Yep! We did it again!! We ran (= walked) the 14km of beautiful cityscapes, past some gorgeous historical buildings, alongside the stunning Rose Bay, up Heartbreak Hill, past lighthouses and expensive houses, and down the hill again to the blustery, yet extremely welcome, finish line at Bondi Beach. We did the City2Surf! It was my 3rd time, Will's 6th time, and Jaimeson's first time, and it was great!
Despite my body attempting to give up at the 9km mark (when aches and fatigue started to set in), and my mind beginning to give up at 12km (when I just wanted
out of there!!), we powered on through, and made it in the awesome time (considering we had a pram and I hadn't done
any training at all) of 2 hours and 19 minutes! I was stoked with that! I originally wanted to do it in under 2hrs 40 mins, or max 3 hours, so we totally smashed that!
Check out the crowds. Oh. My. Gosh. See all the people chock-a-block filling the 4 lanes of William Street all the way to the tunnels in the right side of this pic above? Yeah, over 65000 people finished! WOW!!
Oooh, looking a bit tired here!
We passed many an interesting outfit again!
There was the cool Cowgirls who started just behind us:
The Pretzel Wagon we passed at Edgecliff:
The Bogans. Every year we see the Bogans! Maybe that's their normal dress:
And the Smurfs at Rose Bay. They are
always at Rose Bay! This year they even had set up their own drinks station.
I was a little disappointed not to see the Storm Troopers this year, but cos we had to start at the "Back of the Pack" with the pram, we must have missed them.
So we all got a medal! Even Jaimeson! How exciting {smiles!}
And we enjoyed our well-earned Large Big Mac Meals at Bondi when we were finished!
I'm in 2 minds about whether I'll do it next year. I've really gotta train a bit for it, cos I nearly died this year! {giggles!}
My butt cheeks still hurt, 2 days later!
:) C
Last year we did it in 2hrs 29mins so we kicked that record's butt by a whole 17 minutes. Yahoo! {shouted into a valley so it echos on and on}! I can't tell you how proud I am of us! This is the before pic of us as we got to about the 5km mark, it took us hardly any time at all to get there this year! We made a conscious decision to run a bit this time round (last year we power walked) and it was fun to feel a bit more challenged! We reached the 4km mark before I even realised and it was cool to think we were almost 1/3 down by that stage! See the army guys behind Will? They had full, heavy packs on, and were doing so well! We saw about 8 army guys & girls! We also saw the pack of 20 Stormtroopers who stopped at one house that was playing YMCA and they all stretched, did push ups in unison and star jumps! It was hilarious and they had drawn a big crowd of onlookers and walkers alike, snapping pics & having a good laugh at them! I didn't see as many people dressed up as we did last year, its usually a really good place to do some people watching!
walking. I tried jogging for a bit, and I was helped along by the thought that we were so nearly home and a Medium McChicken Meal awaited me at Maccas at Bondi! And boy did I enjoy it when I got it! LOL! A food reward after a big run? Yes thank you! A few parents with crying kids in their prams passed us the last km and I kept looking at the little ones, with tears streaming down their faces, thinking "I know how you feel!" I didn't hurt as much the next day as I thought I would though so that is a good thing! Here is our "after" pic, looking a bit pooped! All in all, it was another fun year! Hmmm.. I think I'm going to prepare a bit better next year so we might crack the 2hr mark! Whats that? I'm happy to do it again next year? You beautie!!
I still beat 18% of racers! Hehe. The results page is really very good cos it tells you more facts like that I beat 26% of female racers and 18% of girls aged 25-29! Woot {cheering!} But you know, it wasn't about winning (otherwise we might have actually tried to run a little!) but it was about getting out into the community, with a bunch of friends and trying something that is personally challenging. Yay!! We did it! The funniest thing is they take pics and video of you as you finish the race... you can check out our's HERE. But they did catch Will and I having a quick smooch as we crossed the finish line, which was both embarrasing and hillarious! Remind 
me next year to do something about my ugly oversized Corporate T-Shirt and the fact that it makes me look ridiculously FAT! Hmm... oh no, I said Next Year! Does that mean I'll do it again!? What a sucker! There are 8 pics of me finishing, compared to some of my other friends who only have 3! What can I say, you gotta smile and still look like you're enjoying it after 2.5hrs and 14km of hills and gatorade!
While talking about things to cross off the list, here's an update for my New Year's Resolution to reduce my patterned papers by 20%. I am only 18 sheets away from my goal! AWESOME!! How good am I?! {applause breaks out in the background}. Now, I plan on using another 8 before the Stitches and Craft Show which I'm going to with Mum in a week and a half. Cos no doubt I'll buy a couple more there so I'll have to work hard at using up more oldies!!