Blame Canada

I did it! My first official run! 10 kilometres, and I ran the whole thing (no walking whatsoever)! And, miraculously, I did it without gasping desperately for air (well, not too desperately), collapsing in the dust, or sinking to my knees and begging God to put me out of my misery. In fact, it all went surprisingly quickly. It was almost (but not quite) easy.

10k might not be a huge deal to some people, but for anyone who's known me more than a few years it's a flipping miracle. This is me - the one who always got picked last in school rounders teams, the one who always threw to the wrong person in netball, the one who never played any sport unless forced to by some sadistic PE teacher in too short shorts. But now I'm hiking and running, and, incredibly, I want to do more! I think I might be turning into a Sporty Type. I just have to avoid tedious discussions about running shoes or glutes or protein bars - that's just taking it a little too far.

Anyway, the reason I did it all was to raise money for cancer research, so if you still haven't sponsored me (naughty!) then just click on the following link:
http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205

Now I'm off to a friend's BBQ to get a good dose of protein (what was that about taking it too far...?)