Alrighty! So I did it! 
I went with two friends. They both run much faster than I do, so it was definitely a challenge keeping up. xD Worse, right around the halfway point there was a LONG extremely STEEP hill that felt like going up a mountain. Haha. I was already having a bit of an off day (lady cramps... ugh.), so I was already feeling kind of wimpy so going up that hill was crazy brutal. Kind of like "Okay, let's go home now," meanwhile I still had the other HALF of the run remaining.
Anyway, I did manage to recover after that, and while I was still having an off day during the rest of the run I was managing. Right at the 9km point, there was ANOTHER huge uphill! AHHHH! I was like "You've gotta be kidding me!" but what kept me going was the fact that I knew that after that monster it was just 1km from the finish.
So anyway, I did manage to run the entire thing from start to finish. It was pretty cool because there were spectators cheering us on and holding flags, and high fiving the runners, as well as several live bands at different points in the route. After the finish line, there was a large water station where they also provided free snacks. Happily there was something for me too; I was able to happily partake in a banana and some orange slices. There were cinnamon raisin mini bagels that looked tempting, but as I didn't know what was in them, I didn't touch them. There was also chocolate milk and chocolate caramel power bars, but I had to pass on those obviously. Though honestly, I don't think I would've wanted the chocolate stuff anyway even if they were vegan, because immediately after a run I think they'd have made me feel sick. xD
I went with two friends. They both run much faster than I do, so it was definitely a challenge keeping up. xD Worse, right around the halfway point there was a LONG extremely STEEP hill that felt like going up a mountain. Haha. I was already having a bit of an off day (lady cramps... ugh.), so I was already feeling kind of wimpy so going up that hill was crazy brutal. Kind of like "Okay, let's go home now," meanwhile I still had the other HALF of the run remaining.Anyway, I did manage to recover after that, and while I was still having an off day during the rest of the run I was managing. Right at the 9km point, there was ANOTHER huge uphill! AHHHH! I was like "You've gotta be kidding me!" but what kept me going was the fact that I knew that after that monster it was just 1km from the finish.
So anyway, I did manage to run the entire thing from start to finish. It was pretty cool because there were spectators cheering us on and holding flags, and high fiving the runners, as well as several live bands at different points in the route. After the finish line, there was a large water station where they also provided free snacks. Happily there was something for me too; I was able to happily partake in a banana and some orange slices. There were cinnamon raisin mini bagels that looked tempting, but as I didn't know what was in them, I didn't touch them. There was also chocolate milk and chocolate caramel power bars, but I had to pass on those obviously. Though honestly, I don't think I would've wanted the chocolate stuff anyway even if they were vegan, because immediately after a run I think they'd have made me feel sick. xD
