Need for change

Something happened this weekend that has reduced me to tears. I called home and I was balling. It was a cry from within saying "I'm struggling! Something needs to change!"

I also got a T-Shirt :P

The weekend started off perfectly well with me attending the Scotiabank Marathon Running Expo. It was great and got tonnes of freebies that I'm looking forward to telling you about (once I actually try them). There was also a guy from VitaMix doing a presentation. Let me tell you I was amazed! The smoothie he made was delicious, he cooked up soup literally in 5 minutes (AMAZING!) and he also made some ice cream that had carrots, cabbage, and tomatoes in it! Probably one of the highlights of the expo for me. Too bad the mixer costed 500$... One day Nadiya, one day.

Cuz I'm Bad Ass!

Happy upcoming Thanksgiving all my fellow Canadians! Hope your belly will be stuffed with turkey and pumpkin pie :P My parents are baking the pie at the moment,oh the heavenly smells!

Claim you pumpkins before the evil bad spider does! Rawr!

This was right beside a grocery store in Waterloo. So cute!

I had slightly different plans this weekend as I visited my friend in Waterloo/ Kitchener for a Bad Ass Dash Race! It's basically an obstacle race that took place at ski resort. In my case it was 4 miles + 15 obstacles. WICKED! Getting there was a bit of a pain because we were smart enough to sign up for the 8am race and there weren't a lot of function buses, not to mention road closures due to Octoberfest -.- We did manage to get there on time and I did snatch an Oreo cookie before running!

Our shoes with the chips!

Post Race Thoughts

Ok so the Race AMAZING!!!!! The weather was perfect plus we ran beside the lake so there was a nice breeze. The race course was GORGEOUS! Bagel+peanut butter+ banana= happy fuelled Nadiya with no GI problems. Yeah... overall it was an awesome race ^^

Pre-race

Pre-Race

I'm so excited yet kind of nervous at the same time. I mean I've ran 10k about three times before and I've also ran 12.5k. Not to mention I'd run 7-8k on the regular basis... but still now it's the real thing. However, I shouldn't feel pressured because I have no PR to beat nor am I trying to win the race nor do my parents/ grandparents care what place I get. This is along Lake Ontario so it should be pretty plus the weather seems pleasant ^^