April 7 2018
Our Carolinian neighbour is where my passion for racing started to kick in. It’s certainly where my idea of racing in each of the 50 states first started to spark. With my parents visiting us in Charlotte, I drove and took them on a weekend away to Charleston – beautiful and full of American Civil War history. When booking the trip, intrigued by the unseasonably high prices for hotel rooms, I discovered it was to be the weekend of the Cooper River Bridge Run – a long standing and massively popular 10K event, where participants run over the huge bridge. Knowing I would feel bad seeing all the finished runners were I not to participate, I signed up! It was an extremely early start for the shuttle buses, I was in almost the last coral due to my novice status and late sign up, and it was freezing. I set off fast, tracking a guy in front, and in the days before my understanding of purposefully discarding cheap clothing when waiting for ages in cold corals…quickly had to pocket my Nike windbreaker. That was April 7 2018, I was bib number 27694 and ran 49.39. This was my 10K PR at the time and my Mum was there to cheer me on at the finish line.
I also ran in a team Ragnar Trail Carolinas event in South Carolina, with my colleague Brandi’s Team Tamatoa. It was held at Anne Springs Close Greenway, overnight Oct 5-6 2018. It was great fun and I managed to assist the team with our fastest times over the three different distances – 3.2, 5.6 & 7.6 miles. I also popped over to my friend Jim’s house for a lovely home made pizza for dinner!
Racing Americana 