3 km Race Day!

Today I went to a 3km race in Canmore. I woke up on my day off at 6:00am to throw on some clothes and drive out there. The drive was beautiful as always but I was late and thought I wouldn't be able to get my number, but I did - thanks goodness. I was ready to walk the whole 3k and no running. My goal was the finish the race in 35 minutes. I figured that should be doable.

I lined up with all the other 3k racers at the starting line and didn't plan on running, BUT I think when people start a race they think they have to run right off the top, so everyone was running and I didn't want to be 'uncool' so I ran too! ;) It was all good and I was happy to make the decision to run at least a little bit. I decided I would walk and run when I felt like I could. It was a great walk/run with a great view! How could it not be I was in Canmore after all! Yes I admit it, I slowed down enough to take a few pictures of the view. How could I not? Besides I had to take some pictures to make all my friends who didn't want to wake up at 6:00am on their day off jealous becuase I got to enjoy the beautiful mountains on this beautiful day.

I finished the race over 6 minutes under my goal time at 28:51:19, so I was pretty happy. I got my banana, watermelon and water at the end of the race - yum!

And because it's Stampede time there was a Stampede Breakfast as an added bonus. Honestly, it's impossible to go wrong with a Stampede Breakfast so I indulged as I watched the little kids do their obstacle course. It was fun. They are pretty cute and I think it's awesome that the little kids can take part in something too. Actually there were a lot of kids that ran or walked the 3k, it was great to see the families out there! I love race day! :D