WOW what a great fun day! There were 10 runners on each team and 10 teams making for 100 runners/walkers for the 2nd annual Three Mountain Relay, which raises money for the Moncton Mental Health association. The day started at 7am with runners starting from Mapleton park looping through the back roads of rural New Brunswick and back again. My leg started at 1pm and it was hot and smelly in the country side...smelly because of the cow shit. Yuck! It was a hard and grueling 9.5k but only one hill that i can remember now. Each runner must finish their leg within 50-60 minutes. We ran/walked anywhere between 8.4k ish and 12.4 ish.
50 Minutes got you the most points for your team, being 10 points....and if you were under 50 minutes you lost points for your team. If you got over 60 you also lost points for your team. 49 minutes gets you 9 points and so on. I ran my 9.5k ish in 50min and 49 seconds. Yah for 10 points for the green team. AND overall my team won. Gotta love that. Another challenge to point out is that no one is able to use ipods, garmins, egg timers nothing. So the real challenge comes from figuring out how to pace yourself to get the most points for your team.
The race ended where it began, at Mapleton Park, at 5pm. That's when the fun began...a potluck BBQ and beer donated from the Molson Brewery. Us runners know how to have a good time and love our beer:)
I will add some pictures to this post once i can get my hands on some!! Stay tuned. Also this blog may be revamped a bit to include more running stories/adventures as i am quitting the gym when my membership runs out July 14th. Pretty crazy for me since i have be so pro gym since i started this healthy addiction. I am bored of lifting weights and want a change. This is not to say that i won't join the gym again in future. I plan on taking yoga, hot yoga and some pilates classes about 3 times a week at our local yoga studios. So look forward to me talking about how that's going as well.
