And then 80-10-10 Eva beat her omni boyfriend in a 10km race...

[Eva]

So, today we did a 10km race. My goal was to beat my omni boyfriend
(love him to bits), ideally in a time below 53 min.
He had trained semi-hard. 5 years ago in the same race he did 48min something. I did
59, was eating omni and weighed 12kg more than now.

So omni Paul (fuelled on breakfast cereal and protein shake) and 811(Porsche?)rv Eva
(fuelled by 12-date-date-orade) line up at the starting line. We say
good luck and off we go, Paul starting slightly ahead of me.

I tried not to lose sight of him and noticed that his pace was quite
doable. My training pace for 10km had been 11.11km/h, this was slightly
faster. So I decide to stick to his pace, about 2m behind him. At first I
tried to hide so that he wouldn't notice. At the first turnaround point
(a little "out and back" bit), I even hide behind others, but at some
stage he noticed. Thankfully he didn't try and go faster. So I trot
along, always a couple of steps behind him, carefully making sure that I
can keep the pace.

I kept telling myself that I can do it, I can beat him.

When we approached the finish area, he sped up, trying to shake me off. Gosh, it was a hard b*tch pacing to that finish. It
was still to far away for a sprint, but then, the last 20m, I gave it
all I had left and crossed the line first :-).

I felt absolutely victorious. I had to stop and get myself back together while dearest
boyfriend 'collapsed' at the fence. I said "I beat you!" and kissed him
:-).

Well, we didn't know the exact time yet and I got a bit worried about the net time of the transponder.
But I have been able to look it up. And guess what...

We friggin finished in exactly the same time. Both of us finished in
52:29. How can that be??? I should have pressed more at the end,
but nevertheless I still feel victorious because

- I crossed the finish line first (and that's what really matters)
- I have shorter legs
- I am above him in the statistics
- I came 12th of female finishers (he came 70 of males).

So yeah, bananas and dates and me - we
all rock :-)

And he said he was very proud of me for kicking his butt, that means a lot coming from him.

Just wanted to share this :-)


P.S.: The lesson in this? Omni/SAD sucks. Eating animals or their products sucks. Having a pure, clean body that we love, appreciate and look after - rocks!!! And 80-10-10 (low fat raw vegan) is the optimal diet for health, happiness, and performance :-)

[Judy ;)]

Eva~Congratulations!!! You look absolutely amazing. Raw food: It does a body good!!!

[Dennis Clark~ORFR~]

I LOVE IT EVA -- and you said "I tried to hide so that he wouldn't notice" great stuff

[London Coe]

Bravo! You are like the wind!!

[Vegan♥for♥Life]

AWESOME! I never was a runner. I'm a cyclist! But good for you and um, yeah, YOU won! HA You are both winners - you have each other!

[Tanja]

Love your play by play, Eva. Doing my 2nd 5k on Saturday the 8th. Love reading and living vicariously through other's experiences. Very motivational for me.

[Mary M.]

Way to go! You are a beautiful and healthy raw athlete. You do us proud!

[silvergirlsouth]

totally awesome Eva!! You rawk!

[Vicki]

yay eva! you look so fit! congrats!

[Jodi is Purely Nourished]

Way to go Eva! How thrilling! Guess Paul will be eager to step it up for the next one! Go bananas!

[Susan : )]

Gooooood for YOU! : )