Blue Heron Run

Sunday, Sept. 22, I participated in the Blue Heron Run (10 km or half-marathon) in Creston, B.C.  The run takes place at the Wildlife Centre outside of Creston and I had anticipated that at least half of it would be on trails.  It isn't - the entire run is on pavement.  My goal early in the season had been to do the half-marathon, but a cranky knee has kept me from running as much as I would have liked so I opted for the 10 km.  It's a pretty enough place to run and it's mostly flat.  I surprised myself right at the start by finding myself at the back of the first third of the runners, rather than at the front of the last third of the runners.  This wasn't a very elite group, but it still felt good to be seeing the leaders up ahead.  At the turn around point, I could actually see most of the runners other than the first 3 who were way ahead of the rest of us.  I was able to maintain a steady pace and felt good throughout.  I was very pleased to have a finish time of 62 minutes when my goal had been 65 minutes.  Cool, cloudy weather helped too.