Joy and Nomi took the plunge and signed up for their first 10km running race ever in May 2010 in Singapore at the Sundown Race event...Then they trained for a half marathon in the fall of 2010, Joy's in Canada and Nomi's in Malaysia...Then, they finished their second-ever half marathon in Singapore May 2011 at the Sundown Race event, but this time they ran together!

Then their sporting paths diverged: Nomi went on to run marathons while Joy learned how to ride a bike. This blog charts their progress from 2010 to 2012.

Read their blog to see what their sporting adventures look like or just look at the pictures of Canada's capital city and Malaysia's capital city. You can choose the "follow" option or subscribe via email to be notified of updates. (You can start reading/skimming their first entries from the summer of 2010 or just jump right in, reading from any point you like. The "Archives" will be your guide.)

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Abort! Abort!

Joy here...Well after throwing my proverbial hat over the fence and signing up both for the 30km running race in Hamilton at the end of March AND the half marathon in Singapore at the end of May, I went out today for an easy run.  But before I even got out the door, I had a stitch in my side, and as I ran it got worse and worse.  It started to spread to my left side and then it started to radiate pain up into my collar bones.  

The icy waters with the birds that still haven't fled south yet.
Clearly, I was in trouble.  I thought I could just soldier on through.  The weather was only about -2 C, so I figured I could have a decent-ish run even with the discomfort.  But after about 3 kms, I figured that it wasn't getting any better, and I might as well admit defeat.

For today.

I may have lost this battle, but with those races in the spring all paid for, you can be damn sure that I'm going to win this war!!

Here are my sad run stats for today:
Ran for a total of 20:01:23 for a distance of 3.2km at a slow, slow average pace of 6:15min/km.

Over and out,
Joy
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