Around the Bay 30 K Race Report

Around the Bay 30 K Race Report

Tenth consecutive year participating in this race

Start line! 5200 participants in the 30K.

And we're off! Glad the forecasted rain stayed away. About 5C and overcast throughout.

1K: "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

2K: "You don't have to run fast... You just have to run!"

3K: "Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."

4K: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

5K: uphill - can't read sign

6K: again can't read sign

7K: "May the course be with you!"

8K: Another uphill "climb"

9K: Seems like uphill "climbs" throughout the race!

10K reached! Time mat. 

11K: "The look ahead of you is never greater than the strength within you."

Water stations every 3 K.

12K: "The ability to run 30K lies between your ears."

13K: "Don't cry the blues... dig deep and remove those shoes."

14K: "Life's greatest adventure is in doing one's very best."

15K: Couldn't capture the timer as pressed wrong button on phone. 

Approaching the bridge - this bridge opens up for boats. 

16K: "Courage to start; strength to endure; resolve to finish!"

17K: "A goal should scare you a little, and excite you A LOT!"

This is the same route as the Hamilton Marathon in early November!

18K: Racing is the fun part, it's the reward for all your hard work."

19K: "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

20K: "If you believe it, the mind can achieve it!"

Scenic view - always appreciate spectators standing in the cold.

21K: "This is not a hill but a mound of opportunity."

22K: "It's supposed to be hard... the hard is what makes it great."

23K: "Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit." Appreciate the community support with bananas.

Canine friends!

24K: "Legs don't fail me now!"

25K: "If you still look at this point, you didn't run hard enough."

10th year participating in ATB - 10th time meeting this wonderful man playing the Queens song.  A highlight of ATB!

Crossing the bridge; the HILL is in the background.

Great to have the hill back after 2 years of detour route.  So steep.

More walking uphill.

26K: "Wow, that's a lot of work for a banana!"

Final climb.

Back in Hamilton. 27K: "All it takes is all you've got."

Grim Reapor!!!

28K: "You got this!"

Great shirt: "Dear God: Please let there be someone behind me to read this."

29K: "The finish line is just the beginning... See you next year!"

Approaching turn into the colosseum!

Approaching finish line!

The medal!

Bud - proud little brother!

Chip Time = 4:09:10.8