Today was the first day of the Ottawa Race Weekend. My event the 5K was at 5:00PM. The entrants were corralled based on their expected performance. I had entered Bonnie and myself in the in the 45 minutes and over category. The image above was from our section of the starting pack about 3-4 minutes after the start. We were on the Laurier St. bridge that descends towards the start near Elgin St. You can see the herd of ants starting to move in the distance.
There were 7500 participants in the 5K. With my time of 47:32, I came in number 6832, although in my category (males 65-70) I was 25th out of 35. Bonnie had a time of 42:56 and came in number 6513 or 90th of 171 in her category. The final numbers aren’t in yet, but so far, the Little Angels Blood Cancer Team raised over $1200 to help needy patients undergoing treatment for a blood cancer.
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