that the lower mainland of british columbia could throw at her. my running partner and i came across the finish line at the same time -- two minutes under our training goal of 2 hours and 30 minutes. the official result is 2 hours 27 minutes and 54 seconds. official ranking of 717 out of 765 but what the hell, i actually finished. i didn't require a stretcher to cross the finish line. quite frankly, that's good enough for me. especially since my left hip was a bit cranky to begin and to finish (again, my fault for not stretching it out enough. darn you exercises.). true to form, i exhorted my runnning partner into a sprint for the last stretch across the finish line. it turns out that years of coaches yelling at you translates into your unconsciousness. but then, on this course we're encouraged to talk (what else are you going to do for 2 and a half hours really??) where before i was told to stop talking and start skiing. *laughs* well, a different rule for different sports. if i wind up getting any pictures of my sweaty self post-race, i'll put them up.