I ran in the Southern Lakes Half Marathon (21km) in the weekend which goes from Cardrona into Pembroke Park in Wanaka.
I’ve taken part in a lot of events recently, so as this drew closer, I didn’t actually have a huge amount of drive for it – knowing I can run 21km and also not feeling fit enough to really smash out a great time didn’t help.
After a busy week, I was a little unorganised come the morning of and it was SO COLD that it took me a while to organise myself.
I went for a quick run at home as a warm-up prior to heading out to Cardrona, as sometimes I find it hard to concentrate and focus when you get to the start line. The intention was to warm up for longer – but I ran out of time.
There were around 350 people in the race, all jogging around at the start line trying to keep warm. I did a small run and then made my way to the start.