Happy Birthday to Me!!!

This was my birthday present to myself... not the garmin... the run

Ignore the time at the top... check the distance in the bottom right

I always take the day off work on my birthday.  Typically I go shopping with my sisters, but this year I decided to shake things up a bit and run a kilometre for every year of my life.  This run was not easy.  The temperature was 3 degree Celsius with a steady drizzle the entire time.  I've never ran this far on my own.  During my marathon I ran the entire time with someone else. Usually my training runs I run with at least one other person and during a race there is occasional person to chat with for a few minutes if I feel like it.  

Last year when I was training for my Ottawa half marathon I decided I wanted to run a few of my longer runs on my own to have the confidence to know I can run the distance and fight through the inner demons when they appear. It worked last year. 

This year I decided I wanted to run this absurd distance by myself because I can. Truthfully I almost didn't reach my goal.  Between 26 and 28k I pretty much wanted to curl up in the wet muddy ditch and cry, but I was in the middle of nowhere and knew the only way to get home was to keep going even if my pace was slower and slower.  I was tempted to stop at a few people's homes and even the running store and call the hubs and get him to pick me up.  My vanity interfered with those thoughts though.  After that distance I know I look fug and I knew I was in desperate need of a shower.

So thanks to my extreme stubborn nature and my concern with my appearance I persevered and completed 35k. Now could somebody please get me a Stella - it is my birthday after all.