Clicking "submit" on a 5k race registration last Wednesday night seemed like a good idea.
At the time.
It's not like I've been running 5k's lately... but it's like riding a bike, right? Anyone can run 2 circles around the desert and enjoy themselves.
And besides, someone had to come in last. Why not me?
Of course there were a few details left off the registration form, which I think were ...pivotal...
1. Despite leaving Ma'adi in buses at 10am, we did not run until 12:15. - that's the heat of the day, for those of you that didn't know.
2. We had to hike up hill for a kilometre to get to the race site.
3. The course itself had several hills and climbs
4. Cairo is experiencing unseasonal warms (at least to this poor Canadian) of 28 C.
5. I caught a virus on Thursday, thus participating in this event with a red, runny nose and sore throat. And the lung capacity of a ... mosquito (? do they have small lungs???)
So employing Monique's trick of "run when they can see you," I managed to walk most of the hilly course, finishing the 5k race in, wait for it...
FORTY-TWO MINUTES!
Now I'm not a real runner on a good day, but that, my friends is 12 minutes off my best time. 11 minutes off my triathlon 5k.
I'm signing up for a gym membership this week. Next year, the Degla Dash is GOING DOWN.
