Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day 34 - Ottawa Race Weekend

It's great to be a running at the end of May in Ottawa as it's Race Weekend here. The Ottawa Race Weekend is an amazing event that bring people together from all over the world. Today was a fun day as I got to run the 5km with a friend of mine Carrie Irvine. We have a great time running in the crowd of over 9000 runners, dodging the kids weaving in and out around all the runners to get to the front, bumping elbow with the runners beside us. What a great event to take part in and share with friends and family.
SAT May 29 5:00 pm A few clouds Temp 24 Wind N 22 Humidity 36

Today's Stats: 3miles, 5.14km in 31:06, avg pace 6:03/km burned 1010 cal, avg heart rate of 164bpm, what I liked about this run is I was surrounded with like minded people, the buzz was energetic, I got to share the experience with my girlfriend and felt like I was coasting the whole time. I initially set my time to beat was 29 mins but I'm happy with what I did as there was tonnes of traffic to dodge and running with someone else is not the norm for me. My avg pace was really great and an improvement for sure. Couldn't of asked for a better experience. Thanks to Carrie for sharing Ottawa Race Weekend with me and Dad I wish you as much fun and success as I just had. I really love this running thing!
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  1. Phil Booker, Booker RealtyJune 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    Hi Laura, I am really pleased to hear you had a great race and a fun weekend with your friend Carrie. I am proud to see that you shared your run with a friend rather than trying to win or better your time. This Honey, is really what running is all about. By sharing with Carrie you start to realize that running can be a way of life and accomplishment all at the same time. By sharing with Carrie, you encourage and support each other. This gives both of you something to look forward to, in that you say to each other, well that was really fun and we must do this again sometime??? So the next race you go to you will find yourself looking to see if each other are there. You unknowingly develope a little bond. As you get to know more runners, every race becomes more exciting.
    Congradulations, you are doing fantastic and maturing into quite a runner.
    I will report all The Cabot Trail Relay experiences on your next post for Sunday.
    Love you Honey,
    Yours in running,
    Dad

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