photos courtesy of speedygeoff
There were 1300 starters for the very successful W & G Fun Run yesterday in ideal conditions. It was overcast with no wind for the run and later the sun shone brightly as we sat around waiting for the barrel drawers and catching up with friends. I started in quite the wrong spot this year and had to struggle through lots of runners and walkers who were taking up the whole pathway at the start of the run. I did lose a bit of time here but felt fine after the first km when I managed to run steadily. I thought I was running quite well, especially when I finally passed Yelena in the 4th km. However my time across the finish line was a little disappointing as I felt so comfortable and thought I had run better than that. Later we ate hot cross buns and fruit and queued for great coffee from the very welcome Cafe2U van which comes to events sometimes.
I was very excited when my name was called for one of the barrel draws - a bag of goodies from ACTEWAGL - yay, it's always fun to win a surprise!
Total distance: 5km (plus a 1.2km warm-up)
Time taken: 27:09
Average pace per km: 5:18
Place: 150th (out of 1300 starters and 1160 recorded results)
Total distance for first week of taper: 68km
Love the pink outfits! You look great! How do you do that?
ReplyDeleteAbout time you tapered....68km for the week? Great training will soon pay off!
Woohoo! You're a winner.
ReplyDeleteGreat tactics to surprise Yelena by biding your time until near the end :)
Were you the only one to wear pink?
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