Bridges 10k - 46:41

This was my 3rd Bridges in a row. It's a 10k run around the Swan River in Perth crossing 2 bridges, the Narrows and the Causeway. This year it was run in the opposite direction, so we hit the Causeway first. I actually preferred it as it meant we had spread out a bit by the time the bottleneck of the bridge was hit.

It was a beautiful morning and I drove in after having just a coffee and banana for breakfast at about 6:15am. The race kicked off at 8am and I was in the B group. There is self seeding and B is meant for people who can run sub 45 so I was pushing my luck. Anyway I did the first km very quickly in 4:26, a pace which I could not equal for the rest of the race. Probably should have held back slightly. At least all my kms were under 5 pace, the worst being the 8km in 4:50. I really felt I gave it my all in the final km so I was quite pleased to come in at 46:41, just 2 secs off my 10k PB, considering I had only done one training run in the previous 2 weeks due to a shin injury (not running related).

My next goals are to drop 4kg, buy a pair of DS Racers, and get in more kms in time for the Challenge 10k at the end of May.

Darlington HM 14/3/10

Distance: 21.1km
Time: 1:51-ish

Well, this was just hard!
Up at 4:45am, drove 50k to Darlington and paid my $15 inc breakfast. It was very warm and just for fun the organisers changed the start of the course to include 2 rather nasty short but sharp hills. These were a bit of a suprise. My splits were something like 57/54 so not as good as some people who recorded much better second half times. I hadn't done much distance training so I can't complain too much. Was completely exhausted at the end and so was grateful for the fruit and muffins provided by WAMC.