It has been nearly two weeks since the completion of the 10KM race challenge and five days since our departure from Washington DC back to Vancouver and Im still catching my breath. The final race and culmination of the challenge proved to be eventful on 29th August. The setting was a sunny, humid, Sunday morning with a strech of the Washington and Old Dominion trail in front of us.
Anthony surprised everyone by actually being in Washington for the event, looking fit and ready to put down a good time. Kris had a benchmark time already in the bag at 46mins 46 seconds, while my best time was 51mins 7 seconds from a previous 10K race. Ross had it all to do with no banked time, but had home court advantage on his side.
The final results were a testiment to everyone's competitive spirit with Ross winning the challenge with an amazing time of 46mins 36 seconds, beating Kris's best time by 10 seconds, Anthony crossed the finishing line in a very impressive time of 48 minutes. Leaving me with the position of last place with the time of 51 mins, as I couldn't improve on my best time on the day. Congratulations to the guys for achieving great times, all below the 50 minute mark.
However, the day was slightly tarnished by a trip to the hospital for Ross after he collapsed to the ground at the finish line. Usually this wouldn't be an issue and an opportunity to poke fun at him, but he did it in front of a passing police car and the cop called for an ambulance. They promptly treated Ross and forced him to the local hospital for rehydration. As you can tell from the photo of Ross in the hospital, he didn't care about consequences and was simply overjoyed at beating the rest of us in the challenge!
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