End of Training- cumulating in the Sporting Life 10k!

So once again I have horribly neglected this blog (sorry!) but really you didn't miss much. Because of exams, starting a new job (President of the Trent in Oshawa Student Association-what what!) and not sleeping well the last couple weeks sucked. In an effort to try and get my body back into fighting form before the marathon I haven't been running that often.
However, everything cumulated in the Sporting Life 10k last Sunday (May 13). I had really been hoping to beat last year's time of 56 mins (which if you remember from last year's blog post..basically sucked) and I really wanted to feel strong. However I had been feeling pretty crappy all week and I was running on fumes, so I was a little nervous going in. Everything started out well, the race was all downhill (at least the first 7k) so I was really flying. I hit the 5k mark at 28 mins, which put me right on par with last year's pace pretty much. But unfortunately at 6k all the crap I had been feeling not only that week but that month caught up to me and I was hurting real bad. Luckily, my dad (also running the race) caught up with me and we finished the last 3k together- and we still came in at 59 mins. So not as fast as last year, but still under an hour which was my baseline goal. So I'm happy.
It also helped give me a wake up call. I want to perform my best in 2 weeks in Ottawa I need to rest. So i'm going to do a lot of sleeping, eating, yoga, and a little cross training over the next two weeks.
I'm currently sitting in a hotel room downtown right now, on a quick break from my first OUSA conference (woohoo!) and I have to get ready to meet everyone downstairs for dinner soon.
I did a swim in the hotel pool this morning and it was great to do something different and work out different muscles groups. I plan on doing a lot of swimming, some light weights, and definitely lots of hot yoga over the next week or so- I need to stretch everything out.
anyways. I have to go get ready- but at the very least you'll be hearing from me in 2 weeks with my post-marathon report!