That is me!
Emil and I ran a 10K on New Years Eve (during the day, actually). I haven't raced a 10K before, but I ran one without having it timed when I first started running a few years ago. Since then the only distances I have raced have been half marathons and full marathons. I didn't know what to expect really. Would I start out too fast? Would I err on the safe side and end up running at half marathon pace? With no speedwork or tempos to test the waters since I got sick I didn't really know what pace to aim for. But I wanted to run it under 50 minutes and I wanted to celebrate the fact that I am running again.
I thought to myself :This one is for the IBD. This one I am running because I *can*. Because I am no longer on cortisone. Because I can eat again and run again!
So I ran. As fast as I could in my silk gown, keeping up with Emil's antilope legs. And we made it in 47 minutes!
A good way to end 2007.
I hope 2008 is a good one. And that I stay healthy enough to race Stockholm Marathon on May 31.
:fingers crossed:
