Karen writes: Rotorua Marathon 2015
I bought new running shoes on Thursday. Why do I always notice painful ankles and legs in an abstract sort of way, keep on running, and finally figure out that my shoes are past their best long after I should? So new shoes, two days before a marathon, the shop only had half a size bigger and an older model, my least favourite, version 19. I was sure I could go for a quick run on Thursday night, ah no. Friday Kate and myself hopped in the car to drive to Rotorua, no time for running. Saturday...race day, oops. So, little training done over the last 8 weeks since Ironman, brand new un-broken in shoes, and I rather insanely decided I wanted to try a totally untested and un-recommended pre-race breakfast of buttered banana bread and coconut yogurt with chi-chocolate almonds. If you are going to break the rules, you should do a good job of it! Race day, well it was picture perfect, mild, clear sky, no wind, it actually got quite warm out on the road. We have been doing this run fo