Nike+ Human Run

I was at the Nike+ 10K Run on Saturday. Well the day did not really start out great, the night before I forgot that I left my cranola bar in the office so I did not really have anything to eat for breakfast in the morning. I did drink just a pack of ice milo. Then when I reached the area I realised I did not pack my deep heat to warm the muscles up. Not a good start.

The Event started slightly after 7am. I have to admit it was a refreshing start as they had a rock concert going on and the stage was built just slightly behind the start/finish line and they built 2 tunnels under the stage so you literally ran under the band that was playing. It was pretty cool if I do say so myself. problem was the rock music blaring was really really loud. I really pity the senior citizens they probably could get a heart attack even before the race began.

We were actually flagged off by the band itself halfway through their number they started a beat and then the countdown began and off we went just a sea of RED. It was absolutely amazing.

So race strategy was to take it easy for the first half and come in strongly in the second. It was just after the 5km water point that I felt something sticking to my shoe, I looked down and saw what I though was a black tape so I quickly pulled to the side and scraped the piece off. Just about the 7km mark I felt the stickiness again and looking down saw another black tape like stuff stuck to the sole of my shoes. I stopped and pulled off the black item and I got a shock it was part of the sole of my shoe !! My left shoe was disintegrating as I ran !! I went oh-oh like a telly tubby. I immediately slowed down I did not want to do a Zola Budd and run barefooted. I guess after 2 years the shoes had enough and decided to call it a day on me. So I ease into a slow job and made my way back to the finish point thankfully in 1 piece.

 

I got the Nike band for completing the race, very nice. Had my bananas but missed out on the ice-cream, they ran out before I got a chance to queue up it was really hot so I had moved to the back away from the food stalls and missed my chance to get a free ice-cream.

Overall it was an enjoyable race and unique in many ways. Oh I think I saw Rod Monterio there among the runners as well.