On Bank Holiday Monday I got out of bed and drove to Cardiff Bay for the appropriately named Cardiff Bay 5 Mile race.
Cardiff Bay… 5 miles
It was my first race as a member of Pegasus Running Club and I was strangely calm about the whole thing. I got there nice and early to sign in and get my race pack.
Race day selfie with Katie
Kitted up and ready to run!
The girls and I in the club had a discussion about the best time to go to the loo as we all knew we had to leave it late enough so we didn’t need to pee when we started running but not too late otherwise there would be a big queue.
Timing is essential!
We had time for a quick team photo
Team Pegasus!
We all gathered at the starting line and it seemed to take ages but that meant time for another couple of photos
Full of smiles and pure terror!
Cheeeeeeeeeeese!
And We’re Off
The race started and Katie and I stuck together. We didn’t get carried away with the crowd and take off too quickly otherwise that would’ve ruined our whole race plan.
Not that we actually had a proper race plan, it was more of a ‘one foot in front of the other for 5 miles’ kind of a plan.
I can see the finish line!!
Success!
I wanted to complete the run in under 60 mins (sub 60) and totally smashed it by finishing in 54 mins and 22 seconds!
Wooooo hooooooo!
Today’s race reward was a shiny medal so we all did a lot of posing with our new jewellery
Say armadillo!
I was totally buzzing after the Cardiff Bay 5 Mile race and wanted to do it all over again. I’m sure I would’ve managed about 5cm and not quite 5 miles but my heart was up for it.
I can take on the world!!
Once everyone finished the race we did some more posing
Bling bling!
Last race day selfie!
The next most important part of the day was all about food. How many calories did I burn so how many cakes can I stuff into my face?
We ended our race day in the Mount Stuart pub. We chatted about the race, our performance and then which races we would do next while we ate our well earned food.
Photo bombing medal
By the end of the meal, I had agreed to do about 3-4 more races before my Cardiff Half marathon. Have I mentioned previously that I’m running the Cardiff Half marathon??!! Maybe only once or twice.
Now this is the dangerous part of the day. You feel on top of the world and want to do it all over again as soon as possible. This quickly goes from this…
I want to do it all over again!
To this…
For me, the best part of the whole day was being with my team and feeling the Pegasus love and support. If you ever consider joining a running club then I say do it. It’s the best decision I ever made and my race day was a 1000 times better because of my new running family. I knew I could do it because they helped me train for it and were there to cheer me on. Best. Day. EVER!!
