Day 52: Elizabeth wins her 5k race division!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
This is something I wouldn't shit you about. Tonight we ran in 5k race which is put on monthly by one of the cities local running clubs (Cross Urban Training - they host a 5k night run on the 1st Wednesday of every month).
On our way home, Elizabeth rode the subway proudly holding the her 1st place division trophy (20-29 female). I on the other hand didn't fair as well, but did manage to hold my head up with a 5th place finish which also warranted a trophy, albeit smaller, for my age bracket (30-39 male).
And to think, we almost missed this opportunity because our bus was traveling across town at a snails pace. We were actually late but they hadn't started because of some ceremony going on the park where the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Guatemala were placing a wreath on the José de San Martín (a military General who liberated Argentina, Peru and Chile from Spanish rule)
We both credit the same two things for our success tonight. Mostly the training we've been forcing ourselves to do and the fact there weren't many people in our division. Yep that's right, Elizabeth was the single girl in her division and I was the 5th guy in mine. Oh and on top of that, we finished the race dead last with a humble time of 31 minutes. The overall winner finished somewhere around 17-18 minutes (just checked and they haven't posted the final times yet)
All kidding aside, I'm proud we got out there and ran a 10 minute mile as the only foreigners there. Since we left home we've been running and/or walking an average 4.3 miles each day. Prior to the 5k, we also walked 6 miles this afternoon going to the MALBA art museum and attempting to sign up for this race at a local sporting goods shop. All in all it's been a good week, we finished today with 11.6 miles just a few days after our Sunday 10k.
To celebrate our victory we stopped by an neighborhood restaurant and picked up a pair of delicious empanadas and a 2 liter of Pepsi. You have to celebrate all of your victories!! And the 2L is in case our legs are jello tomorrow and we can't make it out of the house.
On our way home, Elizabeth rode the subway proudly holding the her 1st place division trophy (20-29 female). I on the other hand didn't fair as well, but did manage to hold my head up with a 5th place finish which also warranted a trophy, albeit smaller, for my age bracket (30-39 male).
And to think, we almost missed this opportunity because our bus was traveling across town at a snails pace. We were actually late but they hadn't started because of some ceremony going on the park where the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Guatemala were placing a wreath on the José de San Martín (a military General who liberated Argentina, Peru and Chile from Spanish rule)
We both credit the same two things for our success tonight. Mostly the training we've been forcing ourselves to do and the fact there weren't many people in our division. Yep that's right, Elizabeth was the single girl in her division and I was the 5th guy in mine. Oh and on top of that, we finished the race dead last with a humble time of 31 minutes. The overall winner finished somewhere around 17-18 minutes (just checked and they haven't posted the final times yet)
All kidding aside, I'm proud we got out there and ran a 10 minute mile as the only foreigners there. Since we left home we've been running and/or walking an average 4.3 miles each day. Prior to the 5k, we also walked 6 miles this afternoon going to the MALBA art museum and attempting to sign up for this race at a local sporting goods shop. All in all it's been a good week, we finished today with 11.6 miles just a few days after our Sunday 10k.
To celebrate our victory we stopped by an neighborhood restaurant and picked up a pair of delicious empanadas and a 2 liter of Pepsi. You have to celebrate all of your victories!! And the 2L is in case our legs are jello tomorrow and we can't make it out of the house.
Tags:
Argentina,
Buenos Aires,
running
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