Race Day

Today was the day, the day of the Oak Bay Half Marathon!! dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnn O_o!!!

              It was a pretty wet day...and by wet I mean soaked to the bone! not May weather by any means! buuuuuut I wasn't alone cuse there was close to 1000 people all geared up with their ipods, GPS's, and power gels to get them through this ordeal.

             All things considering it was a good time had by all, hard to say that running 21km is a good time but hell it was!  I must pass on a huge thank you to all the volunteers and employees that helped get this event up and running, please forgive the pun it wasn't intended, their hard work was noticed, since the early start was 7am so who knows what time they got up to set the course and close off the streets! it was hard enough for me to get out of bed to run the damn thing and I paid to be there!!! Back to the point, the volunteers, it was awesome to see them, hear their cheers as we crazy people ran down the road....in the rain...in the cold....for 21km....so when any runner hit the proverbial wall, everyone sooner or later no matter what your training or experience will hit it,  their encouragement and energy was a welcome boost! so to them a round of applause to your hard work and endurance...lets face it....to get up and what ever ungodly hour to go out there set everything up and still hang out to cheer to pass out water then to tear it all down again takes a special person....any one can run 21km but to stand there in the rain and be positive now that deserves a  medal!


FYI
i finished in 1:47 and bravo to my family members that completed the run too!!!
yeah that's right a family full of crazies!