In what is traditionally a very popular 10k race in the Striders series leading into the following weeks City to Surf, today's race was a much quieter turnout , Not sure if it was the Olympics been on , people obviously overseas or those just being soft but the numbers were way down today.
Still some of the HuRTS boys out there were, Macca, Razor Wareham, Walker, Christian, Dickie Green, MrAce, and English Wannabe Eoin.
I warmed up for 3ks with Chris Truscott before lining up and having a chat with Macca and the race plans ahead. The gun goes of (well someone yells GO) and i quickly tucked in with Macca, no idea of the pace as the GPS was on one of its funny mornings with readings all over the shop, Told me i was on 4.09 for the first k?? Running side by side with Macca up to the 3k mark and then Razor joined us (6 days after running a 2.42 marathon) he was immediately looking for a chat as he cruised working at about 33% - but i was having non of it.
Got the the top of the hill (5.4ks) ahead of the two, and worked the downhill well i thought , but the buggers came down even FASTER putting 20 metres on me. Tried to close the gap a few times without any success as Razor actually dropped Macca i think as well. Kept it honest to cross some 20 odd seconds behind the boys in 35.46 for 10th overall.
Happy with that, especially on that course and hopefully i can take some confidence away from the race, as i was chatting to Macca after and he was saying how well he felt going up the Hills and yet i managed to stay with him.
Not the best run for Pete Walker, who was feeling a bit run down with a head cold , and MrAce backed up well after his recent marathon effort. Nice to stay ahead of Dicky Green for the first time in a long time, lets hope i can do the same again next week.
Results here ; http://www.sydneystriders.org.au/10k/12/TK12R07OR.shtml
No sign of Richie High, Tucks, or Mikey today - must be doing there own secret training elsewhere......Word on the street is Mikey is flying and there has been a truck load of cash being bet on him from the U.K :)
No sooner had i finished the race this morning, i then had serial pest Enda on the blower " how did you go?, what time did you do? where did you finish?................This guy is getting obsessed, must be keen to turn me over next weekend is all i will say. :)
Yet another Golden night at the Games for the Brits, especially in the Velodrome, with Queen Vic, putting Meares in her place, and the guys storming past the Aussies in the final as well
Great to see Jess Ennis getting off to a super start in the Hurdles, GOSH she has a 6 pack like mine :)
Tonight we get to see how Mo goes in the 10'000, and more to come from Victoria and the rowing i hope.
Hey , whats going on? Every time i press refresh on my Internet page the Aussies seem to drop further down the table :)
Back out for the BRAT duathlon in the morning - see if i can get within 90 seconds of Irishman PLOD
Cheers
Ps, If Enda See's you asking how i went today - tell him i run 39 minutes :)
Great run Young Timmy!
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