Last Saturday morning we had the privilege to run another 5k with Flo. After the Sole Sisters run she told us about the 5k run her law firm, Cox & Palmer, puts on every year to raise money for prostate cancer and how she wanted us to come over and run it with her. It didn't take much to convince us. A weekend in PEI (albeit short), another chance to see Flo, and a nice Saturday morning run. Sold!
We arrived on the island around 8pm on Friday night and checked into our hotel and then had about an hour visit with Flo.
Woke up bright and early on Saturday morning to a beautiful sunny and hot morning. We stayed at the Hotel on Pownal (which seems to be our race hotel of choice as it's so convenient and has a FREE breakfast (not to mention coffee all day and FREE homemade cookies from 3pm to midnight). Registration for the race was at 8 a.m. so Flo registered us and we met at the park. This race started at 9 a.m. so as the hour dragged on it got hotter and hotter. But that's ok because we were running through Victoria Park by the water. It's always breezy there right? WRONG! Not today. Not a breath of air.
When the gun when off we started off quick and Twin 2 set a new record for her fastest 1k at 6.53/km....shouldn't have done that. By km #2 she felt it and the heat/humidity didn't help. Twin 2 and Flo ran together throughout the race but Twin 1 was a little ahead of us and she made a new friend. A 65 year old man who just started running and is training for his first 1/2 marathon. In. Spiring. He wasn't actually running in this race but was following the same route along the water. Him and Twin 1 chatted and ran together for about 1.5k and then she lost him at the water station. She was well ahead of us and we saw her when she was on her way back after the turn around spot. Instead of waiting for us she just continued on and finished the race ahead of us. She was there to meet us across the finish line with a cold drink in hand.
And instead of a medal after the race we were given a mug instead. While a medal is nice, who doesn't need a new mug?
After the run we hung around the park for a bit waiting to see when
prizes would be drawn. They told us around 10:30 a.m. It was around
10:00 a.m. at that time so our hotel was only 3 blocks away so we went
back and gathered up our belongings and walked out the front door. We arrived back at
the park around 10:20 a.m. and all the prizes were being drawn at that
time. We didn't win any of the prizes that were still being drawn for
and we hoped that our name was still in that bin and we didn't miss
winning (if they drew your name and you weren't there they drew
another).
After the rest of the prices were drawn we took advantage of the nice weather and took a stroll around the waterfront and a stop at Starbucks for a treat of course.
After our treat and walk around downtown we ventured over to Flo's to see the kiddies and to have a little fun on the trampoline.
We left the Pilons between 1pm and 2pm and headed home. The only reason we headed home was because we had a long run scheduled for Sunday morning. We knew for a fact that if we had of stayed in PEI for another night we would not have woken up Sunday morning and went for our run. So we played it safe and headed back home Saturday night.
After we got home Twin 2 uploaded her Garmin and checked out her race route....
We know it was hot but she doesn't remember running through the harbour, although it would have been a good idea....
We want to end this post with a shout out to Callie Jo. One year ago yesterday in the early hours of the morning she came into this world two months premature and Twin 2 had the honour of being by her mother's side and witnessing the birth of the little bundle. She was born at 3lbs 7oz. A year later she is a force to be reckoned with. Love you Babe!
