well, that was both fun and not..but ended even more fun!!!

well i can't say i had hi hopes this past weekend for the victoria half marathon, and i knew i'd have problems to deal with, but man oh man did that hurt!...i've never hurt that bad, and still managed to run. i'm thinkin' even when i fractured my lower left fibula about 9 or 10 years ago, running on that was even less painful..

yeah, i know,

i was thinking all along, that i was going to maybe somehow manage to salvage a marathon out of my year...but to be honest, when i pulled up with a lame hamstring a couple weeks ago, i knew that was kind of doubtful, and maybe being sick all last week was a blessing of some sorts, because i didn't run at all and managed to force myself to rest up at ham, but just walking from my car to the airport on friday, i was convinced that i should be happy to finish the half..and maybe save myself for ironman or something else next year....

and yeah it's hurt all along, it's been hurting probably for a month or two, but i thought, i could walk it all off...NOT....anway, when i got to the race package pickup on friday, i switched to the half, and was really happy that it was so easy to do...i was really worried that i'd have no choice, but that was fine, i can live with a good 1/2 marathon, except as part of the great white north triathlon, or the st albert in sept 2008, it's been a while since i've run a 1/2...so this could be cool..and it's victoria, so it was also gonna be spectular..

and it was...for the 1st 17 to 18k's ....i was actually cruising along quite well....my pace was around or just above 8 to 8:30-ish minutes per mile, i was not suffering at all, in fact for most of me it felt easy, except for this stinging sensation behind my leg that began just behind my right knee...but i thought, well eventually it'll start to just go numb....then up that last hill into prospect park, ouch!!!!...okay, so i'll walk it off, NOT!...i kept trying to run, a few feet, and then admit defeat, and walked some more....and managed to do that for most of the final few km's....

it seemed to hurt more when i changed directions, or had to turn a corner more then anything, but it felt like a bee hive had attatched itself to my hamstring, and was beginning to move up to my butt, and down to my heel, stinging as it went along....i managed to kick it up for the final k to the finish and that was fun...just felt like what the hell, might as well end it with a bang, and when i saw this one girl beside me do the same thing, the race was on!!...(yeah, she beat me, i'm a gentleman if nothing else)....but that was so cool, and it was cool to finish...it's funny, according to my garmin i was running between 3 and 4 k's per hour...be nice if i could some day keep that up for the entire marathon!.....

so according to the garmin that was a 1:59 1/2 marathon which sucks...will have to see the offical results, but again it was victoria...what a place. so i'm not that dissapointed, and am now trying to figure out how to convince my wife that we should both quit our jobs, sell everything we own, and move west to the island...and failing that, i guess i'll be back for next year....

w