Perth City to Surf 12km walk / run

We signed up for the Perth City to Surf 12km walk. We intended to join the 12km run category but signed up for the wrong category - 12km walk instead. Oopss.. But we thought there shouldnt be anything that stops us for running right? As much as we tried to run in the first few 20 minutes, we gave up after a while. Since it was the 12km walk category, everyone was walking at almost the same speed. The crowd in front of us was endless!! It was almost impossible to squeeze through the crowd.. Anyway, it was quite a successful event with almost 40,000 people that joined. They had marathon, full marathon down to 4km walk categories.

The point is, we survived. Plus, the LOOOONG walk back to the car (We missed the bus in the morning - another story to tell - and had to drive to the city but most part of the city was blocked off for the event, so we had to park the car quite far away..) it's really a 15km walk for the both of us that morning.