So it all started at 7:30am on Sunday (September 28, 2008). This is Lakeshore
Blvd. looking west from Bay St. It was shut down for runners and it's a rare
sight to see it empty. If you didn't know any better, you'd think the world had
ended.
The first 25 Km were fairly easy. Then I started to get really
tired and needed to fall back on will-power to keep going. Around 32 Km is
the only time I saw the camera guy so I tried to act awake but don't be
fooled...
I really shouldn't have raised my arms. The little burst of
energy required really put me out. Good thing I practiced
sleep-running!
200m to go = 42 Km passed. It gets easy again at this point
because everybody's cheering, there's rock music playing and you can see
the end!
The last steps, ah, what a relief! The sensors go "beeeeepppp"
when you cross the finish line and it's such a lovely sound!
At this point it was very difficult to walk, especially down
stairs. This was about 30 minutes later after a box of cheerios and a
banana. Melody was really impressed by the gold medal!
I learnt that it's possible to run 42 Km. I learnt that I can
drink 2 litres of gatorade without getting sick. But the most important thing I
learnt is that next time I should just follow these guys...
So afterwards I had to just lay in bed all day and eat junk
food! It took me 3 days to be able to walk down stairs or up/down hills
comfortably.
Thanks to Dan who came to cheer and from whom I stole a couple
of the photos. I hope you enjoy!
Alex